Harrods Stops Scouts Wearing Neckerchiefs and Woggles!

Bit of an own goal there Mr. Al-Fayed! It appears that a Group of Explorer Scouts who were in London were not allowed into Harrods as they were wearing their neckerchiefs! They were asked to remove them before they could enter, but to the Explorer’s credit they said no as it is a part of their uniform!

It seems that Harrods does have a bit of a history with this kind of thing, they banned some Guides a couple of years ago. You can read about the story here.

Seems like Harrods are furiously backtracking now and apologising ‘unreservedly’!

Still, it’s great to read one of the Leaders saying

To my horror they said we were going to have to take off our neckers and woggles.

I said, ‘definitely not’, I’m a Scout and it’s part of my identity.