Pendraken Miniatures Forum

Non-Wargaming Discussion => Chat & News => Topic started by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 May 2020, 08:28:30 AM

Title: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 May 2020, 08:28:30 AM
For those of you who don't know, I volunteer with the Military Intelligence Museum Museum at Chicksands, and we made it onto the BBC news website today. :D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52755565?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe&link_location=live-reporting-story
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: sunjester on 23 May 2020, 09:10:07 AM
 :-bd
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Techno on 23 May 2020, 09:30:02 AM
Very cool, Will ! 8)

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: FierceKitty on 23 May 2020, 10:41:03 AM
Yippeee!
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Orcs on 23 May 2020, 12:47:43 PM
Cool
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Shutuphippie on 23 May 2020, 07:09:02 PM
👏👏👏👏
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: paulr on 23 May 2020, 07:18:32 PM
Very interesting
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: fred. on 23 May 2020, 07:33:44 PM
Cool - and interesting find and story.

Do you have a link to the museum? At some point I should be back down that way as my brother in law lives between Northampton and Bedford
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 May 2020, 07:47:45 PM
Forbes
https://www.militaryintelligencemuseum.org/
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Westmarcher on 23 May 2020, 10:37:36 PM
What a fascinating adjunct to your wargaming activities, Lemmey.   :-bd

Turning to the BBC article, I was left wondering what kind of sicko would want Himmler's slippers, shaving foam and razor blades. But I'm sure they're out there somewhere.
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 May 2020, 10:58:02 PM
British Army, if it's not nailed down, Its fair game (We also have a lump of Hitler's desk and a vial of his 'vitamins' wgich are probably speed)
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Leon on 23 May 2020, 11:07:39 PM
Excellent!
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Ithoriel on 24 May 2020, 03:13:36 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 May 2020, 10:58:02 PM
British Army, if it's not nailed down, Its fair game (We also have a lump of Hitler's desk and a vial of his 'vitamins' wgich are probably speed)

A relative of mine had a variant on that from his time in the Army in WW2 - "If it's not nailed down it's mine ... if it is nailed down, pass me a claw hammer" :)
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: John Cook on 24 May 2020, 08:46:23 AM
My first encounter with the museum was as a young Intellignece Corps soldier in 1971, when it was The Intelligence Corps Museum at Templer Barracks at Ashford.  I thought it was a shame that it lost its identity when it moved to Chicksands. 
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 May 2020, 08:59:24 AM
But we gained the Medmanham Collection.

Just wish the Navy would cobtribute...

Hopefully when they finally move to Milton Bryan
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: John Cook on 24 May 2020, 10:11:46 AM
I remember the Medmenham Collection when it was an 'interest room' at JSPI, when that was at RAF Wyton.  There were plenty of Int Corps imagery analysts anyway, so that's OK. 
Title: Re: My museum has made the news!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 May 2020, 01:22:21 PM
Still got them, they're doing interesting thing in 3d now...