 Baden @-@ Powell invited boys from different social backgrounds to the camp , a revolutionary idea during the class @-@ conscious Edwardian era . Eleven came from the well @-@ to @-@ do private boarding schools of Eton and Harrow , mostly sons of Baden @-@ Powell 's friends . Seven came from the Boys ' Brigade at Bournemouth , and three came from the Brigade at Poole & Hamworthy . Baden @-@ Powell 's nine @-@ year @-@ old nephew Donald Baden @-@ Powell also attended . The camp fee was dependent on means : one pound for the public school boys , and three shillings and sixpence for the others . 
