Meeting an old School friend

 Thanks to face book I could meet an old school friend Sarala who has now settled in U.K. We had studied together in school and after ninth class drifted away. Luckily she had come to Hyderabad for a wedding and we could meet at home on 3rd December, 2014 and revive so many memories of the earlier days. After she left, I spent the whole evening looking for old photographs and searching for her photo and could locate one in which we were in Girls Guides dress. We were all so passionate about being Guides. We took active part in it and also went on Camping and participated in a number of activities. Prior to 1909, Scouting was only for boys but when  Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting,  found that a large number of girls were also interested in  Scouting, he  decided that girls should have their own separate movement, and the Girl Guides were founded in the UK in 1910. Hence we got the benefit of this and could become a part of this movement through our school. We wore our dress with such pride, along with the shoulder knot, of the Group colour on the left shoulder and the  Badges, same as the Boy Scouts. The girls were often adorned with badges indicating a Guide's achievements and responsibilities. Both Sarala and I were just the beginners and Saroj Bala was the one who had the maximum number of badges. I hope we are able to locate her also one of these days. Sarala thanks for finding the time to come over.