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THE BOYS'
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A social history of the BB in Glasgow
photos and
memories preserved on GlesgaPals for future generations.
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I can't praise this wonderful organisation
enough. I was introduced to the Boys Brigade by my Mother's
cousin
Ruby Mullen a Sunday School teacher at Dalmarnock Congregational Church in
Dalmarnock Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow
She took me along cc1959 to Sunday School & I joined the Shipmates of the 175th
BB. I was very young & I loved it!
I
progressed to the Lifeboys and then the Company section, all at Dalmarnock
Cong.
I attended my first BB camp
in 1966 aged twelve
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The BB taught me
plenty, kept away from the gangs and my time as a member both boy & officer
were the happiest days of my life.
As an Officer my skills in music were put to good use and I formed a
successful band in the 219th
Glasgow
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1st BB
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1st Glasgow Company photograph
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15th BB
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15th BB, Glasgow, Sir Harry Lauder 1920s
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18th BB
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18th BB, Glasgow, fitba team 1919-20
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19th BB
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19th BB, Glasgow, Castlemilk
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29th BB
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29th BB, Glasgow, 1938 Empire Exhibition
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67th BB
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67th BB, Glasgow, Helenvale Street Church, Parkhead, Fitba team |
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86th BB
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86th BB, Glasgow, 1922-23 Drill Efficiency medal |
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91st BB
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91st BB, Glasgow, Gorbals Membership card 1914-1915
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94th BB
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94th BB, Glasgow, 1st Shettleston
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96th BB
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96th BB, Glasgow, Dalmarnock Parish Church of Scotland, Dalmarnock
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108th BB
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108th BB, Glasgow, Brook Street St Clements church at London Road,
Bridgeton
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137th BB
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137th BB, Glasgow, Mure Memorial Church, Garrowhill 1952 Remembrance Day
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154th BB
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154th BB, Glasgow, Fairbairn Street & Bethany Hall Bernard Street,
Bridgeton |
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155th BB
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155th BB, Glasgow, Methodist Church,
Main Street,
Bridgeton |
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161st BB
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161st BB, Glasgow, Hall Memorial Church, Dalmarnock Road
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175th BB
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175th BB, Glasgow, Fairbairn Street, Bridgeton, (amalgamated became154th
BB)
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178th BB
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178th BB Glasgow, Bridgeton Baptist
Church, Orr Street |
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185th BB
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185th BB Glasgow, Springburn Pipe band
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195th BB
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195th BB Glasgow, at camp in Tenby, Wales 1958 & 1956 |
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208th BB
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208th BB Glasgow, Pollok, Glasgow |
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214th BB
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BB bugle band in Kelvingrove Park in 1950.
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219th BB
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219th BB, Glasgow, Bridgeton
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228th BB
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228th BB, Glasgow, Newlands East Church & St.Francis-in-the-east
Church, Bridgeton |
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Anderston
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History of the Boys Brigade in Anderston, Glasgow by
John N Cooper
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Cathkin
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Glasgow Battalion, Cathkin District NCOs Dinner 2006-07 |
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Clydebank
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Glasgow, Clydebank BB on their bikes 1941
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Glasgow |
Queens Badge parade Glasgow City Chambers, May 2005 |
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Ibrox
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Buglers at Ibrox Park, Glasgow 1948 home of Rangers FC |
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Queens Park
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Brass Band Glasgow BB at Queens Park Review1955
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Springburn |
Crowning of Temperance Queen and King in 1946/47, Springburn park |
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Whitburn |
Glasgow to Whitburn .... football league winners 1st Whitburn BB
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Jubilee 1933 |
Jubilee Celebrations 1933 see old video footage of this 50th
year celebration. |
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BB Badges |
Kings Badge , cap badges etc |
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BB Cards
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Boys Brigade membership cards
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BB Council
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The Brigade Council at Glasgow September 1954 programme
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BB
Poem |
Boys Uniform Poem issued in Glasgow 1954 |
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Centenary |
Boys Brigade, Bible Class Sunday 28th
August 1983. Ibrox Stadium Glasgow |
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BB
Xmas card |
Boys Brigade Christmas Card |
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125 years |
The 125th Anniversary of the Boys'
Brigade in Glasgow - 2008 |
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Dennistoun
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Glasgow, Dennistoun Lifeboys & jersey badge
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Clydebank
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Glasgow, Clydebank Lifeboys transfer certificate 1951 |
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Parkhead
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Glasgow, Parkhead Lifeboys cc1940
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178th BB
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178th BB Glasgow, Bridgeton Baptist
Church, Orr Street |
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209th BB
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209th BB Glasgow, Recruits
application form from 1951 |
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BB HLI
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Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion - First World War, Glasgow
Regiment.
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Tribute
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Glasgow BB Officer Bob Bryson
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Glasgow Battalion website |
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Founded
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4th Oct. 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland
by William Alexander Smith. |
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Motto
Emblem
Patron |
Sure & Stedfast
Hebrew 6 v.19
The Anchor
Her Majesty the Queen |
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Object |
Of the Boys Brigade is the
advancement of Christ's kingdom among boys and the promotion of habits, obedience, reverence, discipline, self respect and all that tends
towards a true Christian manliness. |
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Organisation |
The Boys Brigade divides into Districts, which divide into Battalions
and Battalions divide into companies. The basic unit of the BB
is the company which is part of the local church. Each company has a name
such as 219th Glasgow, 1st Belfast etc |
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Short
History
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In October 1883 William Alexander Smith, an officer in
the 1st Lanark Rifle Volunteers and a teacher in the North Woodside
Mission Sunday School founded the
1st Glasgow Company
of The Boys' Brigade.
He brought to this new and novel experiment the things he knew from the
Volunteers; Military Drill, rifle exercises ( but only with dummy
rifles-shooting has never been a Brigade activity), club room, football,
cricket, sport, camp and the band, so giving the boys the opportunity of
doing things that were out of reach of most working class families.
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The Brigade grew to a world wide organisation and the man was knighted in
1909, Sir William Alexander Smith. He started with 30 boys in Glasgow
and before his passing in the10th May 1914 that number had grown to 60,000!
The first overseas company was in St.Louis, USA in 1887 now there are
companies in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya,
Denmark to name but a few. The pioneering work
of Sir William encouraged other like minded people and one after another
great youth organisations took shape : Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Girls
Brigade etc
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