Trefoil Guild
There are at present nine Trefoil Guilds in Greater London West though we have plans to open a new Guild in the near future. Members from five of them came to the Centenary Launch. All Guilds have their own programmes which are varied. Guilds are either District or Division based and the Guild Chairman should be part of the District or Division Team and invited to the appropriate meeting.
Some Guilds have Affiliate members who are still current Guiders and the myth that TG members are all retired is definitely not true as people can join the Trefoil Guild from the age of 18! Also, you don't have to be female!
Here some of our Trefoil Guild members enjoy the celebrations at the Centenary Launch party at Heyswood on 5th September.
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Trefoil Reminiscences
Members of the Trefoil Guild were recently asked for their Guiding memories, whether as a Brownie, Guide or Leader, or the mother of a member of the Guiding movement.
Here's a selection of their comments:
Freezing cold!
.....Only short straight sticks for fire!
.....Burnt sausages.....
30 years of Pack Holidays
.....Craft with Brownies
.....A walk along the South Downs.....
Making a picture on a tile
.....Fun day making a hobby horse with dad’s sock and a cane
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A lovely trip to Canada in 1976 as a guider.....
Visiting Foxlease when they were celebrating with a flower festival
.....Overcoming my fear of heights when I abseiled.....
Seeing my daughter receive her Queen’s Guide award.....
Attending the 75th Anniversary parade at Crystal Palace in the snow.....
Climbing in Switzerland as a Guider ending up as the sixth person to twist their ankle in camp.....
Lighting the fire at camp using only one match.....
As a Brownie, lying flat on my face when a German plane went over during a meeting
Enjoyment
.....Gadgets – making them stand up!
.....Washing up in the rain.....
Being presented to the Chief Guide – Lady Baden-Powell.....Going to Windsor World camp.....
Taking the Guides to Switzerland, Our Chalet and seeing the woodcarvers
.....Eating up all the leftovers at camp and being called the camp dustbin.....
Crying because I couldn’t go to Brownies until I was 7˝ and I was only 7.....
Dancing round at Crystal Palace with a yellow broom handle
.....Making a fire at camp and playing around it.....
Being at Wimbledon Common early morning in 1985 for Guiding’s 75th Anniversary with my Guide Unit and two daughters, one a Guide, one a Brownie.
.....Sleeping in a bell tent on my first camp
.....Riding in the back of a lorry to camp
My daughter coming home from camp with a bag of soaking muddy clothes when they got flooded out
Being on Pack holiday when most of the Brownies were ill
.....Dancing around a toadstool
.....Pow Wows
Going to a swimming presentation with odd shoes on – one black the other blue.....
In the days of primitive lats (trench and boxes) a guide re-appeared saying ‘that’s the second time I’ve fallen down that b…….g trench’
.....Coming home from camp with sunstroke.....
Picking fruit on Pack Holiday and making jam with the Brownies who thought it only came from Tesco’s
.....At our summer camp in 1985 (the 75th birthday of Guiding) my Guides got to anticipating the 100th birthday and said “never mind, Captain, we’ll take you in your wheel chair”! - I think they thought I would be about 100 by then. Well, I’m not quite but getting on!
.....Finding my Brown Owl at Trefoil Guild
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