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In 2010 Ashford Museum helped celebrate the Girl Guide Centenary with a display showing pictures, badges and photographs of the movement in Ashford.
Girls from the age of five have followed a progressive path from Rainbows and Brownies, then onto Guides and Senior groups. Each section continues to provide skills and experience for young women across the British Isles and British overseas territories.
Girl Guiding facts:
Founded in 1910
Its founders were Robert Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell.
Patron is the HRH Queen Elizabeth II
President is HRH Countess of Wessex
It is the largest girl-only organisation in the UK
For further information please visit the Girl Guiding UK website.
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