1918 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must know the general rules for sweeping, dusting, and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows, and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway time-table; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
Show a knowledge of how to use, clean, and oil a sewing machine.
1919 POR – Domestic Service
A Guide must know the general rules for sweeping, dusting, and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows, and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway time-table; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1920 (March) Girl Guide Badges and How to Win Them 1st edition – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must know the general rules for sweeping, dusting and scrubbing, must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boos and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway timetable; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1921 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must know the general rules for sweeping, dusting and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway time-table; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1924 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must know the general rules for sweeping, dusting and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows, and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner; know how to call up, and answer a telephone correctly, or look out a train and connections in a railway timetable.
1925 Girl Guide Badges and How to Win Them 8th edition – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a rain and connections in the railway timetable or know how to call up and answer a telephone; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1927 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting and scrubbing; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows, and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner; know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out a train and connections in a railway time table.
1927 (July) – Hints on Girl Guide Badges – 10th edition – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting and scrubbing and washing up kitchen and table utensils; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture, clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway timetable or now how to call up and answer a telephone; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1929 (July) – Hints on Girl Guide Badges 12th edition – Domestic Service
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting and scrubbing and washing up kitchen and table utensils; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture, clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; look out a train and connections in the railway timetable or now how to call up and answer a telephone; lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner.
1929 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing; and washing-up kitchen and table utensils; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner, know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out a train and connections in a railway time table.
1930 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing; and washing-up kitchen and table utensils; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives and silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner, know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out a train and connections in a railway time table.
1931 POR – Domestic Service Badge
A Guide must demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing; and washing-up kitchen and table utensils; must turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives and silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; arrange flowers; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner, know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out connections in a timetable for railway or bus.
1932 POR – Domestic Service Badge
Demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing; and washing-up kitchen and table utensils; turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the stove and lay the fire; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner, know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out connections in a time table for railway or bus.
1933 Hints on Girl Guide Badges – 15th Edition – Domestic Service Badge
Demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing and washing up kitchen and table utensils; turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the fireplace and lay the fire; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner; know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out connections in a time-table for railway and bus.
1934 POR – Domestic Service Badge
Demonstrate sweeping, dusting, scrubbing and washing up kitchen and table utensils; turn out a room properly, clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean the boots and blacklead and clean the fireplace and lay the fire; remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from the upholstery; lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a (pretended) dinner; know how to call up and answer a telephone correctly, or look out connections in a time-table for railway and bus.
1935 POR – Domestic Service Badge
1) Demonstrate; Sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, washing-up kitchen and table utensils.
2) Clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean boots; blacklead and clean the fireplace or clean a gas cooker; lay and light a fire.
3) Lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a pretended dinner.
4) Know how to use a telephone or look out connections in a timetable for railway or bus.
5) Have turned out a room properly. Remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from upholstery.
1938 POR – Domestic Service Badge
1) Demonstrate; Sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, washing-up kitchen and table utensils.
2) Clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean boots; blacklead and clean the fireplace or clean a gas or electric cooker; lay and light a fire.
3) Lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a pretended dinner.
4) Know how to use a telephone or look out connections in a timetable for railway or bus.
5) Have turned out a room properly. Remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from upholstery.
1939 POR – Domestic Service Badge
1) Demonstrate; Sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, washing-up kitchen and table utensils.
2) Clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture; clean boots; blacklead and clean the fireplace or clean a gas or electric cooker; lay and light a fire.
3) Lay a table correctly for a meal and wait on two persons, quietly and neatly, at a pretended dinner.
4) Use a telephone or look out connections in a timetable for railway or bus.
5) Have turned out a room properly. Remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from upholstery.
1940 – Hints on Girl Guide Badges -Domestic Service Badge
- Demonstrate: sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, washing-up kitchen utensils and table utensils.
- Clean and polish the floor, brasses, copper, knives, silver, windows and furniture: clean boots, black-lead and clean fireplace or clean a gas or electric cooker: lay and light a fire.
- Lay a table correctly for a meal, and wait on two persons quietly and neatly, at a pretended dinner.
- Know how to use a telephone, or look out connections in a time-table for railway or bus.
- Have turned out a room properly. Remove stains from a carpet and candle grease from upholstery.
December 1940 – “The Guider”
“The Domestic Service Badge has been amalgamated with the Homemaker Badge.”
1942 (November) POR – Domestic Service Badge
The Domestic Service Badge has been amalgamated with the Homemaker Badge.
Leslie's Guiding Badge History 