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The Blair Atholl Jamborette, held in Perthshire,
Scotland, every even-numbered year since 1946, is a unique
Scouting experience in which merged patrols of twelve Scouts -
half from Scotland and half from another country - participate
in Scouting activities for ten days, followed by visits by the
international Scouts to the homes of their Scottish patrol
mates. The Baden-Powell Council has sent contingents to the
Jamborette in 1988 and 1996-2016, and we plan to return again in
2018. For pictures and stories of our Scottish experiences, see
our website at BPBlairAtholl.org
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The original Blair Atholl Jamborette patch, from the first on in
1946. This patch isn't in my collection, unfortunately - it was
in a display cabinet at the Jamborette. |
 
Every participant at the Jamborette gets one of these patches to
wear on their uniform - and only one. Lose it, and it's
just too bad. There aren't any more. As a result, these patches
are rare, and anyone who's been to Blair treasures their
Jamborette patch. |
 
These patches can be bought at the camp store, so they're much
more common. |
 
The 2020 Blair Atholl Jamborette was canceled due to Covid-19.
This red-bordered patch was sent to everyone who would have been
there.
A Virtual Jamborette, called "Blair Everywhere", was
held on the same weekend as would have been the Country Fayre/Visitor
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White Cockade
While at the Jamborette the Scouts work on earning their
"White Cockade" patch by participating in at least ten
activities. The Cockade is named after the piece of cloth Bonnie
Prince Charlie's troops pinned to their hats during the 1746
Jacobite Rising - there's an original cockade on display at
Blair Castle, and the Scouts can see it while they take a tour
of the Castle. |
This patch was used in 1996, at least.
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The current patch is fancier. |
Special White Cockade for the 60th Anniversary Jamborette |
The 2008 Cockade was on the same pattern as the 2006 |
Artifacts
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A Woggle ("neckerchief slide", to Americans) from
the 1954 Jamborette |
Ceramic Plaque made by a leader for 2002 |
"Oor Wullie" woggle sold by Scottish contingent to
2019 World Scout Jamboree
Oor Wullie (Our Willy) is Willie Brown - a character in a
long-running Scottish comic strip called "The Broons"
- think of Dennis the Menace with a Scottish accent.
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Jamborette Banner from the second Jamborette |
Contingent Patches
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B-P Council 1988 Blair Atholl Contingent
The only time we had a custom CSP for a contingent.
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B-P Council 2010
Contingent - our first pocket patch
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B-P Council 2012
Contingent
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B-P Council 2014
Contingent
An offbeat patch, designed by one of the Scouts - B-P wearing
shades and holding a can of Scotland's Other National Drink - Irn
Bru.
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B-P Council 2016
Contingent patch
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B-P Council 2018
Contingent patch
Back to offbeat patches - this time, B-P in armor and the Killer
Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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B-P Council Patch for our 2020 UK trip, which we planned to take
after the Blair Atholl Jamborette had been
canceled...
...which we didn't take because everything else wound up
canceled, too... |
Our 2022 patch is slightly larger than the past patches -
3.5" |
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Back to the Virtual
Patch Collection main page
Lots of Scouts and Scouters collect patches - your Webmaster is no exception. So, I've put up a Virtual Patch Collection for the district.
It's by no means exhaustive, but it's what I've got. If you felt like contributing pictures of some patches we don't yet have in the collection, please e-mail them to Mike Brown at wb2jwd@gmail.com
- the scans should be between 450-600 pixels in width and height(no multi-megabyte scans, please, they crash my e-mail program) and in JPG or PNG format if possible. Of course, if you wanted
to give me the actual patches, I won't insult you by refusing...
-Mike Brown
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