FROM VoB KWIMABB: When Scouts Were Boys Only

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Voice of Byron and KWIMABB regular, Lauren Beaumont, shared this mighty shot of the Byron Bay Scouts in a parade, presumably the Oleander Carnival. Note Joe Barker’s “The Leather Shoe”, Les Mickan’s Dry Cleaners and Billy Wynter’s Fruit & Veg in the background. 

Lauren says, “Watching my brother Damien O’Meara in the scout parade up Jonson St…

“Man I wanted to be a Boy Scout so bad! (this was back in the days before girls were allowed).”

 

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