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- From: cmh004@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Dave)
- Subject: Re: Rovers, and are there any Europeans out there!
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:27:45 GMT
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- In article <21051@acorn.co.uk> bcockburn@acorn.co.uk (Bruce Cockburn) writes:
- >>> If anyone knows any Europeans Rovers on the net (esp British ones),
- >> ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>If he really wants to see British Rovers he is in for a disapointment as
- >>they haven't been around for about 25 years.
-
- > Glad to say, you're wrong! There are active Rover Crews in England! The
- >Federation of European Scots (F.S.E.) and the Baden-Powell Scouts both have
- >active Rover sections. In the F.S.E. the Rover (and Ranger) section(s) are
- >open to anyone 16 years old or older (with NO UPPER AGE LIMIT). Be aware
- >that traditional Scouting values are alive and well, although maybe a bit
- >limited numericly, in England. See "FAQ #2: Scouting around the World" for
- >more information.
- >
- > Yours in Scouting, Bruce. (R.S.L. Girton Rover Crew)
-
- OK I'm wrong. Yet the UK Scout Association does not have Rover Crews and it is
- the UK Scout Association which is recogonised by the World Scout Organisation
- (or whatever it is) as the only Scouting body in the UK. Baden-Powell Scouts
- are a splinter group formed in the 1960's. I have never met a member of the
- B-P Scouts nor do I have any idea as to how big they are. The first I heard
- of the F.S.E. was when I read their promise in FAQ 2. Again I have never
- met a member of the FSE.
- Since I have never heard of where B-P Scouts meet in my district, yet I've
- heard of ATC, Boys Brigade, NTC, Army Cadets, Judo Clubs etc. Then I'll
- assume that B-P Scout membership is very small.
- --
- Dave cmh004@cck.cov.ac.uk
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I am a one in ten, Even though I don't exist, Nobody knows me, But I'm always
- there, A statistical reminder to a world that doesn't care. (UB40).
-