{"id":287,"date":"2022-04-13T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2023-04-30T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T09:06:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scout Hall is located in the Village of Cairneyhill, at the far end of Northbank Road on the right hand side. This is opposite Cairneyhill primary school which is signposted off Main Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2227.524694282249!2d-3.533840883912742!3d56.06152927560586!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4887d1568a496baf%3A0x8770590289c5503b!2sCairneyhill%20Scout%20Group!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1649863787785!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of the 83rd Scout Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 22%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Group was first registered on 1st March 1983, founded by Douglas Fotheringham who had moved from the Three Churches Group in Dunfermline.<br>Originally formed with just a Cub Scout Pack and Scout Troop, a Venture Scout Unit was added in 1989 and a Beaver Scout Colony in 1990. Douglas Fotheringham was Group Scout Leader from 1983 to 1997 and Maureen Cameron was Cub Scout Leader from 1983 to 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/40th-Badge-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/40th-Badge-2.jpg 961w, https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/40th-Badge-2-345x300.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/40th-Badge-2-768x667.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group Neckie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.83rdfifescouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/tartan20.gif\" alt=\"Neckie\" class=\"wp-image-344 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-font-size\">From its founding in 1983 until the Group AGM in 1999 the 83rd had a brown neckerchief with a grey border, but in 1999 adopted the 21st Century Tartan as the new colours for their neckerchief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scotland\u2019s tartan for the 3rd Millennium has the following significance in its colours and sett;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red signifies man\u2019s spilling of blood over the last 2000 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White represents the peace we hope for<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pale Blue for the United Nations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The large proportion of Deep Blue signifies the oceans which cover 7\/10ths of the planet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black is for Minerals; Oil and Coal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green is for land and the ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And through them all runs the Silver and White of the space age and technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The 21st Tartan is exclusive to Geoffrey (Tailor) Limited<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location The Scout Hall is located in the Village of Cairneyhill, at the far end of Northbank Road on the right hand side. 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