Media    From 1908 

Scouting for Boys

A book on boy scout training written by Robert Baden-Powell. It was originally published in six fortnightly instalments and contained information on 'self-survival', based on his boyhood experiences and his military career. It also promoted the merits of 'good-citizenship' and patriotism. Some of the advice in the early editions reflected Baden-Powell's supposed sexual repression, with information teaching adolescents how to control their lust; including 'periodically dipping your “racial organ” in ice-cold water'!

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Scouting for Boys

Commemorated ati

Robert Baden-Powell - Wimbledon

{Below the Boy Scouts' badge:} In the Mill House Robert Baden-Powell, Chief S...

Read More

Scouting for boys re-published

To mark the re-publication of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys as part...

Read More

Other Subjects

Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE

Dame Ann Parker Bowles, DCVO, CBE

Aristocrat and Girl Guides leader. Born as Ann de Trafford on 14 July 1918, she was the eldest of the four children of Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet, MC, JP, DL (1891-1971) and the ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Friend / family

1 memorial
Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association

Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association

The association is a watchdog for the welfare of the suburb and acts as a strong pressure group. It conveys the views of its members to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, to the Borough of Barnet a...

Group, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
British Institute of Professional Photography

British Institute of Professional Photography

Held its first meeting, as the Professional Photographers Association, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street.

Group, Community / Clubs, Photography

2 memorials
Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

Japan-British Culture Memorial Club

We can find no information about this group so we guess it was short-lived and dis-banded once the memorial was unveiled.

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Japan

1 memorial
Steve Hudson

Steve Hudson

Engineer and creator of the Dartford Remembered Facebook page.

Person, Community / Clubs, Engineering

1 memorial

Previously viewed

St Mary Whitechapel parish boundary

St Mary Whitechapel parish boundary

E1, Commercial Street, 40, The Culpeper Public House

Plaque actually around the corner in Wentworth Street.

8 subjects commemorated
Bearman's Department Store

Bearman's Department Store

E11, Leytonstone High Road, 829

Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' department store - "The Store with the Personal Touch". Opened by...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator