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I found reference to the
1st Lone Company in the sparse article and web-page on Agnes Baden-Powell, but can't find any reference to the actual company. Is this a Girl Guide equivalent of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group?
Horus Kol09:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)reply
I'm afraid this isn't the same as the 1st Gilwell Scout Group, as far as I understand. At the time, the Lone companies were made up of girls living far apart. These groups enabled girls with no other Guides nearby to participate in Guiding. The 1st Lones had members throughout Europe and they communicated by newsletter. Occasionally they met up for activities, such as camping. You are correct that the company started in 1912. Lone Guiding still exists in many countries, including the UK, but their organisation has changed many times.
Kingbird23:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)reply
Countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada have information on the internet about their Lone activities. I'd be able to contribute a paragraph or two on the early days of 1st Lone, gleaned from a book on Guiding history. Do you think that the 1st Lones deserve their own article or that they should be one section in a larger article on Lone Guiding? I am tending toward the latter at the moment as there isn't a lot of information available.
Kingbird16:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)reply
If you can get a couple of paragraphs on the 1st Lone Company, then I think it should be kept as a section in the history of Lone Guiding - if there is more than that available, then a seperate article. It would be good to have either article, in any case. Thanks
Horus Kol08:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)reply
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I found reference to the
1st Lone Company in the sparse article and web-page on Agnes Baden-Powell, but can't find any reference to the actual company. Is this a Girl Guide equivalent of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group?
Horus Kol09:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)reply
I'm afraid this isn't the same as the 1st Gilwell Scout Group, as far as I understand. At the time, the Lone companies were made up of girls living far apart. These groups enabled girls with no other Guides nearby to participate in Guiding. The 1st Lones had members throughout Europe and they communicated by newsletter. Occasionally they met up for activities, such as camping. You are correct that the company started in 1912. Lone Guiding still exists in many countries, including the UK, but their organisation has changed many times.
Kingbird23:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)reply
Countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada have information on the internet about their Lone activities. I'd be able to contribute a paragraph or two on the early days of 1st Lone, gleaned from a book on Guiding history. Do you think that the 1st Lones deserve their own article or that they should be one section in a larger article on Lone Guiding? I am tending toward the latter at the moment as there isn't a lot of information available.
Kingbird16:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)reply
If you can get a couple of paragraphs on the 1st Lone Company, then I think it should be kept as a section in the history of Lone Guiding - if there is more than that available, then a seperate article. It would be good to have either article, in any case. Thanks
Horus Kol08:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)reply