Bob-A-Job (1949)

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Bob-A-Job (1949)

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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
April 15, 1949

Scouts' Bob-A-Job Week
- 18th-23rd April, 1949.
One of the chief principles of the Scout Movement is that the boy should be made to realise at an early age that money should be earned and not solicited; to learn the joy of reward through honest labour.

To make good the reduction of investment income during recent years and the heavy expenses incurred in the rebuilding of Scouting since the war, the Association asks that every member, man and boy (there are nearly half a million of them in the United Kingdom) should do a job of work some time during the week April 18th-23rd, 1949, for which he will receive payment. The money thus earned will be devoted entirely to the funds of the Boy Scouts Association.

Will readers of this news- paper give a Cub or a Scout a job during this National "Bob-a-Job" Week, Anything a boy can do such as weeding a garden, mowing a lawn, cleaning windows, cleaning silver or other odd jobs about the house, fetching shopping or delivering parcels, chopping wood or sawing logs, washing down cars or cycles creosoting fences, etc. You pay whatever you think his services are worth, remembering perhaps, the purpose for which he is working.

A Scout will be calling on you during the next few days bearing an official Job Card. This is his authority to approach you offering his services. I am sure you will do your best to help us earn the money we so urgently need if our great boys' organisation is to continue to be a progressive movement.
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Re: Bob-A-Job (1949)

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I remember being in the scouts and participating in "bob a Job week". some of the jobs were tough like cleaning a rusty bicycle wheel with a tooth brush for hours for a measily bob. Other people were generous and would give you half a crown for doing a relatively simple quick job. It was always a bit of a competition to see who could earn the most. At that time I competed with fellow scouts like Frank Brand, Alex Smart and Kenny Cadenhead.

Robert
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