Heritage

The Scout movement started its journey not with a single step but with a single camp.  That camp, organised by Baden-Powell in 1907 was followed, on 24^th January 1908, with the first instalment of Robert Baden-Powell’s ‘Scouting for Boys’.

Immediately following its publication Troops were formed across the country and although it is impossible to say with certainty which was the first there were ninety-one Troops functioning in 1908.

Locally, some of our earliest troops were associated with the Hartley Wintney Association.  The earliest reference we can find is from the Hampshire Chronicle for Saturday 7^th August 1909 when the Rev J.P. Baynes expressed an ambition to establish either a Church Lads’ Brigade or a company of Boy Scouts in Odiham. 

Most of the Groups that registered on 11^th March 1910 in the new Odiham District still exist as the 1^st through to the 9^th and now form the Bramshill District Scouts.  Over all that time we only lost the 2^nd (Odiham Town) to the Odiham District!

Photograph associated with the 1st Rotherwick Group but location and date are not known.