One of the partially-sighted Brownies at the King George VI Children's Centre stood right in front of me one day and her eyes were level with my Guide Badge on my tie, she looked at it for a few seconds and then said, "Does that G.G. mean Good Going?".

On another occasion the same Company and Pack decided to have a birthday party when we were three years old and invited the then Commissioner for Exten­sions Lady Cummings, she was so thrilled that she said we could have it in her house just outside Bulawayo.  On the day of the party she phoned me at work and said she had been unable to leave Salisbury as she was ill.  She suggested we ask the Chairman of the LA to take her place as Guest of Honour or an alternative was to approach an ex-Commissioner who was interested in our Company.  I tried to get the Chairman of the L.A. but she was out so then got on to the ex-Commissioner who said she would be delighted to come even at short notice.  Round about this time Lady Cummings thought she would get in touch with the Chairman of the L.A. who told her she would be delighted to come. When we arrived in the evening both ladies had made a point of arriving early, for a few minutes I thought our party would be an awful flop, but after talking to all concerned we decided to get on and enjoy ourselves and we had a most enjoyable evening.

You can probably imagine at the time the duplication seemed serious but after everything was sorted out we had a good laugh.

 

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