Celebrating 100 Years of Guiding Lights ; Think Girl Guiding Is All About Making Cups of Tea and Darning Socks? Claire Rees Met Three Generations of Guides and Found Out Why, As the Movement Celebrates Its Centenary, There's a Lot More Going On

South Wales Echo › September 09, 2009

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WITH almost 50 years in uniform, Christine Clark is Barry District Guides' longest-serving member.

The 59-year-old of Cadoxton, Barry, first became a Girl Guide when she was 10 years old and never left.

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Celebrating 100 Years of Guiding Lights ; Think Girl Guiding Is All About Making Cups of Tea and Darning Socks? Claire Rees Met Three Generations of Guides and Found Out Why, As the Movement Celebrates Its Centenary, There's a Lot More Going On

"I joined in the '60s and it gave me so many opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise as my parents weren't that affluent," said Christine.

"We went camping in the Forest of Dean, we went on nig...

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