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During this Jubilee Jamboree, [[Scout leader]] and [[radio ham]] Les Mitchell announced his idea of the [[World Scout Jamboree#Jamboree On The Air|Jamboree on the Air]] allowing Scouts worldwide who were unable to attend to experience the event over the radio and to hold annual radio "meets". <ref>[http://www.qsl.net/ct1nmv/mensagem/g3bhk.html Les Mitchell]</ref> The 1957 event was the first Jamboree that had been held in England to have its own [[Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain|commemorative postage stamps]] produced by the [[General Post Office]]. | During this Jubilee Jamboree, [[Scout leader]] and [[radio ham]] Les Mitchell announced his idea of the [[World Scout Jamboree#Jamboree On The Air|Jamboree on the Air]] allowing Scouts worldwide who were unable to attend to experience the event over the radio and to hold annual radio "meets". <ref>[http://www.qsl.net/ct1nmv/mensagem/g3bhk.html Les Mitchell]</ref> The 1957 event was the first Jamboree that had been held in England to have its own [[Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain|commemorative postage stamps]] produced by the [[General Post Office]]. | ||
In conjunction with the Jamboree the Scouting Association promoted a week long [[Gang Show]] at the Hippodrome Theatre in central Birmingham between 5 August and 10 August, led by [[Ralph Reader]] and featuring the full 150 strong cast from his London based Gang Show. Buses were provided each evening to bus up to 500 campers into the city centre for the show. Daily rail excursion charter trains were laid on to transport the international Scouts on sight-seeing trips to various British cities, including | In conjunction with the Jamboree the Scouting Association promoted a week long [[Gang Show]] at the Hippodrome Theatre in central Birmingham between 5 August and 10 August, led by [[Ralph Reader]] and featuring the full 150 strong cast from his London based Gang Show. Buses were provided each evening to bus up to 500 campers into the city centre for the show. Daily rail excursion charter trains were laid on to transport the international Scouts on sight-seeing trips to various British cities, including Nottingham, [[Leicester]], [[Loughborough]], [[London]] and [[Cardiff]]. | ||
The event is commemorated by a short stone pillar in the centre of Sutton Park that still stands near the site of Lady Baden-Powell's closing address. | The event is commemorated by a short stone pillar in the centre of Sutton Park that still stands near the site of Lady Baden-Powell's closing address. | ||
