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Posts : 552 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough
Subject: Lecture Weekend Brecon Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:10 am
Bill Curator from the RRW has organised a weekend of lectures and the opening of the re-modelled Zulu war display at Brecon, for next weekend 6/7th Aug . Yours truly is lecturing on the Sunday so if you can make it please do, it is fundraising for a very worthy museum.
Pete hope you don't mind me publishing the timetable.
SATURDAY 6th AUGUST 2011 1200-1255 Gather in Museum (Museum will issue name badges) 1255-1300 Opening Address (Bill Cainan 1300-1345 Talk 1 - “Rorke's’s Drift” (John Young) 1400-1445 Talk 2 - “Medals of the Anglo-Zulu War” (Peter Weedon) 1500-1545 Talk 3 - “Lt Col Durnford” (Mike McCabe) 1600-1645 Talk 4 - “Black as Hell, Thick as Grass !” (Mel Hunt -Video Presentation) The Museum normally closes at 4pm - but I will keep it open as necessary.
SUNDAY 7th AUGUST 2011 0945-1000 Gather in Museum (the Museum will open at 0930hrs) 1000-1045 Talk 5 - “The Martini-Henry – Queen Victoria’s weapon of mass destruction” (Neil Aspinshaw) 1100-1145 Talk 6 - “The Rev George Smith & the Anglo-Zulu War” (Peter Ewart) 1200-1245 Talk 7 - “Zulu Leaders, weapons & tactics” (HRH Prince Shange) 1300 Closing address & disperse
Update, Talking to Bill the Curator, its open to all, £4 entry to the museum and this includes the lectures. As its a chance for a little fundraising for the museum, please all politics to be left at home, just Redcoats and Zulus.
The Zulu room has been fully re-modelled.
My lecture on the Martini is 10am Sunday, anyone of both "Gangs" (lol) please come over and say as we do in Derbyshire "ayup". I'll be showing images of the original Trials Martini, the ultra rare cancelled Enfield Martini of 1885, plus chances to handle the Martini, the Swinburn Henry, and lots of other goodies.
Neil. Thanks very much for the up-date. Like Admin I hope all goes very well. Hopefully all those that attend may come away more knowledgeable, and have a greater understanding of the Anglo Zulu War of 1879 than what they have now.
Although I have never met John Young, give him my regards. He really is someone I would like to have a beer and a chat with. Very knowledgeable man. I have every faith in your lecture on the M.H. They are very lucky to have you and John in attendance.