Monday 27 August 2012

The bus



The routemaster bus ready for the tour.

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Jones's van outside the museum.

Jones's Van Day

The Jones's Van day was a great sucess and we were pleased to welcome over 300 visitors.We also had a good first bus tour and we are looking foward to another this Saturday (September 1st).

Full report and pictures soon.







Saturday 11 August 2012

Festival events flyer

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Monday 6 August 2012

Let it rain!

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On Saturday afternoon it rained and rained and rained.Picture here is museum volunteer Mick Whitman keeping the rain from entering the museum with a broom.Cannot have the cakes in the Marigold tea room getting wet.Come and visit us on Tuesday until the end of September and Saturdays until December.Hopefully the sun will shine !

Thursday 2 August 2012

Busy Sunday

The museum had a busy Sunday on June 24th !

In the museum we welcomed a party of guys from Newcastle in Thetford for stag party.Chris Higgins ties the knot in October and came to the home of Dad’s Army as they are all fans of the show.After a Thetford locations tour they spent some time in the museum.

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The rest of the team were attending the Desert Rats Day,a special day to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein.

As you can see our Captain Mainwaring (Mick Whitman) was told to smarten up by a much higher ranking officer !

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More pictures & story to follow.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Gardener’s Question Time

What fun - here are the fab team from Gardener's Question Time,recording in Thetford last night (July 30th) listen out on the 10th and 31st August).

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We have (picture left) Roger Route from Thetford Gardening & Allotment Club, Bob Flowerdew, presenter Eric Robson, Bunny Guiness and Chris Beardshaw.Lovely that you called in for a photo at Mainwaring's desk.