Brownsea Island Scout camp: Difference between revisions

Baden-Powell invited 20 boys to the camp, from different social backgrounds - a revolutionary idea in class-conscious [[Edwardian]] England.<ref>{{cite book| | author = Woolgar, Brian| coauthors = La Riviere, Sheila| year = 2002| title = Why Brownsea? The Beginnings of Scouting | publisher = Brownsea Island Scout and Guide Management Committee}}</ref>  Ten came from the well-to-do public schools of [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Harrow School|Harrow]], mostly sons of friends of Baden-Powell.  Seven came from the Bournemouth Boys' Brigade, and three from the Poole Boys' Brigade. Baden-Powell's 9 year old nephew Donald Baden-Powell also attended. The camp fee was dependent on means: £1 for the public school boys, and three shillings and sixpence (17½ p) for the others. The boys were arranged into four [[Patrol]]s: Wolves, Ravens, Bulls and Curlews.<ref name="NT">{{cite journal | first = Jonny | last = Beardsall | title = Dib, dib, dib... One hundred years of scouts at Brownsea | journal = The National Trust Magazine  | year = 2007 | issue = Spring 2007 | pages = pages 52-55}}</ref>