A recent thread on Escouts requested information on getting a book, Back to Basics by Peter Brooks.

At the same time I was sorting some of the materials I received on my training, and happened to have a reproduced copy! Given that parts seem to be so widely available and it may not be available to buy (it’s not easy to find anyway!), I’ve made a rough and ready copy available to download. The pages are photographed, but are high quality and should be fine for any purpose you have for them.

Update: Paul from Shurdington Scouts has added a much better quality PDF version to his site. With his kind permission I’ve updated the link below.

The book does what it says on the tin; offering tips, advice, ideas and the proper way of doing things for a variety of Scouting skills.

Back to Basics @ Shurdington Scouts

“The Dump” is a Canadian site listing hundreds of older scouting books in electronic format. They’re high quality PDF scans of books which are no longer in print. Of course the older stuff has some of the best ideas!

There are books for beavers, cubs, scouts and rovers. Books full of games and entire series runs (e.g. The Scouter). There’s also an audio section, with clips of the man himself, Baden-Powell.

The Dump