20th March 2019 -
Even Smaller Wonders -
[Awaiting Details]
20th February 2019 -
Swanage Railway Museums -
Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum
This is an introduction particularly aimed at members who will be going on the trip to Norden and Corfe for our July meeting but also an interesting introduction to the history of Clay Mining in Purbeck.
John has been involved with the Museum at Norden since 2003 and was at the official opening in 2013.
17th April 2019 -
Confusion's Masterpiece -
Spies, Science and the Deception masking D-
How in Southern England do you hide 160,000 troops and 8,000 ships? How do you deceive
almost the entire European continent about where and when you intend to invade? And
how do you get the ships to France and the troops safely ashore while delaying the
inevitable counter-
Dr Phil Judkins takes us through the deception campaigns surrounding the D-
Look out for Double agents, Bletchley Park's Colossus computer breaking the German
super-
How were those 8,000 ships navigated across the Channel in safety? What went right,
and what went wrong -