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AUSTRIA 1990
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The new decade started with
Brian Eeles being promoted to the position of Senior Patrol
Leader, and Adam Sharpe becoming the Kestrel PL, joining Stuart Keen (Merlins), Jeremy
Fennell (Otters), and Richard Jackson
(Tigers). After Summer Camp the pressure from people
waiting to join the Troop led to a new patrol being formed.
Tim Blackburn got the job as PL, and chose to name his new patrol
the Swifts.
Towards the end of the year
Brian, Stuart, Richard and Adam moved to the Venture Scout Unit.
Their places were taken by Matthew Whitehead (Merlins), Steven
Whitehead (Kestrels) and Robbie Easterbrook (Tigers).
1990 was the year the Troop said
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The Troop's most
ambitious trip took place during the October Half Term. We
travelled to Stanzach in Austria for the week, along with Scouts from
2nd and 4th Banbury and 1st Sibfords. |
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Older Scouts Mountain Biking,
North Yorkshire, May
Training and Testing Camp,
June
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From the Banbury Guardian,
May 1990
James Titcombe, Jon Miller and
Mark Churchill won the Scout section of the Ox-Low canoe challenge
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Caving Camp
was held in Derbyshire in April. |
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Scouts got a
chance to gain a British Canoe Union 1 or 2 star canoeing award
in November. Its was freezing! |
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EARNING SOME CASH
In 1990 the Troop worked at the
Cropredy Music Festival for the first time. The first
few days were spent marshalling the camping fields and on the last day
it was the big clear up. The Troop worked at the festival
for around 10 years.
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With an ever expanding
programming and more and more Scouts the Troop always took on any
opportunity to earn some extra money. Marshalling at
the Birmingham to Oxford bike ride provided one such
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SUMMER CAMP 1990
Nantmor, Snowdonia, North Wales
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These bizarre pictures come from a game
where the Scouts had to find a nurse, vicar and miner!
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ALSO IN 1990
The music:
Snap - The Power
Adamski - Killer
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Beautiful South - A Little Time
Mria McKee - Show Me Heaven
Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares
Films:
Home Alone
Pretty Woman
Edward Scissorhands
TV:
Sky TV launched
Baywatch
The Crystal Maze
See more from 1990
on the BBC website:
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Martin Cooper, Paul
Churchill and Matt Dale hike off for a Pathfinder Award camp for
their badgework in October.
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From the Banbury Guardian,
October 1990
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Eating the most baked beans using a
cocktail stick and following a course blindfolded were just two of the
challenges at the Personal Best Beater meeting in February
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Paul Churchill,
Stuart Brown and James Leaver camping in April
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