St George's House,
Northern Police Orphanage. 1898-1956  Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.

     
St George's Girl Guides, circa 1930                                     St George's Boy Scouts, circa 1930

On the 22nd January, 1927, the King's Colours and the Troop Colours were presented by Sir William Ingilby and Miss Hopkinson of
Manchester.  The Troop Colours were donated by the Harrogate Division of the West Riding Constabulary.

    
St George's Cubs 1927                                                    St George's Brownies 1927

    
St George's Girl Guides and St George's Boy Scouts marching past the Municipal Offices in Low Harrogate. The salute was taken by
the Mayor of Harrogate accompanied by other officials.

The Guides tended to be more restricted with regard to camping trips than were the Scouts and during the period 1942-1948 were only   permitted one day out during Summer and then to somewhere close by. There the girls cooked meals in billy cans,washed the cans out in a nearby river, learned how to start a fire ( to cook on !) without the aid of matches, studied and learned about different trees, bushes and wild flowers, berries, fruit etc. They also practised Morse signals, knot making and so on. Everything a Guide needed to know !
By contrast the Boy Scouts would camp in various areas around Harrogate where they may stay for a week under canvas. One King Scout, A. Boschi, recalls travelling with T. Maddocks (another King Scout from St George's) to Scotland for a hiking trip,
all under the watchful eye of their Housemaster, Mr Benton.

   
Getting ready for the adventure.                                        Setting up camp.

 The Kings Colours              Kings Scouts Group 1946                                                   Arriving at camp. 1947-48

                                                 Back: P.Turner,A.Boschi,T.Maddocks,F.Carter,S.Wells,P.Park    Tom Redpath, left of Scoutmaster
                                                 Front: P.Shepherd,Mr Moffatt,Mr Benton,J.Hopkinson,             Greg McTavish, Mike Park on right,  
                                                                                                                                                          Bryan Smith kneeling at front
                                                                                                                           with  Ron Jones next to him.
                                                                                                                           John Bly is towards the rear with his
                                                                                                                           hat pushed back.

 
                                                                                          
                                                                                       Deus vult