Your memories of Scouting friendships

4:25pm Thursday 10th July 2008

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Former group member Raymond E. Mundin sent us this photograph of the 3rd Chippenham St Mary's Scout Group.

The photograph was taken outside St Mary's Church Hall in St Mary's Place, Chippenham in 1947.

The group, which is still going today, was started as a Catholic group in 1943 and it was opened up to other faiths in 1948.

Mr Mundin, 66, was a Scout from 1952 to 1976, and particularly values the outdoor life and the friendship that arose from Scouting.

"It's the camping and outdoor life that I most enjoyed, the basic things that Scouting offers," he said.

"It's also the comradeship. There was a gang of us and we were, and still are, friends."

Mr Mundin is researching the history of the group and is particularly anxious to find out about when the how the Cubs started.

He has managed to contact the first patrol leader, Tony Bollen, who still lives in the Chippenham area.

He would like anyone connected with the group to contact him on (01249) 650729 or to email him at rmundin@talktalk.net

The names of the group - provided by Peter Jagger and Peter Rawsthorne, both of whom are in the 1947 photograph - are as follows:

Back Row left to right

• Roger Harlow
• Colin Priston
• Vic Cook
• Derek Sleightholm
• Ray Wilmot
• Sylvia Cook
• John Furber
• Gerald Cook
• Vince ?

• Tony Hibberd
• ?

• Peter Drake
• ?

• ?

• Derek Worral
• Victor Long
• Tony Blackmore
• Howard Davis
• David Fortune
• Billy Reid
• Keith Powney
• John Farmer
• Ginger Harris
• Ian Miflin
• Peter Jagger
• ?

• ?

• ?

• Ronald Pring
• Chris Spalding
• Derek Pritchard
• Peter Ash
• Peter Jupp
• Tony carter
• Ray Russell
• Arthur Newton
• Michael Pearce
• ?

• Dave Bennet
• Peter Rawsthorne
• ?

• Tony Tilbury
• Mike ?

• Brian Baker
• John Reynolds
• ? Geoghan
• ?

• Keith Parley
• Gordon Hitchings