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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Image:Woodcraft1.png|thumb|right|200px|Old and new Woodcraft Folk logos]] | [[Image:Woodcraft1.png|thumb|right|200px|Old and new Woodcraft Folk logos]] | ||
Whilst sharing many of the same historical roots as the [[Scouting]] movement, The Woodcraft Folk's direct antecedent was the [[Kibbo Kift|Kindred of the Kibbo Kift]], an organisation led by ex-Scout Commissioner for Woodcraft and Camping [[John Hargrave]], who had broken with what he considered to be the Scouts' [[militarism|militaristic]] approach in the years immediately after the | Whilst sharing many of the same historical roots as the [[Scouting]] movement, The Woodcraft Folk's direct antecedent was the [[Kibbo Kift|Kindred of the Kibbo Kift]], an organisation led by ex-Scout Commissioner for Woodcraft and Camping [[John Hargrave]], who had broken with what he considered to be the Scouts' [[militarism|militaristic]] approach in the years immediately after the First World War. The Woodcraft Folk was established by [[Leslie Paul]] in [[1925]] after the south London co-operative groups challenged Hargrave's [[authoritarian]] tendencies over his refusal to recognise a local group called "The Brockleything" and broke away from the Kindred. In its early days it was very similar to the Kibbo Kift, with a strong [[paganism|pagan]] and [[anti-capitalist]] emphasis, but gradually developed its own distinct ethos. | ||
The name '[[Woodcraft]]' was used by the influential writer and naturalist [[Ernest Thompson Seton]] at the turn of the twentieth century when setting up the American proto-scouting organisation [[Woodcraft Indians]], and in this context meant the skill of living in the open air, close to nature. | The name '[[Woodcraft]]' was used by the influential writer and naturalist [[Ernest Thompson Seton]] at the turn of the twentieth century when setting up the American proto-scouting organisation [[Woodcraft Indians]], and in this context meant the skill of living in the open air, close to nature. | ||
