Scouting Memorabilia

[Chris Atkinson]

My apologies for disturbing all the slumbering denizens of urs ... bad
form I know :-(
But just out of curiosity can anyone tell me if there is much of a
market (and even perhaps where it is) for old Scouting bits and pieces.
I've come into possession of some ancient clothing items : big hats
(including one owned by Jack Beet of Gang Show fame) shirts with strange
badges, belts with 'blackout' buckles.
I've also got loads of paper ephemera going back to the 1930s and
earlier - flyers for events, Jamboree programmes, 'Boy Scout' programmes
and so on. I've even got a Dinizulu bead on a Gilwell Wood Badge ...
none of the local Scouts I've talked to have even heard of Dinizulu!

Well there you go, as I said I'm sorry If I woke you up, but now that's
something to get your teeth into along with the Horlicks and Bath
Olivers ;^)
Chris A.

[MatSav]

Post by Chris Atkinson
My apologies for disturbing all the slumbering denizens of urs
... bad form I know :-(
But just out of curiosity can anyone tell me if there is much
of a market (and even perhaps where it is) for old Scouting
bits and pieces.
I've come into possession of some ancient clothing items : big
hats (including one owned by Jack Beet of Gang Show fame)
shirts with strange badges, belts with 'blackout' buckles.
I've also got loads of paper ephemera going back to the 1930s
and earlier - flyers for events, Jamboree programmes, 'Boy
Scout' programmes and so on. I've even got a Dinizulu bead on a
Gilwell Wood Badge ... none of the local Scouts I've talked to
have even heard of Dinizulu!
Well there you go, as I said I'm sorry If I woke you up, but
now that's something to get your teeth into along with the
Horlicks and Bath Olivers ;^)
Chris A.
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Chris Atkinson
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

If you check eBay, you'll find a lot of Scouting memorabilia.

If you have provenance for the Dinizulu bead, that should fetch a
tidy sum. Without provenance, they're almost worthless.