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26-11-2007, 06:26 PM
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You're Top Poster: #78  |  Barry and the World Wars - can you help? Members who are also on the Great War Forum will be aware that recently I was part of a group that raised £80,000 to restore our local Centotaph and Roll of Honour. I also organised an exhibition on 'Barry and the Great War' with the help of WFA members and re-enactors on 10th Nov. We had 2,300 visitors in 6 hours! (Pictures on the site under 'Cemeteries and Memorials') I've been asked if I'll do it again next November and thought I'd broaden it to 'Barry and the Two World Wars'. The idea would be to raise funds for the upkeep of the restored areas over future years. I wonder if anyone would be interested in giving up a day to support us by taking a table and filling it with their WW2 artefacts? The public's response this year was amazing and all the volunteers (29 of us) are up for a repeat performance. I'd also love to hear from any WW2 re-enactors who'd like to join us in South Wales early next November. Thanks for reading this! Jonathan |
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26-11-2007, 08:50 PM
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You're Top Poster: #3  | Great job Jonathan. You should be proud of your efforts. Welcome to the forum.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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27-11-2007, 12:25 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Jonathan Would you be interested in military vehicles as well? I have some old vehicle contacts in the UK that I can spread the word to if you like. My best man is also in sales for aircraft parts and a keen aviation historian (and former assistant editor with key Publishing etc). Do you have a press release or something along those lines that I could pass to him for potential sponsorship/additional publicity? Congratulations on your success this year. I'd like to think we at this forum could help you out. We're not huge but we make up for it with enthusiasm!
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 27-11-2007 at 12:25 AM.. Reason: Sp |
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04-12-2007, 03:53 AM
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You're Top Poster: #78 | The Memorial Hall contacted me on Monday - overwhelmed by the idea! We have booked Saturday 22nd November 2008, 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (plus the afternoon before for set up) in the Main Hall, plus car park front and back. Fellow members of the South Wales Branch of the Western Front Association are booked, plus fellow members of the South Wales Militaria Group. They put on superb displays last month and are keen for a repeat. What we really need at this stage are some WW2 militaria collectors who would be prepared to take a table or two to show off items from their collections. I'll handle the advance publicity as I did this year by writing articles for the local papers and asking people to contact me with their Barry-related WW2 stories. Have a few other ideas to really make it a really memorable day. Andy, we now have the space for military vehicles in the front car park so any support would be most welcome. I have someone working on a publicity flyer and can send it shortly. If you need any further details at this stage please let me know. Thanks! Jonathan |
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04-12-2007, 05:04 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | No worries, Jonathan, I'll wait for the flyer and then send it around.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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