It was busy weekend for demos as well
as helping with the SESWC demo at the Carronade show at Falkirk on Saturday on Sunday
I helped put on the club demo at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian. The museum is part of the National Museums of
Scotland. The demo wargames were a small
part of their annual World Wars Experience day.
Our demo was a 28mm game set in the
closing days of the Normandy Campaign in 1944.
We used Bolt Action rules and ran it as a demo game but got members of
the public involved to roll the firing, morale and command dice. There was lots of interest in Colin Jack's militaria collection - especially the helmets. As well as our game Falkirk Wargames club put
on a WWI Aerial PP game and a WWI naval game.
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| Noramndy 1944 game - Colin's helmet collection in background |
Our games were in the hangar beside the
Museums Concorde. Very impressive....but sorry no photos...
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German re-enactors watching approaching rain
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Outside there were WWII re-enactors in British German and US
uniforms with their equipment and WWI re-enactors in Gordon Highlanders uniforms. In the
Concorde hanger there were also dress up stalls for children to try on WWII
clothing, design your own boardgame, Miss
Dixie Belle’s Parlour for WWII hair dos
and even social dancing.
More photos of the event by Derek Hodge at the SESC website
http://seswc.co.uk/2013/05/16/the-wartime-experience/
More photos of the event by Derek Hodge at the SESC website
http://seswc.co.uk/2013/05/16/the-wartime-experience/
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| Jeep at RAF encampment |
Interesting event....if invited we
will be back again next year. Here is the link to the museum website
http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight.aspx
http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight.aspx
Great looking terrain board!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Well Done another reason for me to come back to Scotland!! All the great times I am missing.
ReplyDeleteCheers
David VFW
PS AND a great CONGRATULATIONS on the 100 mark of members on your blog.