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Gamble paid off for scouts with bonfire and winter fair
Burton Mail
|November 10, 2025
STRETTON Scout Group was thriving in November 1982 and much of the success was pinned on a winter fair and bonfire.
Holding the event was a huge gamble but one which paid off.
Speaking in 1982, scout leader Malcolm Goode said: “We bought £200 worth of fireworks for the evening's display and needed a good crowd to make it pay.
“You have to speculate to accumulate but thankfully the amount raised from the display was £370 - well above my expectations.”
This story is from the November 10, 2025 edition of Burton Mail.
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