The first rollout was quite a success, thankyou to everyone who turned up and supported us, especially my wife Meg, who had high winds and stormy tempers to deal with for the first few hours! Thanks also to Jon, who turned up to wish us luck and ended up as buckshee manual labour!
high winds and cheap gazebos do not mix, but after a lot of rope and swearing, we at least erected the shelter. that was really the hardest part. The collection itself travelled quite well, never asking 'are we there yet' and not once kicking me in the back. I was a little bit worried about it, especially some of the Roman pieces. We have three iron nails recovered from the battlefield at teutoberg forest in Germany, AD 9, very unusual to be able to date such non-descript pieces to a specific time like that, and they are deeply fragile. jon wouldnt believe that something that has been buried in the mud for two millenia could be so fragile, maybe im over protective... But all the peices made it in tact and pretty much in the order in which I packed them, which made life a lot easier. We had prepared a number of labels which went down fine, but these were not in order: cue lots and LOTS of faffing and an increasingly exasperated Meg as the opening time approached! placing paper labels behind tiny coins with my fat fingers is like trying to eat a pomegranet with a spade.... Because the gazebo was quite windy, we couldnt put our maps of Roman britain behind the displays, they had to sit outside. But i think theyll stay there, they were drawing people in.
We had a lot of visitors, many of whom were asking questions and I was in hogs heavan talking about the pieces at length... lot of kind donations including a copy of the post-operational report of the Falklands campaign by the 3 pars CO, very interesting stuff, and a perfect way to kick off our new 'contemporary conflict' display about British conflicts post-WW2. favourites seemed to be the Roman artifacts and the modern Britain collection, quiet a few of the older generation being pleased and upset at once to find one of their household items on display! Next stop... no idea yet, Well keep you posted! We are a charity, and were always seeking your unwanted strange old things for display either temporarily or permanently. You can email me at ben_welbourne@hotmail.co.uk for further information or to enquire about how you can help. dont forget to follow us on facebook as well.
high winds and cheap gazebos do not mix, but after a lot of rope and swearing, we at least erected the shelter. that was really the hardest part. The collection itself travelled quite well, never asking 'are we there yet' and not once kicking me in the back. I was a little bit worried about it, especially some of the Roman pieces. We have three iron nails recovered from the battlefield at teutoberg forest in Germany, AD 9, very unusual to be able to date such non-descript pieces to a specific time like that, and they are deeply fragile. jon wouldnt believe that something that has been buried in the mud for two millenia could be so fragile, maybe im over protective... But all the peices made it in tact and pretty much in the order in which I packed them, which made life a lot easier. We had prepared a number of labels which went down fine, but these were not in order: cue lots and LOTS of faffing and an increasingly exasperated Meg as the opening time approached! placing paper labels behind tiny coins with my fat fingers is like trying to eat a pomegranet with a spade.... Because the gazebo was quite windy, we couldnt put our maps of Roman britain behind the displays, they had to sit outside. But i think theyll stay there, they were drawing people in.
We had a lot of visitors, many of whom were asking questions and I was in hogs heavan talking about the pieces at length... lot of kind donations including a copy of the post-operational report of the Falklands campaign by the 3 pars CO, very interesting stuff, and a perfect way to kick off our new 'contemporary conflict' display about British conflicts post-WW2. favourites seemed to be the Roman artifacts and the modern Britain collection, quiet a few of the older generation being pleased and upset at once to find one of their household items on display! Next stop... no idea yet, Well keep you posted! We are a charity, and were always seeking your unwanted strange old things for display either temporarily or permanently. You can email me at ben_welbourne@hotmail.co.uk for further information or to enquire about how you can help. dont forget to follow us on facebook as well.
It was a very impressive sight when all finished and was very busy, well done with the first rollout!
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