"I was tickled to death by the idea, and decided to go along to the ladder house and see what it was all about. And that was how it all began two years before the Chief founded the Boy Scout movement
"I always feel that those three boys started the movement here in East Grinstead. It might well be a matter of pride for East Grinstead and it is an intriguing thought that it should have all started in Railway Approach, and in a ladder house."
Crystal Palace Rally 1909
1st East Grinstead Scouts form Guard of Honour