Morecambe Scouts, Jamboree 1937
SCOUTS LEAVE FOR JAMBOREE
(Morecambe Visitor)
5th World Jamboree - Vogelenzang, The Netherlands, 1937)
Caption reads: "The Mayor (Coun. M Benson) with Morecambe Boy Scouts, to whom he gave a civic send-off on Thursday evening, July 29th, when they left for the World Jamboree in Holland. They took with them the Morecambe Coat of Arms, painted by their Scoutmaster, Mr. George Whittles, who was in charge of the party."
From: http://www.scout.org/wsrc/fs/jamboree_e.shtml
5th WORLD JAMBOREE – 1937
Vogelensang-Bloemendaal, Netherlands, 1937. A total of 28,750 Scouts from 54 countries. Daily displays in the arena. Girl Guides used the arena to welcome Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide. The cleanest Jamboree yet: 120 showers and 650 water taps. 71 bridges over the canals that intersected the site. B-P was eighty years old. On presenting the Jamboree emblem, a Jacob staff, B-P said, "Now the time has come for me to say good-bye. I want you to lead happy lives. You know that many of us will never meet again in this world."