1st Adderbury Scout Troop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK

As 1985 started the Leaders and PLs were still thinking about how they could raise some extra money for Troop funds.

Through the post arrived an idea for Scouts to cook their mums breakfast on Mothering Sunday, and from there began The Mothering Sunday Breakfast. This event continued for several years and later became far more of a social event than a fund raiser.

A few new additions made it to the programme in 1985 including a Dads V Lads meeting, Pop Bonanza meeting, a special badgework Training and Testing Camp and a Canoe Camp. The PLs decided to drop Club Nights (darts, table tennis, etc) as they found them boring. Have a look at a typical 1985 programme here.

Summer Camp 1985 was held on the Fairfield Estate , Stogursey, in Somerset, courtesy of Lady Gass. You can watch the action by clicking the picture

ALSO IN 1985

The music:
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Madonna - Into The Groove
UB40 - I Got You Babe
Phil Collins & Phil Bailey - Easy Love
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel

Films:
Back To The Future
Cocoon
The Goonies

TV:
Live Aid!
Eastenders
Blind Date

See more from 1985 on the BBC website:

SUMMER CAMP 1985

GSL Peter Jennens dishes out the cocoa.

Otters entertain Andy Green above, whilst below the Kestrel's seem a little "all over the shop"!

Neil Belcher

Above, Keith Brigden begins an abseil, and to the left receives the pendant for winning that day's points competition.

Meanwhile the Scouts are working hard building the zip wire, whilst Scout Leader Ken Baker poses!

John Clinkard and Robert Tyson took on a project to clear the back garden of the Village Institute as part of their Explorer Award.

An Aneka Rice style Treasure Hunt saw patrols being led around the village collecting clues, linked back to base by CB radio. Here Mike Baker and Robert Tyson are at the top of the church tower.

At the Badgework Training and Testing Camp activities included a night hike, fire lighting ... and forming a pop band using cooking utensils!

Barbecue Night

Patrol Camps

Bases Night - the river rope swing

Halloween Night

The Troop ran a "win a teddy" competition at the Parish Garden Party.

Activity Evenings

£15 was raised for Troop funds by putting people like Simon Ewles in the stocks!

James DeCaux continued his run as Otter PL throughout 1985, and was joined by Jon Clinkard (Kestrels), Craig Moore (Merlins) and Keith Brigden (Tigers).

1985 was the year Scout badgework changed. Out went the Scout Standard and Advanced Scout Standard, and in came the Scout Award, Pathfinder Award, and Explorer Award.

Meanwhile the Troop's A team came 4th in the District football competition and the biggest complaint of the year was the state of the Institute cups used for tuck-shop drinks...!

Each patrol had to complete a pirate themed Raft Race in September...most sank!

The year finished with another success Christmas Card Delivery Service.

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