Who are we

History

There has been a unit attached to the16^th Lancaster Group since the Early seventies.

At first it was a joint unit with 53^rd Lancaster Scout Group, and so logically it became the 69^th.

There were 10-15 members at that time The Eighties were a boom time for Ventures in the Lancaster and Morecambe, with as many as 100 Ventures meeting regularly, as well as having many joint and district events.

Unfortunate circumstances lead to the two groups splitting and a unit at 16^th Lancaster gradually shrunk, as more Ventures left to go to University, with less carrying on to 20.

The Unit decided to become mixed and this boosted the numbers again in 1990.By 1992 we had 15 members, and looking good.

A joint camp on Skye was held with Scorpio Vengers in Morecambe that year, and this led the Vikings as we were now known to expand and bring in friends.

As many as 35 Ventures met and we had to move out of the small room at the Scout hut and into a room at the Parish hall.

Fortunately the Scouts decided to move their meeting night, so we could move back.

The unit shrunk back to 10-15 members where it has remained for the past few years - losing when ventures go to university, but always gaining new members.

An alliance was formed in 1995 with 23^rd Lancaster to form a joint unit with them, which has been very successful, and is ongoing.