Colin Walker is involved in the Scouting Radio UK studios.
Colin is a life long Scout having been in Scouts for
the past 55 years. He is a member of the Scout fellowship
and an avid Scout Historian. His vast knowledge of Scouting
and Mafikeng has to be admired.
Colin runs his own website called "Scouting Milestones".
He is currently writing books on the history of Scouting.
He hopes to have them published by 2007 in time for
the centenary.
"As I get older I become increasingly aware
that my Scouting history reflects an ever-larger part
of the history of Scouting itself. At the present count
I have been a member for more than 55% of Scouting's
'life' and this percentage will, I hope, continue to
increase for the foreseeable future!"
- Colin Walker
Colin always admires being placed to the test on his
Scouting knowledge. You can send him your queries on
Scouting history for him to answer on the show
studio@scoutingradio.com
Brownsea
- BP's Acorn
The Dawn of the World Scout Movement is an apt sequel
to the work on the Brownsea Experimental Camp. It documents
the signif-icance of the events of 1908, starting with
an analysis of Baden-Powell’s diaries that the author
has transcribed from the originals. This provides a
unique insight into Baden-Powell’s life at the inception
of the Scout Movement.
The major influences on the Founder
are examined including the much-understated roles of
the ‘Brother Organisations’; the Boys’ Brigade, Church
Lads’ Brigade and the YMCA. The controversial contribution
of US pioneer Ernest Thompson Seton is evidenced and
placed in its rightful context. Equally significant,
though short lived, was the involvement of the little
known Legion of Frontiersmen, which for the first time
in a Scouting context, is demonstrated beyond dispute.
The phenomenal spread of Scouting in
1908 is illustrated through the history of significant
founding troops, both at home and abroad, supported
by an appendix listing 350 such groups. In conclusion,
the history of the highly significant first national
Scout Camp, held at Humshaugh in Northumberland, is
told definitely, with reference to no less than four
original diaries, and previously unpublished photographs.
Scout Historian Colin Walker recalls
the events of 1908, in the 100oth anniversary year,
through the eyes of Baden-Powell and his Scouting pioneers.
This book has already been described as ‘tour de force’
or as one Irish Scout put it far more succinctly – fantastic!
It was clearly a labour of love written by a Scout for
Scouts – It will provide you with ‘ a good read’ where
you are guaranteed to learn all there is to know about
the founding of the Scout Movement.
Click
here to buy a copy of the book today, or contact
Scouting Radio for information.
