Visitors to the ARC’s 80th VE Day commemorations discovered all about the work of the Guide International Service (G.I.S.) – a highly trained group of young women who went in to Europe and Malaya at the end of the Second World War. Their mission was to help ordinary people rebuild their shattered lives and they…

Do you know what Guides did during the war? The Guide International Service (GIS) was formed during the war to support the war effort. Come and join in our commemoration activities to find out about it  

A home-made Guide uniform dating back more than 100 years has been donated to the ARC and with it some intriguing pieces of kit which are both delighting and puzzling our volunteers. A box of items belonging to Nora Williamson, who was a Guide in the 1st Gressenhall Company in 1919, was given to us…

Chief Guide Tracy Foster was the guest of honour on a time-travelling journey through the history of guiding when she visited the ARC for Heritage Open Day. Three days of fun challenges and exhibitions were timetabled at the ARC’s HQ in Coltishall as part of the national Heritage Open Day celebrations in September. Visitors took…

Never was the original eighth Guide Law more in evidence than at the 2024 1st Norfolk 1940s Guide Company summer camp! As Storm Lilian hit with driving rain and high winds, it was a real challenge to keep cheerful, warm and dry. “We certainly learned why tents need to be storm-lashed and how to repair…