BURWELL MUSEUM OF FEN EDGE VILLAGE LIFE, BURWELL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND.  Open 2-5pm Thurs, Sun & BH Mondays from Easter to End of October (see Special Events section for days with extended opening hours).

'Dad's Army' Day 2006 - 13th August - Page 1 of 5

^ Wartime vehicles

Video Clip of Home Guard - Drill Practice
(click on arrow bottom left of picture below)

^ Members of the Home Guard with a Northover Projector
- a type of short range anti tank projectile launcher.

See video clip of Northover Projector in operation(click on arrow bottom left of picture below)


^ Vintage push bikes

^ Vintage motor bikes

^ Terri dressed as a 1940s newspaper photographer
complete with (working) camera


Mechanical launcher for small projectiles/explosives

^ The launcher was not very powerful
- They admitted they could probably throw the projectile just as
far or even further by hand!
^ Home Guard soldiers

Drill Practice with rifles

^ The 3rd soldier from the right just can't get it quite right
- More practice needed!




Dad's Army Day 2007 will be on Sunday 12th August 2007
- 11am to 5pm. See
will be on Sunday 12th August 2007- 11am to 5pm. See "Special Events" page for details
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