16th Reigate Scout Group

Introduction to our Website

Last updated

December 2009

The School Scout Group, founded in 1954, had to cease activities in 1996. This was because Robin Bligh had retired, and Peter Dobson ( who had taken over as Scout Leader ) moved to Cumbria. No other member of the Teaching Staff was able or willing to step in.

After about four years, there seemed no likelihood of the Group re-starting, so our camping equipment was given away, - to Peter Wheatley’s Group in Wiltshire, and to local Reigate groups. Our Mirror dinghies were sold to a Sea Scout Group in Devon, and many of our canoes ( with their trailer ) were sold to Radley College, where they would also be used by a charitable youth service. Our funds were variously disposed of to the RNLI, Mountain Rescue groups, Westnell Nurseries ( which Mark Patchett helps, in Lima ), 7th Horley Scout Group ( building new HQ after a fire ), and Tim Formoy’s Scout Group in Hertfordshire.

We have kept the News-Sheet going, with the above news as well as personal news from Old Scouts of the Group. News-Sheets from October 2004 will be posted on this web-site, as well as sent by snail-mail to those without Internet access. We hope those who like to keep the News-Sheets filed away, will be able to download hard copy. Currently we are in touch with 125 by e-mail and 34 by post. We have addresses for about 60 more Old Scouts who have not asked to receive regular news. There must be at least 150 others, and we hope any who come across this web-page, and would like to be kept informed, will e-mail robin@reigategrammar.org

Among those 150 were the following, who were very keen Scouts, but with whom we have lost touch. Can they, or anyone else, tell us where they are ?

John Bannister, Richard Bannister, Alan Beresford, Stephen Bouch, Christopher Bunkell, Douglas Finlayson, Michael Flood-Page, Graham Harding, Paul Kelly, Martin Leathwood, Pat Lee, Hugh Lucas, Simon Mason, Timothy Mason, Roy Monk, Roger Parks, Tom Perryman, Richard Potter, Jonathan Reilly, Paul Sweeting, Robert Tucker, Tim Viney, Nicholas Walsh, John Woodhouse, Alex Wright

We have continued to hold Reunions every five years, including one celebrating our ‘Golden Jubilee’ in February 2004. An account of this was written by Tom Lockett for News-Sheet No 194, April 2004. An account of the latest Reunion, February 2009, is included in News-Sheet 211.