60th anniversary of 69th Bristol (St Joseph’s) Scout Group

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of the 69th Bristol (St Joseph’s) Scout Group invited Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE to celebrate their 60th anniversary with them at St Joseph’s Church Hall in Fishponds.  Mrs Golding enjoyed meeting the young people and learning more about the skills they are perfecting.  She was involved in knot tying and sampled the cheesy pasta cooked on the ‘campfire’.  In a competition to see who could open and reassemble their mess kit the fastest, Mrs Golding came a reasonable fourth, soundly beaten by the Scout who taught her how to do it!  One of the Scouts demonstrated how they used a drill to make a noughts and cross game which, over the course of several meetings, was sanded then painted.  She played several rounds of noughts and crosses with one of the Scouts. Scout Leader Marek Petela informed Mrs Golding of the numerous trophies the Group won over the many years of its operation.  Then she happily joined in songs around the campfire led by Mrs Petela.  Best of all, after making a brief speech to congratulate the Group and its adult volunteers, Mrs Golding made the first slice on a giant, home-made chocolate cake and encouraged everyone to join her in eating it.