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Lord Robert Baden-Powell was a soldier at the beginning of the 20th century. Whilst in South Africa he noticed how the local boys made themselves useful by carrying around messages and began to write down ideas about Scouting.
When Lord Baden-Powell arrived back in England, during 1907 ,he tried out some of his ideas at a camp on Brownsea Island Dorset for 21 boys. The camp was such a success that he published a book called Scouting for Boys so that boys all over the country could have a go.
The Scouts became so popular that many girls wanted to attend to, so the Girl Guides were formed in 1910 by Lord Baden-Powells sister Agnes and named after an Indian Regiment called Kyber Guides.
Many of the girls who came to Guides had younger sisters who also wanted to join so Lord Baden-Powell started a group called the Rosebuds. The Rosebuds wore a blue uniform that was very much like the Guides uniform. The girls enjoyed their meetings but did not like their name the Rosebuds. Lord Baden-Powell remebered a story he had heard about some mischievous creatures called Brownies and so changed the name along with the uniform to match the name. This is how the Brownies started.
In 1912 Lord Baden-Powell married Olave Soames and the couple dedicated their lives to the Scouting & Guiding movements. In 1930 Olave was made World Chief Guide. Lord Baden-Powell died in 1941 but Olave continued their work until she died in 1977.
Today the guide movement has spread to 140 countries worldwide and has some TEN MILLION members.
February 22nd was the birthday of Lord Robert Baden-Powell and his wife Olave Baden-Powell. This is why the Guide movement thougout the world have a celebration on this day called Thinking Day.
Brownie Guide World Chief ‘Olave Baden-Powell
with Lord Robert Baden-Powell
The Rosebuds 1914
Netley Castle (near Hamble, Southampton)
The Baden-Powell’s spent their honeymoon here.
The castle belonged to Col. Crichton (Scout Commissioner
Brownie 1932
Brownie 1979
World Thinking Day logo
The World Trefoil represents WAGGGS
The arrows pointing towards the Trefoil represent action and show that Guides everywhere can work together
The overall circular shape represents the world of Guiding.
In 2003 - Prince Edward 's wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, became President of Girlguiding UK.
