A GROUP of young girls having a laugh, and not one of them is taking a selfie, so this must be an old photograph.
It is in fact an international Girl Guide camp being held at the Mains estate in Milngavie in July, 1952. The caption for the photograph in The Bulletin newspaper said they were rushing to the cook-house for lunch, but we suspect they are only running because the photographer urged them to show a bit of frenzied action for his composition.
One girl at the front has either thrown her arms out to save herself from falling or is merely trying to stop her pals from getting to the food before her.
The Bulletin explained that the camp consisted of Scottish Girl Guides, a group from Denmark, and two Guides from France.
The land for the girls to pitch their tents was owned by Mrs Douglas of Mains who was County Commissioner for the Guides. The Douglas family had owned land in the Milngavie area for generations, but eventually the area was sold for housing and the building of a new secondary school which was named Douglas Academy in honour of the family.
The Girl Guides now have over 10m members worldwide.
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