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Four photos at M4M (2000): Mike Wells |
See also the 2006 event photos by: Steve Walters Chris Rogers Peter Meaby Sue Spanswick Henry O'Dwyer Ray Pettit
Subj:
War on the Line
Date: 22/05/2001 20:17:34 GMT Daylight Time
Dear Tony,
...snip...
... "War on the
Line" weekend. Perhaps as before, you would be so kind as to pass this
on to those responsible. We had never been before, but had always
fancied the idea and the weekend co-incided with a visit by Pam's
sister and her husband who, although madder than us in many ways, are
not railway enthusiasts. Reading the details about the weekend, which
we downloaded to them, they entered into the spirit and one came as a
Naval Officer and the other as his '40's dressed floozie; Pam and I
ended up the same, with me as a cross between one of the Grateful Dead
and Biggles (in RAF uniform) and Pam as the good lady.
We had a marvellous time, as we thought we would, but our guests who
had never seen the Mid Hants before were absolutely bowled over by both
the railway itself and the atmosphere so entertainingly re-created. So
many put so much effort in, but the atmosphere at Medstead &
Four Marks was perhaps the best. The success (of the Saturday at least)
was summed up by two things our guests said: the first was that they
would have felt out of place in modern dress and the second was that
they want to come again. For two non-railway buffs, we think this is
praise indeed.
Additionally, being in fancy
dress, we were mistaken as "staff". Apart from Pam and her sister being
propositioned more than once, a couple of older gentlemen commented on
how accurate the ambience was; one had been in Hampshire as a lad at
the time of the preparations for the D-Day landings, the other was
married to a land girl and fortunately we were able to direct him to
Medstead.
So, well done one and all. Another
excellent Mid Hants performance and ...snip...
Cheers
Malcolm & Pam Lawrence
From:
Richard Hazelgrove
Sent: 21 May 2001
09:33
Subject: Watercress
Line 1940s event
Hello
Although other work commitments prevented us from being involved in
your weekend event my wife and I were able to attend the event on
Sunday. I would like to say that we thought the whole event was
absolutely brilliant - with so many people dressed in period costume
there were times when it really felt like it could have been 1944.
We were very impressed with the friendly attitude of all of
those involved particularly at the station with the BBC Outside
Broadcast. The atmosphere was great - with no "closed shop" attitude
that unfortunately can sometimes creep into re-enactment events.
Personally, I had a wonderful day - Bill Pertwee (and in
fact anyone else from Dad's Army) has long been a bit of comedy
favourite of mine and to meet him on Sunday was something I will
remember for a long time. Then the Lancaster fly past to end the day -
what more can I say! Well done to everyone -
next year we intend to be involved come hell or high water!
Richard Hazelgrove
Andy Smale's Photos of our 2005 Event
Letters about our 2005 event (& more photos)
Photo Report 1 on our 2002 event
Photo Report 2 on our 2002 event
Photo Report 3 on our 2002 event
Photo Report on Winter 1944-5 events: (2002 to 2006)
Sue Spanswick's Photos of the 2003 Event
Mike Purser's Photos of the 2003 Event
Photo Report 3 on our 2003 event
Photo Report 1 on our 2004 event
Photo Report 2 on our 2004 event
Photo Report 3 on our 2004 event
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