The Scout Movement that was introduced by Baden Powell in the early 1900s, still flourishes today, but not on the scale that it enjoyed for the greater part of the last century. Winsham, alas, no longer has any such groups, when at one time all three groups were well represented, as can be seen by the photographs that follow.
1953
L to R, Back row: John Miles, Brian Dowell,?,Rev. Childs,John Contreras, Winston (Sam) Sawyer.
Front Row: ?, Edwin Dare, Victor Chubb, Ray Knott, Michael Lucking, Gerald Dunster ,Alan Rudkin.
Identified by David Dare
Sybil Dare is presented with her Queen's Guide
1. Rosemary Carver, 2. June Carver (?), 3. Jackie Robbins, 4. Meryle Lush, 5. Faye Hallett, 6. Christine Knott, 7. Alice Hardwell, 8. Lorna Pring, 9. Anne Tubbs, 10. Averill Wheaton, 11. Unknown, 12. Diana Brown, 13. Myra Evans, 14. Susan Glentworth, 15. Pat Glentworth, 16. Angela Dowell, 17. Rosemary Parsons, 18. Christine Nicholls, 19. Fay Hallett, 20. Sandra Dare, 21. Caroline Rawlings, 22. Carol Loveridge, 23. Mary Brown, 24. Miss Budge, 25. Unknown, 26. Sybil Dare, 27. Miss Harding, 28. Unknown, 29. Mrs Duncan, 30. Miss Creech, 31. Joan Morgan, 32. Shirley Bone, 33. Santina Hayball, 34. Susanne Hebditch, 35. Averil Rowe, 36. Diana Parsons
Information provided by Sybil Butterworth nee Dare, Rose Pomeroy nee Parsons & Margaret Tett nee Griffin
Guides at Ladram Bay Camp c.1953
1. Jill Pym, 2. Isobel Mildon, 3. ?, 4. Miss Harding, 5. Miss 'Leffie' Creech, 6. Pat ?, 7. Sheila White, 8. Flavia Strawbridge, 9. Maureen Guppy, 10. Eleanor ?, 11. Beryl Wheadon, 12. Elizabeth Jeffery, 13. ?, 14. Margaret Saunders, 15. Jean Bailey, 16. Sarah Jeffery, 17. Heather Down, 18. Jean Robbins, 19. Iris Dare, 20. Ray Powell
Information provided by Iris Margetts nee Dare
1. Miss Creech, 2. Miss Budge, 3. Mrs Duncan, 4. Miss Preston, 5. Miss Harding, 6. Miss Oxley, 7. Pat Glentworth,
8. Faye Hallett, 9. Joan Morgan, 10. Susan Glentworth, 11. Jennifer Beer, 12. Ann Tubbs, 13. Jackie Robbins, 14. Merlys Lush, 15. Averil Wheaton, 16. Rosemary Parsons, 17. Christine Knott, 18. Diane Brown, 19. Angela Dowell, 20. Alice Hardwell, 21. Sybil Dare, 22. Rosemary Carver, 23. Myra Evans, 24. ?, 25. Christine Nicholls, 26.?, 27. Shirley Bone, 28. Carol Peadon, 29. Bridget Rendall, 30. Mary Brown, 31. Hazel Peadon, 32. Susanna Hebditch, 33. Sandra Dare, 34. Evelyn Hardwell, 36. Diana Parsons, 37. Elizabeth Hebditch, 38. Stephanie Rawlings, 39. Margaret Griffin, 40. Hazel Fowler, 41. Caroline Rawlings, 42. Averil Rowe
