Memories ......

..... of my days in the Guides. My friend, who sells old guide badges (on ebay) to make money for World Guiding, lent me this group of old patrol badges for a rainy day blip. They will now be returned in preparation for a further journey.

My guide company had chosen flowers for the names of the patrols and eventually I became the patrol leader of the Daffodils. My sister looked after the Poppies and my pal was in charge of the guides in the White Heather patrol. I cannot remember how many times the badges were removed from one blue shirt only to be sewn onto another in a larger size. I know that my mum did the sewing when I was young but by the time I reached my teenage years I had to do the sewing myself!