The cub pack was started in 1926. It was at that time that the Homelands estate was being broken up, this was formerly the home of Miss Austin.

        The first cub mistress was Miss Mary Hammond, a friend of Miss Austin. The cub pack was formed because so many younger children wanted to try what their older brothers were doing. Miss Hammond ran the cub pack until she moved in 1929 (Miss Hammond went on to run the Crich cub pack for 20 years and eventually became A.C.C Cub scouts. She then moved to Lytham St Annes where she formed a pack at St Thomas's Church and ran that one for 11 years. Miss Hammond died in 2000, aged 103 years old.

        Miss Molly Corbett inherited the pack when Miss Hammond moved and was assisted by a succession of young ladies and ex members of the troop through the 1930'3 and 1940's. Some of the more prominent were:

June Goodall

Joan Adamson

Monica Jay

Keith Johnson

Alan Smith

Helen Stone

John Hale

Pat Mathews

Jenny Perkins

In 1955 we got one of our best loved Akela's. Ada Perkins. Ada stayed with us (Although not always as Akela) for nearly 40 years. A plaque is sited on the walls of the HQ in memory of her great work.

The new Akela was to be David Taylor. David had started with the group as a Beaver Leader. He stayed as Akela right up to 2003 when the present Akela took over the realms. David went on to become Group Scout Leader before retiring from Scouting duties in 2006. He still has links with the group and is often called upon to run an Archery evening for the sections.

Lots of things have changed over the years, change of uniform, change of badges. But the main items stay the same. The Cubs were started to give young children an incite into what the older children did in Scouts. This is still happening and now its not just for the boys, we have many young girls in all the sections. Miss Hammond can rest easy knowing that she started one of the best Cub sections in Derby.