Dad`s Army Museum Thetford: Bill Pertwee

Dad`s Army Museum Thetford: Bill Pertwee: The museum team is very sad to hear of the death of our patron Bill Pertwee aged 86.We have some very fond memories of his visits to the museum including his recent visit with the Dad's Army Appreciation Society on May 18th.Our thoughts are with his family and friends on this very sad news.

 

DAAS visit.

The museum was pleased to welcome members of the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society to the museum on Saturday May 18th.We were also joined by some members of the cast including Bill Pertwee,Frank Williams,Jeffrey Holland and John Clegg.Other special guests included the mayor of Thetford Stuart Wright, Ronnie Grainge ,Judy Buxton and Trevor & Mavis Jenkins.

Mr Chairman Mr Mayor

The chairman of the Friends of Dad’s Army Museum Thetford, Stuart Wright has become the mayor of Thetford for 2013/2014.Stuart is pictured here with his wife Denise and children Jacob & Elizabeth.

Miniature Jones’s Van now in our web shop

You can buy your very own miniature version of our Jones’s Van for just £9.95 plus £4 uk post & packing.

Jones's Van

Click on the image to buy.

Muckleburgh Military Display Weekend 2013

Jones’s Van will be at the Muckleburgh Collection from May 27th until June 2nd.

Click on the image for more details.

See you there ?

Weybourne Station, Saturday/Sunday May 25/26
The famous “Royal Train” episode of the evergreen Dads’ Army was filmed at Weybourne station on what was then the fledgling North Norfolk Railway in 1973. Forty years on, with the Poppy Line now one of Britain’s top steam railways and the station beautifully restored, the episode will be commemorated in “Dads’ Army Live!”.
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The event will run on the Saturday and Sunday of the late May Bank Holiday. The station will be under the control of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon, with volunteers playing the parts of Captain Mainwaring and his colleagues. Corporal Jones’s butcher’s van will be on hand to add to the authentic atmosphere. And on the Sunday afternoon, our intrepid volunteers will re-enact the soaking the platoon got at the end of the episode, when the royal train sped through the water troughs and left them all drenched.
For advance bookings and information visit www.nnrailway.co.uk

or call 01263 820 800.
The event programme is currently being finalised and full details will be supplied as soon as they are available.
For more information:
Colin Borg on 07774 710 354, 020 8789 0478 and ladybirdcottage@btinternet.com
Trevor Eady on 01263 820 800 and teady@nnrailway.co.uk