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The 1940S Society The 1940s Society For Everyone Interested in Wartime Britain Issue 77 January / February 2013 £3.00 Imperial War Museum North We take an in depth look Jack Hylton by Jeff “Two-Tone Boogie” Photo Album A new series of original photographs with a story Diary Events And much more... The 1940’s Society, 90 Lennard Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2UX Tel: 01732 452505 Web: www.1940.co.uk Email: [email protected] 1 Looking Forward The 1940s Society I must start this month’s magazine by thanking you all for renewing For Everyone Interested in Wartime Britain your membership and helping to support the Society and the Magazine for another year. The feedback from you has been very positive and Regular meetings at Otford Memorial Hall near Sevenoaks very constructive. Its really encouraging to know that the magazine in particular is being enjoyed. Whilst not every article is of interest to Friday 25th January 2013 - 8pm everyone, broadly speaking we cover enough of a variety to be enjoyed by all our members. If you are reading this and haven’t yet subscribed for 2013 may I encourage you to do so. Film Evening - Tawny Pipit If you do have any additional feedback or items of interest for the with magazine please do get in touch. It would be lovely to hear from you. Carol Harris I’m sure there are some very knowledgeable members out there who could share some of that knowledge with us all. ‘Tawny Pipit’ is a wartime film set deep in the Not everyone can come along to our regular meetings. Friday evenings English countryside. The tranquil village of are not convenient for everyone and we have many members who do Lipsbury Lea seems a long way from the war not live close by (some live abroad). However, I have been raging beyond and the perfect spot for Battle experimenting with video and am looking into the possibility of making of Britain fighter ace Jimmy Bancroft to video content available. Its going to take a little working out but it is recover from his wounds. something I would like to sort out this year. Jimmy’s not the new We have had some excellent speakers over the past year and we have arrival, however. For only more to look forward to. Veterans of the Second World War are now the second time ever, a becoming scarce so I am delighted to be able to confirm that Fergus pair of Tawny Pipits have Anckorn will be returning to us in March. Fergus spoke to us in October arrived in Britain to nest. but was so well received and such a fascinating speaker that I had no hesitation in asking him to return. He will be continuing to talk about his The folk of Lipsbury Lea experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war. rally around to show these birds some traditional British Kind Regards hospitality, protecting them from the might of the army, the stupidity of bureaucracy and the machinations of some very Ian determined egg hunters. Please support the Society with a subscription on-line at Author and speaker Carol Harris will be www.1940.co.uk or fill out and return the form on the back of this magazine. introducing the film and will be talking a little about its creation and wartime context and the propaganda elements that it contains. If you have any comments, articles or information of interest we would be pleased to consider it for future use. Please contact us at: The 1940’s Society, 90, Lennard Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2UX or email us at: [email protected] . All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part and in any form whatsoever, is strictly prohibited without the prior permission of the editor. Whilst every care is taken with material submitted to ‘The 1940s Society”, no responsibility can be accepted for loss or damage. Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or the 1940s Society. Friendly meetings learning more about life in the 1940’s. Whilst every effort has been made to contact all copyright holders, the sources of some pictures that may be used are obscure. The Meetings start at 8pm at Otford Memorial Hall, Nr. Sevenoaks. publishers will be glad to make good in future editions any error or omissions brought to their attention. The publication of any quotes or illustrations on which clearance has not been given is unintentional. Admission £3. Further details from Ian on 01732 452505 or visit the Web Site at: www.1940.co.uk Designed and produced by Ian Bayley. © Ian Bayley 2013 2 3 We visit the Imperial War Museum North to find out what’s there and how it compares to other IWM sites. January saw the closure of The Imperial War Museum (IWM) London as a major refurbishment starts. The building work will transform the museum and will finish in time Published December 2012 - £6.99 for the 100th anniversary of the ISBN 978-1-78122-002-3 First World War in 2014. This will mean that the museum will close to the public for at least VIV The SPIV 6 months while the work is For all your underway. WARTIME EVENTS Knowing that this closure was going to happen I thought it a Advertise perfect excuse to check out the much heralded IWM North, see how it compares, and report here back. The distinctive exterior of IWM North (Manchester) for as little The Museum is situated in Manchester which is a better away from Manchester United’s location for many but a bit of a Stadium (My son Michael is not as £20 trek from Kent so it would have a fan but wanted to visit wearing Top Quality Merchandise to be a weekend visit if we were his Arsenal shirt) and a visit to Always In-Stock to get the most out of it. the National Football Museum (No Coupons Required) in Manchester was also on the A suggestion to the family of cards. This seemed to sway this weekend away didn’t go my son and may be useful down terribly well until the news ammunition if you also have a that the museum was minutes football fanatic in the family. 4 5 like a museum. Its distinctive as displays at floor level. As you architecture gives it a sculptural walk through the main area you feel which I quite like. Its centre find many openings leading to features a large tower that gives smaller areas and displays on you a ‘birds eye’ view of the specific subjects. These do work surrounding area if you want to well and we found ourselves go up in the lift. It will cost you following a route round the £1 each and I’m not sure it was museum that did seem to make really worth it – but while you’re sense. there it might take your fancy. The building was designed The museum in general has by architect Daniel Libeskind, quite subdued lighting which is clad in aluminium and is highlights the exhibits. At set One of the views The museum itself is easy apparently a ‘visionary symbol times during the day this lighting from the IWM tower The main museum The presentations are quite enough to get to by car and of the effects of war’. Its on the is reduced even more and the area showing a impressive and very well whilst entry is free you will need banks of the Manchester Ship reason for the large blank wall different display during a show. produced. The museum walls to remember to bring plenty of canal and opened in 2002. areas becomes apparent - A become huge projection pound coins for the car park. huge audio-visual presentation. screens filled with images and We arrived at 10.00am on a As you would expect, the Thankfully you are given a film footage which completely Saturday and there were few museum interior is modern and warning that darkness is about surround you while an audio cars and plenty of parking. very open. The main museum to descend and there is quite commentary and soundtrack area consists of a large open a lot of seating available if you completes the experience. The building itself is large, space with very high ceilings don’t want to stand through the very modern and looks nothing and large blank walls. There are presentation. Grab a seat quick exhibits centrally located as well though as they do get taken quite quickly. At intervals throughout the day the main museum area becomes a multimedia theatre. 6 7 this doesn’t really interfere with your enjoyment of the exhibits. The exhibits themselves are (as you would expect) very nicely presented with quite a lot of interactive elements which will appeal to children and keep them engaged. (If you’ve ever had to take small children round a museum you know how important this is). There is plenty to read or you can just browse Some of the if you don’t want to go into the displays are far less There are plenty on The presentations we saw detail. traditional and more interactive elements ‘hands on’. throughout the were all different with subjects museum. ranging from the world wars to There were a good variety of understanding and this again is a crèche facility however and the cold war. You can find the talks and demonstrations that also a great bonus for children parents are expected to stay programme for the day when went on during the day.
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