Newly re-furbished Scouts hut pays tribute to 50 years service by a leader.

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Fordhouses Scouts opened there newly re-furbished Scout hut, now with a new name.

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00:00So Donna, we're here in Forward Houses and a scout group, which scout group is it?

00:04This is First Forward Houses scout group, we're the B Lane part of it.

00:08And a bit of a special day today, what's happening?

00:11We're having the grand reopening of our scout hut, we've spent just over a year refurbing it

00:16from an unusable space to a much better space where we can use much more, do much more skating skills around.

00:24So what sort of stuff, kitchen area, that was kind of a bit of a mess, wasn't it, previously?

00:30Yeah, the kitchen was unusable, so we've ripped all that out, put a new kitchen in,

00:35we've installed a disabled toilet to make it more compliant,

00:40all the walls have been ripped off and insulated and re-boarded, and we've had central heating.

00:47And where have you managed to get the funding from?

00:49It's money that we've been saving up for fundraising.

00:52Yeah, yeah. And it's getting a new name, isn't it, the hut?

00:58It is getting a new name, yes.

00:59The person it's been named after, they're inside, aren't they?

01:02Yes.

01:03So I think we're... go on, tell us about this person.

01:07Brian was one of the first people that started this group 50 years ago.

01:11Yeah.

01:12So it's our 50th anniversary as well, and so he's retired from the group now.

01:19Last year he retired from our group, so because he's put so much work into this group,

01:24we've decided to rename the hut the Brian Walters Scouting Activity Centre.

01:29And he doesn't really know it's been named after him, does he?

01:31He hasn't a clue.

01:32Yeah, which is fantastic.

01:33He also doesn't know that we've had a bench for him as well.

01:36Ah, okay. Ah, that's the bench there. Yeah, cool.

01:39We'll get a little shot of that.

01:40And you've got some kind of kids' activities as well going on, aren't we?

01:43Can you smell a barbecue?

01:44Yes, we've got a barbecue going, we've got archery, soft archery going,

01:50there's hook-a-duck, there's rope-making going on,

01:54a tombola as well, and we've got refreshments as well inside.

01:58Great stuff.

01:59Well, we know how hard you guys work behind the scenes to keep these scouts groups going,

02:03so thank you.

02:04Okay, thank you very much.

02:05Okay, in front of you is a bench.

02:09Yeah.

02:10Okay, if you walk forward, okay, we've bought this bench for you, Brian.

02:15Oh, yes.

02:16Okay, it says, a welcome seat for number one after 50 years of skating.

02:23Now, I don't remember signing a chance enough.

02:26So if you'd like to take a seat so we can take your photograph on your bench.

02:31I'd like to have to get up again after.

02:33Right, we've got one more surprise for you, Brian.

02:35Okay, if you'd like to come this way.

02:42Okay, we've decided to do something for you, okay,

02:47because you've been part of this group and a big part of this group for so long

02:50that you do need to cut the scissors, the thing on that one.

02:53You've got the scissors.

02:54There's a tape there.

02:56Right, now this is the last part of my opening ceremony.

03:00Donna, have you read PRR?

03:02I've got the risk assessment.

03:05I've got the risk assessment.

03:07I'm watching, it's all right.

03:09I've got the risk assessment.

03:09I've got the fingers in after me.

03:10I'm watching, it's all right.

03:13But she can use it very much.

03:15Yeah.

03:16Foot.

03:17Yay!

03:18Yay!

03:19And we'll have to lay on.

03:24Our new sign for the hook.

03:26Brian Walters.

03:28She's now called the Brian Walters Skating Activities Centre.

03:40Nice.

03:41Thank you everybody for coming.

03:44Oh, this is us.

03:45Oh, this is us.

03:47What's happened here today, I was expecting my 50-year thing.

03:50I know I was going to get that sometime.

03:52That's going to be on my wall at home, but this is something fantastic.

03:58If you go into good years, there used to be a plaque in there for my wife, who did a lot of work there, so between the two of us, we did a lot of work for scouting, so thank you all very much, and now, when I go home today, I can take my uniform off, and pull in a tie, but I'll still be in the cupboard, so if anybody wants to let that, you know he'll get me out. Thank you all very much.

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