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Flying the flag for Guiding in movement's centenary year

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Monday, February 22, 2010
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HUNDREDS of girls yesterday took part in a sunrise ceremony on Plymouth Hoe to celebrate the diversity of guiding.

Rainbows, Brownies and Girl Guides were marking World Thinking Day – when 10 million Girl Guides around the world think of their sister groups in other countries.

  1. <P>LEFT:  (from left) Brownies Shannon, aged 8, and Eryn, 9, with the bookmarks made and swapped as part of the celebrations on the Hoe  ABOVE:    The Guiding flag is raised on the Hoe   </B>BELOW LEFT:  Brownies and Girl Guides celebrate on the Hoe</B>
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    LEFT: (from left) Brownies Shannon, aged 8, and Eryn, 9, with the bookmarks made and swapped as part of the celebrations on the Hoe ABOVE: The Guiding flag is raised on the Hoe BELOW LEFT: Brownies and Girl Guides celebrate on the Hoe

Participants made and swapped bookmarks as part of the celebrations, as well as raising the Girl Guide flag and playing music.

The event came after a weekend of celebrating 100 years of guiding.

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The centenary attracted more than 200 girls who marched through the city on Saturday, bearing flags.

They represented 30 different groups from Crownhill, Tamerton, Devonport and St Budeaux.

Guides started in September 1909 when a group of girls turned up at a Boy Scouts rally at Crystal Palace in London.

They persuaded Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, to establish their own movement.

The organisation caters for girls of all ages, from Rainbows (aged five and six), Brownies (aged seven to 10) and Guides up to the age of 14.

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