ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Tom Marriott-Moore, for his fantastic memory and enthusiasm for the early days of Scouting in Sale.
• Graham Coombe, the Archivist at the Scout Association, for allowing me access to the early editions of the “Register of Certified Scoutmasters” and “The Scouter”.
• Sidney James, who recorded an early history of Scouting in Sale.
• R.S.C. Hadfield, who wrote the _history of Knutsford District and gave me several ideas on how to pursue my investigations.
• Bill Black of the United Reformed Church, who gave me valuable information about the Scouts at the old Sale Congregational Church.
• All those Scouts who. kept Logbooks and other records of their Scouting activities in the early years.
• Tony Hodder for recording this history on his Word Processor.
• The numerous people who have read the proof of this history and corrected or added to the original copy.
• Those of you who have read the instalments of this history in the bulletin and have spurred my enthusiasm by saying how much they enjoyed reading the articles.