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Hi Everyone.

Have you ever met Hatty?

Or Hatty2 - also known as: Hatty-too (i.e. Hatty, as well), not-Hatty ('cos she's not the original Hatty) or knot-Hatty ('cos there are a ring of knots around the edge of the brim)?

 The Hatty Story

At the Isle of Wight Festival in 2007 Julie bought MaC an early birthday present to wear to the 2007 Scout Centenary Jamboree in Chelmsford - Hatty. Julie took 3 months leave of absence from her job and joined the Jamboree team for the build, the event and the breakdown. Hers was one of the first dozen tents going up on the whole site and one of the last dozen tents coming down (in the rain)! 

 

MaC joined her every weekend of the build and breakdown and for a day during the actual event. This photo was taken at the Jamboree. MaC (on the right) went for a day with Barry Groves (now the County Archivist). We met up with Azwar Zahoor, the Isle of Wight Scout Contingent leader.

After the Jamboree, Julie started sewing her badges onto a camp blanket.  MaC took Hatty to Bestival where he met a group of ex-Scouts and Guides who were wearing bits of their old uniforms. They made a badge for their "Bestival Jamboree", and were kind enough to give MaC one of their spares, which he immediately sewed onto Hatty. 

That was the start - MaC decided that he'd put his whole (much smaller then Julie's) badge collection onto Hatty. Hatty has accompanied MaC on many of his Scouting exploits since then.

Hatty became completely covered - with 186 patches, badges, pins, wristbands, small animals, pegs, pens..........    At this point Hatty2 joined in the fun and now carries a further 100 plus items.

Hatty (and Hatty2) also make guest appearances in 3 other blogs which MaC works on:

The Sid the Scout blog at https://sidthescout.blogspot.com/ is a blog about Sid and his friends - who are LEGO®characters. It's aimed at younger Scouts and details Sid's Scouting adventures which take him around and beyond the Isle of Wight. There's a Facebook support page at www.facebook.com/groups/sidthescout/ .

The Isle of Wight Scouting Heritage blog at  https://isleofwightscoutingheritage.blogspot.com/ is a site Isle of Wight Scouts deputy Archivist MaC runs with Archivist Barry Groves. Barry has written 2 books on the History of Isle of Wight Scouts and has thousands of other photos and documents about the history of the Isle of Wight, the history of Scouting and more particularly the history of Isle of Wight Scouting. The site is supported by a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/iwscoutingheritage/ .

The Corf Campsite blog at  https://corfcampsite.blogspot.com/ is forming a live Heritage of Scouting experiences at Corf and is supported by https://www.facebook.com/groups/corfcampsiteblog .

Although featuring some Isle of Wight Scouts, these blogs and Social Media sites are independently run and are not a part of Isle of Wight Scouts. Any comments made under the name Sid The Scout may not reflect current Scout Association policy (although every effort is made to ensure that they do), and every effort has been made to conform to the rules of The Scout Association.

 The photos in this blog are mostly taken by MaC. Photos from other sources have been freely given to MaC without condition. Photographic subjects have mostly been in public places and have actively approved being photographed - they've posed!  

What you can find

This blog is organised chronologically, so if you've ever met either Hatty, or more specifically if you've ever worn either Hatty, you should be able to track the event down easily and see if your photo is here.  Random other hats (and even clothing) appear too! 

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Although featuring some Isle of Wight Scouts, these blogs and Social Media sites are independently run and are not a part of Isle of Wight Scouts. Any comments made may not reflect current Scout Association policy (although every effort is made to ensure that they do), and every effort has been made to conform to the rules of The Scout Association.