We are so excited to be bringing back our very popular #ThrowbackThursdays!
A very exciting discovery has been made recently. A banner made for Ayrshire Guides! This precious item has been lost not once, but twice. How old do you think it is?
Flags have been an important part of Girlguiding from the start of the movement in 1909. Has anyone any memories of carrying flags or pennants in Brownies, Guides or Rangers?
The answer is that the banner is at least 100 years old, perhaps even older. We can fix the date because we are lucky to have a photograph in our archives of a rally at Ayr racecourse in 1924, where the banner is carried with other flags. The number of Guides and Brownies attending is impressive! There have been other rallies at the racecourse through the years. Does anyone remember being at one?
Thank you to our wonderful archivist Sandra for keeping history like this stored safely for us and future Guides to look back on 💖