The Moot at Monzie July 1939
For week in July 1939, 3500 young men from around the world congregated at Monzie Castle's grounds for the 3rd International Rover Scout Moot.
The Moot Camp
"On lower ground, surrounding a natural amphitheatre in the middle of the Monzie estate, final preparations were being made at the headquarters of the third international Rover Scout Moot, a quadrennial gathering of mostly eighteen to twenty-four-year-old Rover Scouts." Moot, p 3
The Moot Camp
"Both Maitland and Makgill camps were capable of housing two thousand young men. Each camp was subdivided into smaller groupings of five hundred and then into units of fifty." Moot, p 3
Meikle's Nook
Midway up the hillside, they arrived at a curious construction, a wooden canopy built over a natural dip in the ground, held in place by two struts at the front and festooned with towels and shirts. Scratched onto a plank of wood nailed to a pole secured in the ground were the words “Meikle’s Nook.” Moot p 5
The Opening Ceremony
"The dignitaries took their places. Lord Somers, the Deputy Chief Scout presiding over events in the absence, through illness, of Lord Baden-Powell, took the centremost position." Moot p 47
The Opening Ceremony
"Up on the rallying point, the starting official gave the signal for the first contingent of Rovers to begin their procession. Rovers from Armenia, alphabetically the first of the forty-eight nations, marched into the arena and made an anti-clockwise circuit before stopping to take the salute of the dignitaries." Moot p 47
Campsite
"For three days, rain had fallen on the volunteers erecting tents in the Maitland and Makgill camps, on high ground beneath the tree line of the northern slopes of the Knock Hill." Moot p 3
Camp headquarters
"On lower ground, surrounding a natural amphitheatre in the middle of the Monzie estate, final preparations were being made at the headquarters of the third international Rover Scout Moot..." Moot p 3
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