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Boy Scouts
In Aden the first
scout
troop was formed in 1927 and by 1932 there were 10 troops. Scout
Association camps were held at Hiswa, the first two such camps
being in 1930 and 1932. |
6th Aden Troop Jewish Boy Scouts
Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the
World, visited Aden in November 1934. Troops were based on
schools and at the time of his visit there were only five
Troops, with strengths as follows:
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Keith
Falconer Mission School |
25 |
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Mariat
Brothers School |
15 |
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King George V Jewish
School |
30 |
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Sir H C Dinshaw School
(for Gujeratis) |
18 |
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Government Anglo-Vernacular School |
24 |
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The troop's quarters were a disused sergeant's
mess and the former barrack square. The Arabs and Jews would not
serve in the same patrols together yet they interacted quite
well at camp-fire singalongs. The Jewish scouts were
well-dressed in their smart uniforms and equipped with every
possible accessory due to a local merchant benefactor. The other
scouts were, unfortunately, less well-equipped.
Baden-Powell’s
visit must have been good for recruiting as by January 1937 when
he visited for a third time there were 179 Scouts in a total of
six troops.
Opposite:
Scout uniform in the early 1960's |
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Boy Scouts following
APL armoured car in the
George V Jubilee Parade, May 6
1935. Location: front of Tawahi Post Office in Post Office Bay
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Jewish Girl Scouts of the 1930's
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