Sep 242011
 

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 …

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  •  September 24, 2011
Jul 262011
 
Hayling Lifeboats

Picture courtesy and copyright RNLI / Carol Carter

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. Continue reading »

  •  July 26, 2011
 

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 central south of England!

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  •  July 14, 2011
Jun 052011
 

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 Continue reading »

  •  June 5, 2011
 

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 new and unknown challenges.

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  •  June 5, 2011
Apr 142011
 

If you want to learn more about a subject you can read a book, watch a film or play music or even a computer game.

Now you can find all media relating to World War 2 without leaving this site – just click on the “The Shop” tag at the top of any page or just click here Continue reading »

  •  April 14, 2011
 

When checking how this blog is used by you, dear reader, I have a raft of statistics to help work out how people find things, what they see and what is most popular. Continue reading »

  •  April 8, 2011

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  •  March 31, 2011
 

We are returning after a couple of years to the fascinating, friendly and personal museum run by Tony Oliver and his family.

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  •  January 25, 2011
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