Museum Ian

Thanks, @iancastleraids.bsky.social . We're glad to have your support, as always!

CommuniTEA Networking Event - Sponsored by Beresfords - Friday 6th February Join local businesses, charities & community groups for tea and open talks on support, resources, and impactful giving beyond money.

I am very happy to be taking part in the www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk CommuniTea event on Friday 6th February.

We'll be exploring volunteering for a #charity like www.stowmaries.org.uk . Why is it so important?

#ww1 #museum #charity #volunteering

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As an independent #museum, www.stowmaries.org.uk relies heavily on events income. They take a lot of planning (www.stowmaries.org.uk/events) and need to bring in wide audiences. Today - I've been focusing on one of our Air events, a #LivingHistory event and a motorbike show.

#WW1 #History #Events

I have always been fascinated by Annette Carson's work on Hys Grace, and was lucky enough to be involved in the reburial, personally. Having spent some years learning 15th Century fencing techniques - and later teaching them - in armour and out, I can only imagine carnage of that day.

I had a pair of B2s made up for me and use three pairs of NATO woven puttees stitched together. Far, far better than any repro puttees. I avoid using original kit where I can.

Mine is WPG.

As I recover from a very nasty chest infection, I have taken the opportunity to replace the buttons on my 1902SD with #RoyalNavy ones. This is for my 1916 LS presentation. #WW1 #RND

Further digging shows that support troops wore the Div patch like this, so my SB idea holds water...

Thanks!

A fascinating image (for me, anyway!). The Royal Naval Division, well known for its uniform shenanigans, does it again.
It looks like a SB party. I think it must be post-May 1916 (63rd Div patches on) - they don't have Battalion Brass yet. Curved and Straight RND titles, no colour flash.
#WW1

These were glove inserts. Not really reliable, especially at 20,000ft in an open cockpit!

Over a #Coffee my mind wanders to #WW1 #LivingHistory. Some new shoulder brass has arrived, but I'm struggling to find 16mm brass KC RN buttons for a 1916 Royal Naval Division impression I am delivering in April. ( I need 6 for my SD pockets and epaulettes). Any ideas?
#reenactment #RoyalNavy #RND

Another regular day. Finalising the Marketing Strategy for Www.stowmaries.org.uk , using theaudienceagency.org/en/what-we-d... ..while penning another #Funding application for an exhibition... writing an impact report for a previous grant..while balancing #Events planning.
Waiter? Bring me #Coffee!

We have four different buildings that are the sole surviving examples of their type in the world. All straight out of the Royal Engineers Constructions, European Theatre, 1913-1919. Plus we have 19 other buildings!

Good to know! We are a #museum first, all about the collections, before we are an airfield. That doesn't mean we're not Wing-mad, though! We have some of the rarest aircraft in the world...

Albatros Dv(a) G-WAHT engine testing at www.stowmaries.org.uk
#ww1 #History #Historymatters #Aircraft #Biplane #ClassicAircraft #Vintage

www.stowmaries.org.uk is the largest collection of #RFC buildings in the world. #Aircraft, renovation project & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social uncilengland.bsky.social accredited #museum open to the public.
@constructionhist.bsky.social hist.bsky.social @mghg.bsky.social l #WW1 #History

#LivingHistory is a great way to relax. I have also enjoyed #Reenactment. While I have had plenty of time working in the 15th C, I find myself enjoying #WW1. Particularly the #RoyalNavy. 1916, Royal Naval Division,Galley Killick in April. Time to plan menus. The Galley will provide!

As I'm new to the platform, what sort of presence does #WW1 #LivingHistory or its cousin, #Reenactment have on BlueSky? Any #GreatWar #Museums on here?

Greatest Witch and 'Head-ologist'. Granny Weatherwax for the win. #TerryPratchett #Discworld

Digging for Britain - Series 13: 2. Our Rarest Find and Biggest Dig Two incredibly rare finds from an Iron Age hoard, a look inside the UK’s largest and most complex dig in a generation, and the earliest example of an artist’s signature from Roman Britain.

Great to see my chum Frankie on here at 47:30 onwards, being very excitable and geeky. Top work and all less than an hour from me.
#archaeology #diggingforbritain #history

Digging for Britain, Series 13: 2. Our Rarest Find and Biggest Dig: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pl59 via @bbciplayer

Great War Living History beckons. Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, 1916. Coming to a venue near you...if I can find the time. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #LivingHistory

Hi! New to the platform too. How do I post direct to this feed? Is there a keyword?

Try some of ours at www.stowmaries.org.uk ;-)

What a busy week. Stow Marie's Great War Aerodrome (www.stowmaries.org.uk) in all its glory... Now. Time to plan for it's season, and mine.