 This decrease continued into the 1950s when only 6 Troops existed; 1st Lewisham (St Stephen's) Loampit Hill (under Charles A Brown, Assistant Chief Commissioner), 1st Wimbledon (Samuel Manning, Grand Scoutmaster) 1st Cirencester (Pooley, Chief Commissioner), 1st Stroud (Pooley, Chief Commissioner), 1st Beckingham, and 1st Huddersfield.By 1971, Brown was Chief Commissioner and led the lone BBS Troop in Lewisham, South London.The St Stephens House Rover Crew in Oxford, led by Michael Foster, joined the BBS in 1979.