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Essex joined with their Leaders and Trefoil Guild mem-
Methodist church hall. The girls “visited” Australia, France, Spain,
China and Ireland enjoying craft and activities from those countries. The afternoon ended with singing and refreshments before
promises were renewed by all groups. A very enjoyable day.
Nicky Brown Owl of 2nd Stanford-le-hope brownies
Reaching For The Skies
ive members of the Ongar District Senior Section and
Leader took to the sky in October.Using the
Hertfordshire Scouts ‘Falke’ out of an airfield in
Bedford.
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The Falke Glider has an engine to launch it but once the
engine is cut it behaves like a conventional glider.
The girls went up one by one with the instructor, once
the engine was cut
and instruction
given, then the
girls were given the
controls.
What an
experience, it was
so quiet and
peaceful and no
one wanted to
come back down to
earth!
n 15th/16th March 2013, Girlguiding Waltham Abbey & Upshire , 3- WA Brownie packs,Upshire Brownie pack and WA &
Upshire Senior Section, all wowed the audiences with”Wanabe”, Thriller, and My Fair Lady numbers & Upshire Brownies sang
Crazy Moose, the SS performed their own version of Jack & the Beanstalk. Sue Copsey, a Brownie Leader sang “Any Dream
Will Do”, with accompaniment from some of the younger units members. Other items being performed by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts &
Explorers with a final number of synchronised swimming by the Scout Leaders. All units joined in the opening “All in this Together” and
closing “Riding along on the Crest of a Wave” numbers.
All who participated thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and
are looking forward to the n ext Gang Show, watch this
space.
We would all like to congratulate Brownie Leader
Sally Page who acted as Director, choreographer and chief
bottle washer throughout the rehearsals and performances.
Well Done Sally, and indeed to all the leaders and
young performers.
O
y Brownies, 5th Gidea Park,
went to Dagenham Police
Station recently. Unfortunately
they let them out of the cells and
handcuffs! The girls have done their
own reports of the visit (included on
this page). The visit was arranged by
one of our mums.
The things they did there
were; Had a ‘spoof briefing’, learnt the
various levels of command, visited
Front Desk (except for the group that
had the upset man!), went in a police van and car, tried the walky-talky, sounded the siren,
breathalysed a willing (adult) volunteer, had their fingerprints taken, had their footprints taken
(BigFoot), went in the custody suite to see what happens when someone gets taken in, went
in the interview room and a cell, took each others DNA, tried on a variety of uniforms & handcuffs and dressed one of the guides up in combat gear. They asked no end of questions! As
part of their Crime Prevention
badge they made posters the week before which the police were
Firstly we all met up at Hornchurch station. Whilst we were
kind enough to judge and award prizes. At the end they were all
waiting for everyone to get there Lynsey gave us all a mint.
given a certificate and their crime prevention badge. They had a
Once everyone was there we got our train. It was only 2
great time.
stops on the train then we walked about one minute up the
The police are still recovering!!!! Linda Taylor
road then we were there . We were greeted by an officer.
On one Saturday morning I got up at 6am and got myself ready
After that they did a short PowerPoint then made us all
to go to Dagenham Police Station. Once I was ready I waited for
pretend that we were police officers and gave us a briefing
my friend to pick me up. When we got to the train station we
. After that brown owl put us in our groups and then we
found the rest of the Brownies and waited for the train. Once
went off and did the activities. My group went with The
we got off the train we walked until we found the Police
Inspector and learnt all about the cars . We even got to go
Station. We went inside and we were told to put our lunches
in the police van and put all the lights and sirens on and
and coats in the main body of the police station. We had a
use the walkie talky. Brown owl even had a go. We also got
briefing about Disney crimes and police officers.
to go in the police car and had photos taken. The next thing
After all of that, my group and I went to the custody room and
my group did was the Front desk. In the front desk we got
had our fingerprints taken and it was really good fun. Then we
to ask lots of questions about their job and it was really
went to the cells and got locked in them. Charlotte Day
fun. After that we were all very hungry so brown owl let us
have lunch. Once we had eaten lunch we went to the cusMy favourite part was when we pushed all the buttons in the
tardy room there we got to look at the prison cells they
police car. My least favourite was when we saw all our
took our finger prints and we got to look at the cameras it
favourite characters on the briefing. My second favourite part
was really fun. Then we got to try on the police outfits and
was when we got locked in one of the cells and when we did
we got to wear handcuffs which was really cool. As well as
the finger printing the old fashioned way in the custardy
having our finger prints taken we also had our footprints
room. My second favourite part was when we did not get to
taken. After all of that we got to take each other’s DNA .To
the front office because they had brought a man in and he
finish off we all sat down and were awarded our crime prewas not very happy with what the police had to say to him.
vention badge and a certificate which was handed out by
Katherine Baggott aged 7
the chief inspector .Sadly after we had got our certificates
we had to leave to get the train. Whilst we were waiting
for our train brown owl announced that PC Weeden had got
My favourite part was when we looked around the cells and
us all a sweet. After we all had a sweet our train arrived so
were locked in by one of the officers. My second favourite
we travelled two stops then we were back at Hornchurch
was when we had our finger prints taken. I learned the police
station and we all went home!
have to take your DNA sample and put it in the computer to
By Caitlin Taylor
check if you have any criminal records. I learned you
shouldn’t be afraid of the police. They are there to help you
and keep you safe. Sarah Baggott
M
bers to celebrate Thinking Day 2013 together at the
rownies in Chadwell
were determined to
bring a little colour into
the lives of library visitors in
their town. The girls spent a
whole Saturday decorating
the windows of the library
with spring flowers and
scenes.
After hours of working and
being their own version of
Mother Nature, the girls were
taken off to enjoy a fish and
chip lunch.
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Brownies in the cells
ainbows, Brownies and Guides from Stanford-le-hope
Chadwell Brownies bring Spring into Library
GGEW NEWS SPRING 2013
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