hISTORY & photo's OF 1ST RAMSEY GROUP.
Please excuse the mess, this page is an ongoing project as very few locals have yet stepped forward with information regarding the history of 1st Ramsey, nor it's building affectionately & historically accurately referred to as "the old fire station"
If we find pictures & info we will put them here for posterity, in no particular order, we need local assistance from those in the know, our group history is fast approaching 100 years of scouting IF we "assume" our creation was 1921, ..it's the oldest marker (see below) as to 1st Ramsey's existence we hold at this time...
Please ask your friends & family as to local history, you are local & therefore part of that ongoing history.
If we find pictures & info we will put them here for posterity, in no particular order, we need local assistance from those in the know, our group history is fast approaching 100 years of scouting IF we "assume" our creation was 1921, ..it's the oldest marker (see below) as to 1st Ramsey's existence we hold at this time...
Please ask your friends & family as to local history, you are local & therefore part of that ongoing history.
1st Ramsey Scouts is one of the oldest Scout Groups in both district & county.
The Group was initially registered with the Scouting association in May 1920.
We are a very active Group with thriving Beavers & Cubs sections. We like to think that we provide traditional scouting and yet embrace modern times.
The reason why Scouting remains the largest youth movement in the world is that it’s got great core values: it’s faith, it’s about friendship, it’s about fun and so much of who we are as an adult is formed when we are kids. As our current "celebrity" Chief Scout Bear Grylls stated...
“Every child has the right to an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities. The prizes don’t always go to the biggest, the best and the strongest – they go to those who persevere. These are simple life lessons that Scouting teaches.”
"A Good Scout Aims For the "Three H's". That is to Say He Makes Himself Healthy, Happy & Helpful" - Baden Powell, 1921
The Group was initially registered with the Scouting association in May 1920.
We are a very active Group with thriving Beavers & Cubs sections. We like to think that we provide traditional scouting and yet embrace modern times.
The reason why Scouting remains the largest youth movement in the world is that it’s got great core values: it’s faith, it’s about friendship, it’s about fun and so much of who we are as an adult is formed when we are kids. As our current "celebrity" Chief Scout Bear Grylls stated...
“Every child has the right to an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities. The prizes don’t always go to the biggest, the best and the strongest – they go to those who persevere. These are simple life lessons that Scouting teaches.”
"A Good Scout Aims For the "Three H's". That is to Say He Makes Himself Healthy, Happy & Helpful" - Baden Powell, 1921
1921 LOcal scouting
16 Jul 1921 - George Ernest Hyde of 44 High St. Ramsey. As a boy scout on the day he was awarded a bravery certificate signed by Baden Powell.
Having spoken to his family (still Ramsey residents) George, aged 11 years entered the river (possibly behind the George hotel) & saved a a much bigger & older boy who was floundering in the high & fast water of recent floods. Apparantly he thought nothing of his actions but merely as "the right thing to do" ...& quietly went home to change. It was only later when word got around locally that people realised his brave spirit & put him forward for recognition of his selfless "good deed". |
Typically would have read...
"Certificate awarded to George Ernest Hyde by the Chief Scout, Robert Baden Powell, to accompany his Gilt Cross. The certificate reads: This certificate is granted to Wolf Cub George Ernest Hyde of the 1st Ramsey Group as evidence that I have awarded him the Gilt Cross in recognition of the pluck & promptitude he displayed in the rescue of a boy who had been overcome by the strength of the river current at Ramsey Cambridgeshire, , on March 16th 1921". ((for example))
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Click the picture to see a larger Version of George's certificate.
For both pack posterity & local history purposes I will ask the family for a precise transcript & log the details here.
For both pack posterity & local history purposes I will ask the family for a precise transcript & log the details here.
1922 - Ramsey Boy Scout Troop
1922 - Ramsey Boy Scout Troop.
yellow highlights denote alternate pictures available from original source...
(click photo link)
According to local knowledge the photo was most likely taken within the grounds of Ramsey Abbey.
yellow highlights denote alternate pictures available from original source...
(click photo link)
According to local knowledge the photo was most likely taken within the grounds of Ramsey Abbey.
May 1926 - Ramsey Carnival 1926.
May 1926 - Ramsey Carnival 1926. Courtesy Ramsey Rural Museum
Clearly a BIG pack back in the 1920's ...the lettered ensigns spell out "Freely Given" in the background is a recruiting placard being held aloft, it reads "We will be helping, will you"?
A third placard (on the left & partly obscured) reads "Help the sick"
We think the photo may have been taken in an area of Ramsey that was demolished as part of a housing estate in the 1980's housing boom.
Clearly a BIG pack back in the 1920's ...the lettered ensigns spell out "Freely Given" in the background is a recruiting placard being held aloft, it reads "We will be helping, will you"?
A third placard (on the left & partly obscured) reads "Help the sick"
We think the photo may have been taken in an area of Ramsey that was demolished as part of a housing estate in the 1980's housing boom.
1975 to 1985 - Ramsey Retained Fire Service
1975 to 1985 - Ramsey Retained Fire Service part of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, based on the clear location of the picture (the abbey) & the size of the very small fire engine, this could well be the last fire engine which would have fitted in "the old fire station" ..now 1st ramsey scouting HQ.
19 Jul 1981 - Church Green, Ramsey
19 Jul 1981 - Church Green, Ramsey.
Looking so much different then, our hut HQ appears to have more buildings around it from this angle.
Quite a recent photo, but still over 30 years old.. I think cubs & beavers ought to update the view in coming months! ..don't you!?
Looking so much different then, our hut HQ appears to have more buildings around it from this angle.
Quite a recent photo, but still over 30 years old.. I think cubs & beavers ought to update the view in coming months! ..don't you!?