The history of Scouting in Easingwold and the surrounding villages: 1910 - 2010

Scouting was officially recognised in Easingwold in February 1910 when the the first warrant was issued.

The photograph on the right was taken in May 1908. It shows one of Edwardian Britain's most famous heroes - General Robert Baden-Powell - outside the George Hotel in Easingwold's Market Place.

How to save life

Two years after Baden-Powell's visit, Scouting was established in Easingwold. The first chairman and Scoutmaster was Mr Harry Bannister, who explained that his Scouts would be trained how to save a life "in case of fire, sewer gas, ice breaking, runaway horses, drowning, etc."

We have already gathered some of the original documents from those earliest days and they will be displayed on these pages along with photographs and memories of members and leaders past and present.

Add your memories

This Silver Wolf belonged to Easingwold's first District Commissioner, Thomas Preston. It was kindly donated to us in our centenary year by his daughter-in-law, Rosemary Preston.

If you have memories, photographs or documents relating to Scouting in the Easingwold area, please add them to this site. We are particularly keen to solve the mystery of our 100 year old bugle from Doncaster.

You can upload pictures, add comments to other people's pictures or recollections, or you can send things to us - you will find our contact details in the contact page.

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The search box at the top of each page is the best way to use this site - it will take you to any photo or comment containing the word or words you type in.

Many of the pictures on the site, like this one of Easingwold's trek cart from 1938, have not been published for many years, if at all.

Our history is almost as old as the history of Scouting itself. With your help we hope this website will grow into a fascinating record of our first 100 years of Scouting.