Everton Day Trip
Saturday 28th March 1942
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Log book entry from Troop Log
28th March 1942
Leader ASM Wilson Hill
Scouts Austin Craigie, Andrew MacMillan, Eric Duncan, Paul Pryce, Frazer Millar, Ian Conn, Alan Nicol, Duncan Kerr, Roy Farling, Campbell Conn, John Ellis, Alan Jubber, John Menzies, Stewart Tosh, Neil Robertson, Austin Craigie + 8 others
Also: George McGeoure
Weather: Dull and very cold, but quite dry
Report from Troop Log
About 24 boys of the troop cycled to Everton in four separate patrols - all four patrols meeting under the railway bridge between Inverkip and Everton at 2:45 PM.
At Everton, various fire lighting and cooking tests were undertaken. The following tests being passed by me (Wilson Hill).
Firelighting:-
Austin Craigie, Andrew MacMillan, Eric Duncan, Paul Pryce, Frazer Millar, Ian Conn, John Ellis, Alan Nicol, Duncan Kerr, Roy Farling, Campbell Conn.
Cooking (2nd Class);-
Eric Duncan, Stewart Tosh, Neil Robertson, Austin Craigie, John Ellis, Alan Jubber, John Menzies.
At 5:45, we left Everton and proceeded home, once again as four separate patrols.
The woodpigeon patrol had spent the morning on the shore between Inverkip and Wemyss Bay.
George McGeoure was also present.
The weather was dull and very cold, but quite dry.
Author Wilson Hill
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