50th Anniversary of All Saints Scout Group

Beavers joined Cubs and scouts to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of All Saints Scout Group at Accrington Superbowl.

Almost 80 Beavers , Cubs and Scouts enjoyed several games of bowling, followed by a slap up meal of burger, fries and pop.

Hyndburn District Beavers Visit to Blackpool Tower

On Saturday 15th December , over 100 Beavers from all over the Hyndburn area took part in the District trip to Blackpool Tower to celebrate 100 years of Scouting.

What a fantastic day we all had, from the excitement of going to the top of the tower and walking across the glass floor to laughing our socks off at the fabulous circus pantomime, Cinderella.

Some Beavers were brave enough to lie on the glass floor at the top of the tower and look down , but the leaders were a bit more cowardly and held onto the hand rails!


How we all laughed at Buttons aka Mooky the Clown , especially when he picked out our own Grey Beaver and complimented him on his Scout tie!

Beavers enjoyed the 3D cinema experience, the Jurassic walk where they saw loads of scary dinosaurs.The one below had spotted a scout in a tent and thought it would make a nice snack. We also saw a huge hairy wooly mammoth.

Beavers were able to look around the aquarium where they saw loads of unusual fish incuding "Nemo" and "Dory" from "Finding Nemo" and some huge electric eels.

Beavers even met Father Christmas and were invited to whisper to him what they would like to receive for Christmas.

Everyone who took part in the trip received a lovely badge to commemorate the Hyndburn District Beaver trip to Blackpool Tower Circus in the Centenary Year.

This badge can be worn on the left sleeve of the uniform until further notice.

Circus Theme Night

Beavers recently took part in a Circus Theme Night.

The Beavers dressed in lots of colourful clothes, hats and odd socks and had their faces painted as clowns.

They tried out lots of different circus skills including spinning plates, juggling balls and diablo's. They all had a try at everything and showed off their skills in the circus ring at the end of the evening.

We also did some balloon modelling, which is a lot harder than it looked. Lots got popped as we tried to make them into weird and wonderful shapes, but we eventually managed to get them looking like swords and dogs.

Beavers also played some of circus themed games including circus corners and circus picture relay.

Experiment Badge

It was hard to decide who had the most fun when Beavers carried out a range of experiments in order to gain their Experiment Badge.

Akela and Grey Beaver had a whale of a time with the Rocket Balloon experiment, sending a balloon attached to a piece of string and a straw and seeing how far it would rocket along the string. The Beavers didn't seem to get much of a look in at that experiment, the leaders were trying to outdo each other!!!

Vinegar Volcano proved to be a popular experiment, where bicarbonate of soda is added to a bottle filled with vinegar and red food colouring - the effect was an spectular fizzing volcano.

Using the same ingredients, vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, Beavers also found that they could inflate a balloon without touching it.

Beavers also enjoyed the bottle diver experiment, where they discovered density and diving by making a foil diver move up and down in a large bottle of water. They found that they could make the diver move fast and slow and up and down, all by squezing the bottle.

Beavers were amazed by optical illusions , including the duck/rabbit and the elephant with how many legs?!!!

We also experimented by trying to mix various liquids together, including where oil was mixed with water and salt , which resulted in a funny bubble effect.

Centenary Fun Day

On Saturday 26th May 2007, Mercer Beavers joined lots of other Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at Bowley Scout Camp celebrate 100 years of Scouting.

We lined up with other Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in the Hyndburn District to parade our flag to the opening ceremony.






These Beavers were beaming after trying out the siren on the police car they are sitting in.

Beavers took part in lots of activities including inflatable bouncy slide, canoeing, circus skills and crafts.

Beavers enjoyed a party tea, but one was so hungry he tried to eat his hat.



Still eating!

Lots of fun was had asking other people to sign the special white neckers

Making centenary placemats in the art and craft tent.











Beavers and hammers were a worrying combination, but luckily there were no accidents!

Pond Dipping

Mercer Beavers enjoyed dipping their nets in the pond at Bowley Scout Camp. They found lots of different creatures , including tadpoles at different stages of development , some almost about to become frogs.

Some Beavers were amazed to catch newts and were even more amazed that Black Beaver did not want to hold one!

Akeema Shield

All Saints Mercer (Tuesday) Beavers took part in the Hyndburn District Akeema Shield at Bowley Scout Camp on Saturday 28th April.

Several other Beaver colonies took part, including Accy West, 1st Baxenden, 1st Oswaldtwistle St Pauls and Loyola.

Beavers had lots of fun completing different bases, including golf target shooting, egg and spoon race, bean bag target shooting, penalty shoot out, box and broom relay and an obstacle course.

The winning team, Loyola , now go on to represent Hyndburn in the East Lancs County Akeema Shield , to be held later in the year.



Grey Beaver was presented with his Wood Badge after completing his leader training.

Beavers Safety Badge

Beavers were recently awarded their Safety Badge, after learning about Road Safety , Water Safety, Fire Safety and Safety in the Home.

Beavers learned how to cross the road safely using the Green Cross Code, when they were visited by a road safety officer. We were very impressed by their knowledge - most of them had a good idea about how to cross safely.

Beavers also visited Hyndburn Community Fire Station, where after a short talk on fire safety, they were able to climb aboard the fire engines and see how everything worked.

Rebecca , one of our leaders dressed up in a firefighters outfit , including the breathing apparatus. She reckoned the breathing apparatus wasn't too heavy - she even thought she could run up a flight of stairs with it on!

Three of our newest Beavers were enrolled on board a fire engine.

Finally , Beavers visited Greenbank Police Station and were shown what happens when you dial 999.

They also looked around the cells , where several Beavers were breathalysed. Luckily nobody was over the limit!

Having been inside the cells , everyone agreed that they would not like to spend the night there. It was cold, uncomfortable and smelly.

To complete the Beaver Safety Badge, we did some simple role play, in which Beavers had to decide what to do if they were approached by a stranger or what to do if they saw a house on fire.

Beavers also completed picture sheet identifying dangers in the home and what could be done about them.