Page 4 - Guiding Lights: A History of the STGA 1959-2019

Contents
1 Introduction 5
2 The creation of the ‘Guide, philosopher and friend’ 7
3 The 1970s: Ceilidhs and controversy 18
4 The 1980s: You just can’t get away from us,
no matter where you go 27
5 The 1990s – A decade of change 33
6 2000 – 2010 - Guiding in the 21st century 43
7 2010-2019: The boom years 57
8 Scotland’s influence on the world of guiding 65
9 Branching out across Scotland 79
10 Mind Your Language 103
11 The Evolution of Guide Training 109
12 Guides Tales 116
13 Guiding Characters – past and present 146
Front cover photograph courtesy of the Edinburgh Evening News
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