All aboard the Brownie Express
HUNDREDS of Merseyside Girl Guides and Brownies celebrated their centenary aboard a special steam train.
The St Helens Girlguiding Centenary Express was organised by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo.
They were the only Girlguiding Division in the country to mark its 100th anniversary on a steam train.
The Brownies and Guides wanted to take a trip on the LDPE’s summer steam trains from Liverpool, but these ended before the centenary weekend.
Instead, a special train was arranged for the 18 units of 326 Rainbows, Brownies, Girl Guidies, leaders and Trefoil Group ex-guiders.
They were “flagged off” by the Mayor of St Helens, Cllr Terry Sheilds, from St Helens Junction to York and back.
A special headboard was made for the train and the Scots Guardsman steam locomotive was renamed The Girl Guide for the trip.
