On the 22nd June 2025 Tarvin Brownies will have been going strong for Fifty years.
To celebrate we have set up a geocaching trail. We have made it as easy as possible so that the Brownies and Guides will be able to find the caches without too much trouble. There will be a number of straight forward jigidis, easy quizzes and in some cases we will just tell you where the cache is. None of the caches are at the posted co-ordinates
Most of the caches are on quiet roads or paths, although there is a busier section of road in places
The original Brownie/Rosebud uniform was blue. Girls would have worn a skirt, knitted jumper and a hat called a tam. It wasn't until 1920 that brown became the primary colour. Brownies wore a short-sleeve belted dress with pockets over a long-sleeve white shirt. Their chest was covered by a large, white bib with a brown border, where they would pin their Promise Badge. The tam had ben replaced by brimmed hat (woven from rushes). Uniform lists also specified that they should wear brown knickers – and in an era when knickers were often nearly knee-length, it was not unknown for inspection to include checking that the correct colour of knickers were being worn!
1934 saw the introduction of yellow, or gold, for the first time to Brownie uniforms. Brownies had the option of wearing a brown, belted, military-style cotton dress with either a brown or gold neck tie. The brimmed hat had now been replaced with a cloche hat, a type of fabric hat which sits close on the head with a small brim.
1950, five years after the end of WW2, marked a new era of Brownie uniforms. The style of dress remained similar, with breast pockets, belt and neck tie. The shade of brown changed to a lighter and warmer shade, and all neck ties became yellow. Instead of a cloche hat, brown woollen berets were adopted, For the first time, socks were officially the preference over stockings, and by 1964 Brownies could wear cardigans over their dresses
This cache can be found at N 53 11.125 W 002 46.445