This weekend is st Michael’s church Christmas fair and the 1st Stoke Gifford scout group have 2 tables to fundraise for the group funds. The osr scouts brought along tombola Xmas themed items at the start of the evening and then got busy making peppermint creams, reindeer food and hot chocolate pouches for sale at the fair. Let’s hope all are hard work makes the group some fundraising money and of course it counts towards the fundraising activity badge. Sunday 20th November 2022 some of the scout troop (OSR) in Stoke Gifford gave up three hours of their weekend off to tackle an overgrown area in the village as part of their commitment to do projects making areas cleaner and tidier. The troop have been given funds to buy equipment for these types of projects and wanted to trial run and see just what they would need. One of the leaders in the troop chose the location between Fabian Drive and Beaufort Crescent as there were so many leaves it was like an ice skating rink. The scouts met outside the OSR and took a team photo, a quick safety brief and instructions on what we were going to do. Then off to the area where without being asked the scouts got on with the task at hand. We did have many residents or lane users stop and chat saying what a great job the scouts were doing. Half way through the heavens opened giving everyone the chance for a much needed break and washing to mud off the tarmac and then it was back at it. The lane was completed and half of the square before it was time to pack up and head off home. Great job all. We have contacted the council street care to pick up the foliage but the litter bags were taken away by the scouts. It’s left the area a lot nicer for pedestrians and given the scouts a need to have a second clean up session to finish the job. Big well done all that took part, this type of community work counts towards areas of their top award and is great to give back to our community The OSR scouts were joined this evening by the south west Meccano club. This all part of the model making activity badge and creative challenge award theme of this term. The club members explained to the scouts about the history of meccano and showed off a few of their amazing models. They invited the scouts to look up their website and see more of their work. The scouts then broke off into small groups and were given a model car to build. The small pieces needed dexterity and multitasking plus the scouts needed to concentrate on the build instructions to get the model right. Once completed and the tables/ chairs put away it was time to race the cars and see which teams model could travel the furthest. Winners received a large chocolate reward to share. Massive TY to Richard and his club members for their time, patients and experience which made for a fab session. https://southwestmeccano.org.uk/ Today is the Remembrance Day parade in Stoke Gifford where uniformed groups from Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke and Wallscourt Farm all joined together at the Trust Hall car park on North Road and paraded down to The Green to the memorial and a large crowd of residents and wreath bearers. Paul Smith GSL laid the 1st Stoke Gifford wreath and Amy Hancock carried the OSR scout troops flag. There were bearers representing scouting, guiding, local councillors and police officers and cadets the RBL and other organisations. Weather wise the morning was very mild and the sun was shining down on us all. The Royal British Legion conducted the memorial to the fallen and Simon Jones performed the service. This is probably the largest gathering for Remembrance Day on the Green ever and that was with over half the OSR scout troop having other commitments. "For the Fallen" a poem written by Laurence Binyon was read by John Moloney and during the 2 minute silence you could have heard a pin drop. The respect shown by all that attended was amazing and let’s hope we have the same or higher numbers in 2023. The final part was also read by John Maloney When you go home Tell them of us and say For your tomorrow We gave our today Although now commonly called the 'Kohima epitaph' these words were not written to commemorate Kohima, but were composed at the end of the First World War by a Cambridge classicist turned wartime codebreaker |
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