David Croft R.I.P.

We are very, very sad that David Croft is no longer with us. A lovely man, who we were honoured to know and count as one of our friends. We are all in shock at the news as we know you will be too - our thoughts are with David's family and friends.

David Croft chatting to Bill Pertwee at the statue unveiling on June 19th 2010.

Gressenhall–Village at War

Once again the museum attended to wonderful Village at War event at Gressenhall over the August Bank Holiday.A great time was had by all and we met many old friends and made lots of new ones.The weekend finished with a fly past by the Battle of Britain flight.

Heritage Day

The Dad’s Army Museum were pleased to join with the Charles Burrell Museum and the Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life and take part in the National Heritage Weekend.We were delighted to welcome 250 visitors who witnessed the arrival of the Captain’s new fire fighting equipment and some wartime style singing.

Heritage Day 2011

Thetford Festival 2011

The museum was pleased to open on Tuesday August 30th as part of the 2011 Thetford Festival.During the day we took visitors to the museum on mini location tours,showing them some of the Thetford town centre locations used during filming.We were pleased to welcome some special visitors in uniform and some vehicles.Over the day we had just over 200 visitors.

Coming soon !

We will be posting pictures from Thetford Festival,Heritage Day and The village at War at Gresenhall on this site very soon.We will also post some new video.Check back here soon.

Hi-de-Hi!
 
Jo and Tony Tarran have announced Back To Maplin's 2011, a Hi-de-Hi! themed event following on from their highly acclaimed events in 2007 and 2009.      Once again the focal point will be the Cliff Hotel in Dovercourt where the series was filmed and will take place over the weekend of Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th October.  Tickets for the weekend activities will cost £ 34.50 each.
Saturday will start with a Vintage Bus Tour of locations in the morning followed by an afternoon with cream tea refreshments at the Electric Palace Cinema - seen in the show in the series 8 episode "Only The Brave" - watching Hi-de-Hi! on the big screen plus some rare clips!
Sunday sees a two course carvery lunch in the ‘Hawaiian Ballroom’ at the Cliff Hotel with entertainment, Maplins fun and a host of special guests joining us.
Previous guests have included David Croft, Jimmy Perry, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc, Su Pollard, Paul Shane, Barry Howard and many others.
Payment can be made by CHEQUE ONLY to "A. Tarran" and sent to:
Hi-de-Hi Event, 32 Beach Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex,       C012 3RP