DetailsGirl Guides began three years after the beginning of the Boy Scout movement in 1910. Robert Baden-Powell began the Girl Guides movement as a parallel organisation under the leadership of his sister Agnes. The guide Movement was a response to the many skills their brothers were learning such as bushcraft, camping, first aid and giving community service.
Mothers of girls in the district who were interested in forming a Girl Guide Company first met in the home of Mrs Willings on 9 June 1936 where they discussed the possibility with District Commissioner Mrs Beatrice Munro, a resident of Beecroft. Following that meeting the first official meeting of local association was held at the home of Mrs Howe, 34 Warne Street, Pennant hills, on 21 July the same year. Mrs H Brown of Thornleigh volunteered to train as captain by attending lectures at Girl Guide Headquarters while Ann Rothery of Normanhurst volunteered to become the lieutenant. The Congregational Church Hall was selected as a venue for meetings, hired on Friday nights at the cost of 1/-. The formal motion to establish the Pennant Hills Company stated that the first meeting of the Company would be an afternoon tea in the former quarry site.
The opening of the Pennant Hills Guide Company was held at the Picnic Grounds Thornleigh (Thornleigh Park) on 26 September 1936 in the presence of Captain Miss Hazlewood and Lieutenant Miss McPhee. Guides of Beecroft Company joined the 12 girls of the newly formed company and District Commissioner Mrs Munro of Beecroft joined in the afternoon tea celebrating this historic occasion.Date taken1936KeywordsGirl GuidesPennant Hills
