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SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you

 Click on this link  or  the picture above to be taken to the Overlord information page which contains all you need to know as a visitor, exhibitor or trader  

SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you

Portsmouth Air Festival – 18th August 2012

Next year – 2012 – Olympics, Paralympics, HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the best OVERLORD Show ever and now this! I have blagged this from their home page to give an idea of what’s coming – visit http://www.portsmouthairfestival.co.uk/ for more information and pop back from time to time to see the breaking news “The inaugural Portsmouth Air more »

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Can I invite my mate?

In the absence of a full-time social secretary (hint!) I have been asked by a couple of members whether it is ok to invite non-members on club trips. I will raise this point at tomorrow’s committee meeting but I am certain the answer will be in line with my thinking – short answer – YES. more »

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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Or “it weren’t broke so we dint fix it” Thursday 27th October was the AGM. Your chance to overthrow the Ancien Régime and start the glorious revolution. Instead you got much of the same with the exception of new blood in the membership secretary’s chair. Welcome to Bob Edgeley who will be collecting your subscriptions more »

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“Preferred Photographer” in print

Mark Rutley is one of our “preferred photographers” for 2012, this montage appeared in the November issue of Digital Photo magazine There are some excellent event photographers out there who are also regular and welcome attendees at the annual OVERLORD Military Spectacular (1st to 4th June for 2012).  Many of their pictures, which have been more »

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D-Day medals recovered

The two medals stolen from the D-Day museum have been posted through the letter-box of the Portsmouth council leader who commented: “It’s great that either someone decided they’d done the wrong thing and wanted to put the situation right, or that somebody found them and decided to do the right thing.” The medals were on more »

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Thieving Scrote(s) Steal Historic Medals

Two medals have been stolen from the D-Day Museum – the first George Medal to be awarded to a Portsmouth man (example pictured left) and a souvenir medal from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The full story can be read by clicking this link Another sad and disturbing case of gain for one person at the more »

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596 pays a visit

When I go to the SOE Vehicle Compound on Thorney I sometimes see visitors. Quite often Captain Evans will be there, last night I met Mark the gamekeeper (and aren’t those cocky pheasants strutting around in for a surprise shortly!) and from time to time one of the guys on guard duty. Today however … more »

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VED concessions please Mr. Chancellor

When the vehicle excise duty concession for historic vehicles was introduced it was on a “rolling” basis but, after a few years the cut off date for qualification was set at 31st December 1972. There is now an online petition requesting a change back to the rolling system and that vehicles over 30 years old be more »

SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you

Overlord pictures – Update

I was playing with Google and “Solent Overlord” and came across a photoset by Mark Rutley on flickr I asked if I could  link to it  and he kindly agreed, there was also one image of  the man that makes OVERLORD such success that I particularly liked and that is reproduced here: For more of Mark’s more »

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Boots and Boats

The Thorney Island Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club Under 10s Football Club Boot Camp was extremely hard work – for the footballers and their dads. For the rest of us it was a fun, relaxing weekend with plenty of good company, conversation and food – marred only for some of us by a break more »

SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you

TV presenters shouldn’t mumble

Just checked the stats and found a lot of visitors to the site between 20:40 and 22:00 on Sunday night (24/07/11). All searching for one thing – “Wickham  military vehicle sales” … And the reason? On Sunday night the Top Gear trio were demolishing houses using an FV434, a CET and a mine flail with more »

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Solent all over the world

I keep track of our visitors from time to time so as to see who is looking at the site, what interests them and whether I am up to date with browsers, screen resolution and operating systems. I  glanced at the visitor map today:   Not bad for a small military collectors club in the more »

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Hot off the press

  Time to pre-order James Daly’s new book about the Portsmouth Heroes of World War 2 This is the first book to be published by the Portsmouth historian and blogger who many will remember from his talk about his family’s experiences at Arnhem and on the RMS Laconia Order below, or more details on the more »

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Spring into June!

2012 is a year with many superlative events crowding the calendar. The OVERLORD Military Spectacular is one. Due to the Diamond Jubilee of HM the Queen being celebrated with a special holiday on Tuesday June 5th  the Spring Bank Holiday has been  moved to Monday June the 4th OVERLORD has also moved … Overlord will more »

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A Bank Holiday to remember them?

Treated myself to a late Sunday roast at Joint Effort on Hayling today. While tucking in to a big plate full of roast pork and a great variety of vegetables I read this in the News of the Screws: Poppy Day off New bank holiday in honour of heroes By David Wooding, Chief Political Editor June more »

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6.6.1944

    … we will remember them

SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you

Overlord snaps

As well as the galleries that I am slowly garnering from my colleagues at SOE there are some external sites that have OVERLORD 2011 pictures. Check this page occasionally as the list of sites grows     Pictures from SOE members are listed below, there are also links to external sites with some fine pictures more »

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Overlord 2011 – The best yet?

Now the clearing up is almost done (Sunday and I have just unloaded my trailer!) it’s time to reflect on Overlord 2011, our most ambitious show yet. The culmination of 12 months of planning and hard work was anticipated with a certain amount of trepidation by the SOE committee and members, a new site bringing more »

SOE - Solent Overlord Executive Military Collectors Club - who we are, what we do, what we can do for you