Moving through Brownies

Tammy today takes a brief look at Brown badges and the like before the major program reorganization of the 2000's.

Like Scouts, Girl Guiding had a good number of publications such as annuals but this 1983 example isn't actually an annual, it calls itself a gift book and in some respects is more of a cross between those Ladybird guides to Scouts and Guides with some of the more "stories of what we do with photos" that tend to be in the annuals.

The original text in this edition is copyrighted 1981 although this is a re-print from two years later.

As with Scouts, these publications are no longer with us.

The original badge scheme in Girl Guides was similar to Scouts with awards for meeting certain challenges and here's a selection that based on my abilities I could of gained and thus in the old-new Brownies world are mine

Legacy Badge Categories consist of Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Cook, First Aid, Girl Scout Way, and Naturalist. With each category you have an individual badge book consisting of 4-12 pages, and contains all the information needed to earn the badge.

The Imp was one pretty much every brownie had like the Trifoil membership badge and reflects the whole faeries story that's woven into it rather like in Cubs they had the Jungle Book.

This last one was the Highways Badge,

Highway Badge

This is the last Brownie Guide Journey and as on the other two journeys,  Brownies completed at least one challenge under each of the Eight Points for the highway journey.  (They could complete more than one if they wanted to).

The Eight Points included:

Brownie Guides are Wide Awake

Brownie Guides Keep Fit

Brownie Guides Do Their Best

Brownie Guides Make and Create

Brownie Guides are Friendly

Brownie Guides Lend a Hand

Brownie Guides Help at Home

Brownie Guides have Fun Out-of-Doors

Before a Brownie received her badge she also had to:

Know how to get adult help quickly in an emergency

Know how and why the Union flag is made up

Know about  guides and rangers

Discuss with her leader how she is keeping the Promise and Law both at home and at school

Congratulations, You are Good Gurl keeping your Brownie Promise.