About us
Not many scout groups in Kingston can boast of a 70-year uninterrupted history, trips to America and Austria, and a new headquarters that is so big it can hold nearly three Wembley-size football pitches.
6th Tolworth was founded in July 1943 as a cub pack under Mrs Webster with the name 6th Tolworth (Old Malden). The second part of its name was later dropped when Old Malden became a separate scouting group. As the name suggests, many of the group's original members came from the Malden area.
One year later, the lone cub pack was joined by a scout troop created by Jack Towgood, with many of the new scouts transferring from the existing 1st Tolworth scout group.
6th Tolworth continued to meet weekly until the end of 1947, when numbers dramatically fell until the cub pack ceased to exist and there were only four scouts in the troop.
Six months later, in May 1948, the group was rescued by a Mr A S Moss and his two sons - P W and H Moss - and the cub pack restarted under the leadership of Miss Sherwood. It quickly prospered.
Throughout its history, 6th Tolworth has held its meetings at Grand Avenue School but recently moved to Elm Close, Tolworth, where it is one of the only scout groups in the borough, able to boast of four-and-a-half acres of land.
In the past year, the site has been subject to an extensive makeover.
For further information about the history of 6th Tolworth Scout Group, please visit the Surrey Comet.