The 1st Handforth Beaver Scouts invited representatives of the Friends of Handforth Station to join their regular evening meetings recently.
FoHS members Mike Bishop and Roger Small attended on Monday 26th and on Thursday 29th February, and ran an educational quiz for the Beavers, entitled “How well do Beavers know Handforth?”. This was a Powerpoint show in which each of 20 slides asked a question based on three Handforth-related images.
Many of the questions were based on Handforth’s buildings old and new. Other pictures featured diverse subjects, such as “Which of these trains often stops at Handforth Station?”, “Which of these birds can often be seen on the lawns surrounding the library?” and “Where does Handforth Town Council normally meet?”
The Beavers all answered individually, choosing A, B or C on an answer sheet to indicate their answers. Some of the Beavers who participated in the quiz scored a very high 14 marks out of 20.
Deborah Robson (known as Amik when being the leader of the Beaver Scouts) commented “The quiz was really good. It’s always nice for the Beavers to have visitors. We thank the Friends for coming to see us twice, to present the quiz to both halves of our Beaver colony”.
Mike Bishop (President of FoHS) said “The Friends of Handforth Station are always pleased to be able to engage with youngsters in the population of Handforth, particularly if such engagement has elements of both entertainment and education.”