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Actions Displays	The Hackney Scout Song Book Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2013/001:028 TitleThe Hackney Scout Song Book CreatorHackney Local Association Boy Scouts DescriptionThis is a Hackney Scout Song Book Eight Edition. The book may have belonged to a Scout member with the surname Helfgott due to the stamp on the first page of the book. A Foreword to the Scouts of Hackney by the Chairman of the Song Book Committee is featured on page 8-9 of the Song Book. The foreword discusses the desire of the Song Book to bring together the best and most suitable songs from all Scouting Song Book sources and encourage singing throughout the Hackney District. It mentions that singing has always been a regular feature at Hackney Troop and District gatherings and the Troop has an established reputation for singing ‘lustily and well’. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date April 1944 Subjectyouth groups, Scouting NSW, Judean Scouts, songs, camaraderie, social interaction, music Object namebooks Dimensions length: 126.00 mm width: 95.00 mm Language English Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the 3rd Rose Bay Judean Scouts Documentation Bondi Jewry between the wars300023471

Object numberM2013/001:028

TitleThe Hackney Scout Song Book

CreatorHackney Local Association Boy Scouts

DescriptionThis is a Hackney Scout Song Book Eight Edition. The book may have belonged to a Scout member with the surname Helfgott due to the stamp on the first page of the book. A Foreword to the Scouts of Hackney by the Chairman of the Song Book Committee is featured on page 8-9 of the Song Book. The foreword discusses the desire of the Song Book to bring together the best and most suitable songs from all Scouting Song Book sources and encourage singing throughout the Hackney District. It mentions that singing has always been a regular feature at Hackney Troop and District gatherings and the Troop has an established reputation for singing ‘lustily and well’.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date April 1944

Subjectyouth groups, Scouting NSW, Judean Scouts, songs, camaraderie, social interaction, music

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the 3rd Rose Bay Judean Scouts

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Bondi Jewry between the wars300023471

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