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World Scout Jamboree 1957

9th World Jamboree - The Jubilee Jamboree,
Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, 1957.

To ce lebrate the Jubilee of the Movement and the Centenary of its Founder, B-P. , a combined
Jamboree, Scouters' lndaba and Rover Moot was he ld in Sutton Park - a beautiful natural park
of 2,400 acres. Thirty three thousand Scouts from 90 countries camped for 12 days in weather
whi ch ranged from a heat wave to a storm which fl ooded parts of the huge camp site. Many
thousands more took the opportuni ty to camp in the surrou nding countryside.

Opened by HRH The Duke of G loucester, visited by Her Majesty the Queen and the Prime
Mi ni ster, Mr Harold MacM illan, and c losed by the World Chief Guide, Olave, Lady Baden-
Powell, it was the first Jamboree held in England to have its own commemorative postage
stamps. One spec ial aspect was the overwhelming hospitality offered to the participants by the
people of the UK, both before and after the event.

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;15. ~. represents, of course, our Founder, Lord Baden-Powell of
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1qo 7 These years signify the main purposes of the Jubilee
1q5 7 Jamboree.

(i) to proclaim the fiftieth Year of Scouting (1907 to 1957),
{ (ii) to celebrate the centenary of the birch of our Founder

Lord Baden-Powell (1657 to 1957).

flcur· or the arrowhead design of the Scout Bad ge, with the Tudor
OC·LiS
Rose is a happy combination, for both emblems have fre-
quently been used in the armorial bearings of m11ny creat
men in the country's hinory.

~he of England is the basic design for the Jamboree emblem.
~udor England has the honour to be the country where Scouting
began, and Warwickshire, the venue of the Jamboree, is in
1Rose the heart of England.

The Tudor Rose is also included in the Coat-of-Arms of
Sutton Coldfield, an allusion to the fact that Sutton Park,
once a Royal hunting forest, was presented to the C,.. ....ora·
tion by Henry VIII in 1528. •

Jubilee Jamboree postcard sent to Austria,
Sutton Co ldfield slogan postmark 3 AUG 1957.