GIRL GUIDES' NEW HOME

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 81, 9 April 1929, Page 13

GIRL GUIDES' NEW HOME

.;-^ IMFEJRIAIi HEADQUAK TEES ■ (Frdhi "The. Ppst' s ": Representative.) ■ ;V 'V-' 1 ■•' '':'-"■ LONDONvlsfc March. ... Tho Girl GuicU:is eighteen years old .■tins . year. ' Her'..'.fconiiiig';Wt," .which synchronises with .'.the' "conring-of-age" of. the Boy Scout, is to be marked by the beginning..of an. .ambit.io.us but very necessary(enterprise.-. ' ■;,'•• , ; . This' 1 is -the building of:.the Guides' own Imperial, headquarters on a .Very suita^JcV,,sitfe''. whiqh .!has. been ..secured in Buckij}gli^)u!^ajaisQ,.Xoai^'llh.e,membership^'oifilke t<juides,:in-vthe':-.Einpire felono;-now I'7numbe-rs:-,more-];:tliun\;half a ..million,, and o; it „is? ,?elt;i, iSh'ilt ■;'smbh an organisation 'shouldpossess;ian adequate home wliercin/-to: direct its' activities and to v pl>seiy-'e towards^foreign .Guides' .the,duties..■'■bf"' i :li6ipitaiity i v iV.',:•?' '■:•: "••'• At.'"present;. tfio): icadquarteis.-..■staff: is • ai3tributod;'.'amongiiour;:buildings,r and v fb/'Some'-^ont. .iff aej^ifdeiij;- $ or^ousevr.TOm'ipottft^^a^s:':; r.^oi.v : v' 5 ::i.. :T!J:-In7:tha;;kopDitliatr:tliei!,wli;6lc':.eostVbf tlvelir':aewsli6riiel^afsum-^f-?fi74jsoo^-will b.e.raised by .the .GuidesAli-emsolves, ■tlio; /ffiuildiiig. 1" riiatpriais"-."ai'ef'- offered for sale to individual Guides, -. ebnipaaiqs/pafii!Uß, a ana,"diitXicts.;:':A-Tbll.of, the names.^pf/all ;thq,'Jpurciasers'..will ;be kept at headquartera,'-but V companies .aifd fpatkg;swh6''..buy- bricks'will-' receive 'a icei't|flcat&:;^e,'sigirieSiV.b'y.!:v.th!3V.';Gliief ■Scoji^ Jvinis^if vlprsdisplay^iiftlieir i own 'Club rboniV'. ':,.-. .:-...:;:..:•::;.:.-. '■_'! : . '■ Fpllp-^ing is>,tlie-;"pri.ce:;list.":: —Bric];s 2s. 6d'.'each', staircase.stops' :& 2 10s each, windows-and doors from £5 fa £50, corner, stones £10,. pilasters; £100, ■■rooms'. : fro'rft'/,£500: to. ,£IO.OO, council chamber, ; :£2o.oo,".. i; .'■'""';^..-'-V- ■•:"-,-V ' • vAbDuf l'BpofoooVhtickVWill;bD'.i'oquirea, "in -additib;u Ifb-;;200 I'.eo.rnQ'r-/stones, 1 150 windows, .115 doors, i.66. siaircfl.se steps, ana. 212>0Q0;.wooden.floor flocks;•■ j The. present- .address 'of.-the : Girl Guides' Association is 25, * Buckingham Pal»e€ road, Lpiidon, aW,^