It does not seem two years since I was wishing success to your 1962 Gang Show, a wish that was amply fulfilled.

Now a newly organised and greater Middlesbrough is to stage its first Sub-County Gang Show, an event to which we can all look forward with confidence.

One of the things we must always remember in Scouting is that the Scouters are not there to run the boys, but rather to stand in the background and watch and guide.

With all your past experience of Gang Shows, I feel that this will give great opportunity to carry out such an important principle.