From the Wylye Valley Life magazine, issue No.21, Friday 8th March 1985:
Brownies Holiday
1st Codford Brownies (8 members), 6th Warminster Brownies (12 members), and 7th Warminster Brownies (3 members), spent a pack holiday with an international theme, together, from Saturday 16th February to Thursday 21st February [1985] at Maiden Bradley Village Hall.
They were led by Warminster District Commissioner Mrs. Jean Harrison, who is also the 6th Warminster Brownie Guider.
Each day had an international flavour, commencing with Dutch day on Sunday, when among the activities the children sat in the hall in a barge made out of benches and they ate a Dutch meal of peas, pork, rice and garlic, which was organised by Warminster Guider Mrs. Pauline Hunt.
Monday was American day and included totem pole teddy bears, and eating hot dogs, beans and burgers, while sitting in teepees, and was organised by Codford Brownie Guider Mrs. Glynis Addington.
On Tuesday everyone enjoyed a coach trip to the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, London. On their return to the hall in the evening they discovered that the lighting and heating had gone off. However, the leaders’ ingenuity shone through as they prepared eggs and bacon for everybody on one ring. Lighting and heating was soon restored with the help of Mr. Laurence Rice and Mr. Melvin Addington.