Scouting, Volume 77, Number 3, May-June 1989 Page: 28
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A BAWLING
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JLa f t e r its
mother. A vast herd of
black and white Freisian
cows browses across an
endless green meadow.
A fat hen scurries across
a time-worn barnyard,
clucking nervously. A
flock of geese hisses and
honks and scatters in
fright as a dozen gig-
gling Cub Scouts chase
after them.
For the Cubs, it is al-
most as if television's
"All Creatures Great
and Small" has sud-
denly come to life before
their very eyes—and
they are starring in it.
Surrounding them are
the same kinds of farm
animals, ancient struc-
tures, and rustic scenes
made famous in the hit
TV series based on the
warm and magical
stories of author-veteri-
narian James Herriot. If
the camera happened to
be rolling at this very
moment, the Cub Scouts
might find themselves
frolicking squarely in
the middle of another
episode of "Creatures."
Stretching away to-
ward the misty hills in
the distance are the
same rolling Yorkshire
dales, dotted with the
same centuries-old
farmhouses and barns,
and criss-crossed by the
same pattern of low
stone walls that have be-
come familiar to mil-
lions of TV viewers
around the world. The
surroundings are among
the most picturesque
anywhere, but at the
moment it is the ani-
mals, not the scenery,
that command the Cubs'
full attention.
No group of small
boys from the U.S.A.
could ask for a more
ideal setting for outdoor
fun, not even Disney-
land. And, surprisingly
perhaps, these British
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(Above) Cubs from Group
Scout Leader Noel
Snowden's pack chase after
some frisky sheep who
aren't about to be caught.
(Right) Noel Snowden, his
wife, Adrienne, and their
children, Clair, Matthew,
and Victoria. In the
background, their home,
built in the 1500s and
pictured in TV's "All
Creatures..." series. (Far
right) Only one of the cows
allowed the boys close
enough to pet her.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 77, Number 3, May-June 1989, periodical, June 1989; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353552/m1/88/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.