Calderbank Parish Church
14 Main Street,
Calderbank ML6 9SG
1Calderbank@boys-brigade.org.uk
We have a long history of serving our community dating back to 1911.
Undernoted you will find some photos from our archive that were kindly donated by past members as well as a brief timeline of our evolution as a BB Company.
If you have any photos that we could display in our archives please do get in touch
1911
1st Calderbank BB founded within Calderbank Parish Church.
1912
The BB Brigade Executive awarded the Cross for Heroism to Private Hubert Rankine, aged 12, 1st Calderbank Company, for rescuing a boy from drowning who had fallen through the ice on Calderbank Loch.
1975
1st Calderbank suspends its membership due to low numbers.
1980
1st Calderbank re-enrolled into the BB within Calderbank Parish Church.
1986
1st Calderbank suspends its membership again due to low numbers.
2019
1st Calderbank BB re-enrolled into the BB within Calderbank Parish Church under our Chaplain Rev Dr Peter Donald and Captain Elaine Wood.
2020
In common with all other youth organisations, the covid lockdowns throughout 2020 and 2021 brought a pause to our work.
2021
Back up and running, 1st Calderbank Anchor section and Junior Section started back and we quickly got back into our stride.
2022
In November, Captain Elaine Wood stood down and Rev Dr Peter Donald took on the role of Acting Captain alongside his role of Chaplain.
2024
We welcomed the appointment of a new Captain to 1st Calderbank - Lesley Aitken took up the role with effect from May 2024.