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On Friday December 5th the Christmas Lights will be switched on by our Captain Mainwaring.The museum will also be open. Full infomation (and later pictures) are here.
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1940`s Style Dance The dance held on November 15th was a great success and enjoyed by all those that attended.We thank everyone who came and all those that helped.
There are some more pictures and video here. Pictures taken during the evening are available to buy from here.
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We'll meet again . . . down at the library Our Captain Mainwaring (Mick Whitman)was among those who attended a special event at Thetford Library on November 12th. Click here to read the full story in The Bury Free Press |
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Celebrating the Life & Achievements of David Croft. Several members of `The Friends` were invited to the EPIC studio in Norwich on November 7th.Clips of David`s shows were shown along with a filmed interview.Ian Lavender (Pike from Dad`s Army) and Richard Gibson (Herr Flick from `allo `allo) were interviewed and told some stories about David.David was presented with a special map of Thetford.
More pictures here EPIC run the UK`s premier independent HD studio and production facility. Click here for more info |
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Heritage Foundation
On the 12th October The Heritage Foundation held a lunch to celebrate 40 years of Dad`s Army. Representatives of the museum attended and were able to meet several members of the cast and writers / producers. Several other celebrity supporters of the heritage foundation also attended.Jill Daniels,who sang at the July event,was there as well and told everyone how proud she was to be a member of `The Friends` of the museum .Everyone who attended the event was given a copy of the museum information leaflet. More pictures here. |
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The Ancient House Museum Club On October 18th members of the Ancient House Museum Club attended a special session at the museum .Karen White and John Bardwell told the children what life was like in the 1940`s.They were able to try on gas masks,hear what the Air Raid Wardens did and have a go with a stirrup pumb.The group meet museum volunteers Neville Lockwood and Mick Whitman (aka Captain Mainwaring) who told them about Dad`s Army and the `extras` who came from Thetford.This is first activity planned between the Ancient House Museum and the Dad`s Army Museum. |
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Can we talk to you ?
We have been giving talks to local groups about Dad`s Army and it`s association with Thetford. If you are interested please contact The above picture is from a recent talk held at Feltwell for the local history society.
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Video We have uploaded some video to Googlevideo. Please have a look. |
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We have had many requests to sell some of items from the museum shop online. So we have opened an online shop ! This is a `secure` shop and you can pay by cheque,card or PayPal. Have a look !Click on the item image.
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Meet our Captain Mainwaring
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A member of our committee has lost their dog
He went missing on November 29th FOUND ! |
Some of the older news items have been moved to our `old news` page.