3rd Worldjamboree 1929
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England |
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50.000 Scouts |
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Arrow Park |
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July 31 – August 9 |
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At this third
Worldjamboree Scouting celebrated its 21st birthday with 50.000 participants
from 42 countries. The opening was done by B.P. by blowing on a Kudu-horn. As a
cloudburst changed the Jamboreefield in a muddpool this Jamboree got the
nickname “Mudboree”. This wouldn’t spoil all the fun though. At the rallytrack
the scouts gave demonstrations of their skills. The 650 Dutch scouts gave a
biking demonstration. During this Jamboree B.P. was risen to the peerage and
had the privilege to call himself Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell from that
moment. To celebrate this and also thank him for all the work he had done for
the Scouting movement, he received a new Rolls Royce with a caravan from all
scouts. As every scouts contributed a penny to this gift the car was called
“The Penny Jam Royce”. The caravan was called “Eccles”. At the end of the
Jamboree a golden arrow and axe were buried. B.P. handed out a gold plated
arrow to all contingents and said: “I send you back tot your homelands to
further carry out the sign of peace and brotherhood. From now on the Golden
Arrow is the sign for peace and friendship.”
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