pferguson | June 29, 2024
WWI Exhibition with WW2 Story In December 2015 I made my way through the new First World War galleries at the Imperial War Museum, London. At the time, I was ingrained with all that was new to see. However after my wander, I felt I preferred the earlier exhibit to this one but…after a few […]
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Tags: 31 January 1941, Exhibitions, HMS Hercules, Imperial War Museum, London Blitz, Remembrance
pferguson | April 29, 2024
Dad’s Army: CP1 of Walmington-on-Sea A weekend of what to watch was resolved as disc 1 from the original Dad’s Army (1968-1977) television series was launched over the weekend. The catchy theme, often mistaken for a wartime tune, was written by the show’s creator Jimmy Perry who together with Derek Taverner wrote the music. The […]
Category: Odds & Ends, Remember Them Well |
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Tags: Arnold Ridley, Bud Flanagan, Clive Dunn, CP1, Dad's Army, David Croft, Derek Taverner, Film History, Jimmy Perry, John Laurie, Theme Song, Walmington-on-Sea
pferguson | February 26, 2023
The WVS Never Say No The Woman’s Voluntary Service (WVS) was founded by Stella Isaacs the Marchioness of Reading in 1938. Both the Times and the Observer newspapers cited two differing Great War services in her 1971 obituaries. The Times reporting her work with the British Red Cross Society and the Observer reporting her work […]
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Tags: Marchioness of Reading, Never Say No, Stella Isaacs, Women's Voluntary Service
pferguson | January 29, 2023
Museums…Stories Such fun to have been on the road, at long last, taking the tube from Embankment to Lambeth North (London) for the walk to the Imperial War Museum. With each stride I am closer to their new exhibitions, eager to see new design, new content. I was not disappointed. As I wandered the open […]
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Tags: American Air Force, Candy Wrappers, Captions, Dentyne, Imperial War Museum, Life Savers, Wrigley's
pferguson | December 24, 2022
At Long Last It was time to go…the last time, November 2019 and now three years later and after all the calamities of the world I was at long last back in London. I have been visiting this city since 1983…and part of this trip was to revisit and reconnect with a few of those […]
Category: Christmas Special, Odds & Ends |
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Tags: Apple Records, Christmas, Connection, Gieves and Hawkes, John Lennon, London (England), No. 1 Savile Row, No. 3 Savile Row, Paddington Bear