1st Totley Scout Group Archive


Totley History Group is extremely grateful to Gillian Walker for allowing us to digitize this archive. Most of the material was collected by Arthur Percival Birley in the period 1949-51 and has many interesting documents pertaining to the building of the scout hut on Totley Hall Lane. They came into the hands of Derek Maltby, Gillian's father, following Arthur's death in 1991.


The 1st Totley Scout Group was formed in 1944 and was located in Totley Hall which at the time was in private ownership. When the hall was sold to Sheffield Corporation the Scout Group had to urgently find alternative headquarters. The archive details how this was achieved.

In addition to the wonderful roll of honour shown below, four Newsletters survive, two from the 1940s and two from 1971. All the material is available for you to download in a series of PDF files.

1st Totley Scout Group: Correspondence 1949
Correspondence 1949.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [3.7 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Correspondence 1950
Correspondence 1950.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [4.0 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Correspondence 1951
Correspondence 1951.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.1 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Other Correspondence
Other Correspondence.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Deeds and Certificates
Deeds and Certificates.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Minute Book 1944-1949
Minute Book 1944-1949.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [5.7 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Hutment Plans
Hutment Plans.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [699.8 KB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Photographs
Photographs.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [92.2 KB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Miscellany
Miscellany.pdf

Adobe Acrobat document [1.5 MB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Totler Newsletter January 1946
Totler January 1946.pdf

Adobe Acrobat document [779.9 KB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Totler Newsletter January 1948
Totler January 1948.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [552.5 KB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Totler Newsletter April 1971
Totler April 1971.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [552.5 KB]

1st Totley Scout Group: Totler Newsletter June 1971
Totler June 1971.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [639.5 KB]

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