a425couple
2017-05-05 18:44:57 UTC
So, a year ago we visited the Imperial War Museum
in London.
One of the displays that interested us was the Tamzine.
"Tamzine is notable for having participated as a ''little ship' during
the 1940 evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk
in northern France.
At 14.7 feet (4.5 m) in length Tamzine was the smallest vessel to take
part in the evacuation."
Wow!
A totally open boat.
I was particularly interested because a couple of years ago
I decided as a special treat to buy my self a little sailboat ($700)
and got a 9'6" nutshell pram. I normally use it on my 5 acre
lake. I've been brave a couple of times, and taken it out
on the big Lake Washington (kind of 20 miles by 2 miles wide).
I do not plan on open ocean with it.
There will soon be a new movie out about Dunkirk.
In my opinion, the Imperial War Museum was fine, but
nothing special (except perhaps for the Holocaust display).
One can, by searching on line (& Google Images) see much of it.
I read, "Later in 1968 on 13 October the Museum was attacked by
an arsonist, Timothy John Daly, who claimed he was acting in protest
against the exhibition of militarism to children. He caused damage
valued at approximately £200,000, not counting the loss of irreplaceable
books and documents. On his conviction in 1969 he was sentenced to
four years in prison." For whatever ill defined reason, it struck me
as quite anti-war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamzine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_ships_of_Dunkirk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_(2017_film)
https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/5/15545458/dunkirk-trailer
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dunkirk-christopher-nolan-trailer-video-1202404748/
check out Google Images,
imperial war museum holocaust exhibition
I'd give a short cut, but the bots will lose the post for
improper line length.
The small scale diorama model house was quite gripping.
in London.
One of the displays that interested us was the Tamzine.
"Tamzine is notable for having participated as a ''little ship' during
the 1940 evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk
in northern France.
At 14.7 feet (4.5 m) in length Tamzine was the smallest vessel to take
part in the evacuation."
Wow!
A totally open boat.
I was particularly interested because a couple of years ago
I decided as a special treat to buy my self a little sailboat ($700)
and got a 9'6" nutshell pram. I normally use it on my 5 acre
lake. I've been brave a couple of times, and taken it out
on the big Lake Washington (kind of 20 miles by 2 miles wide).
I do not plan on open ocean with it.
There will soon be a new movie out about Dunkirk.
In my opinion, the Imperial War Museum was fine, but
nothing special (except perhaps for the Holocaust display).
One can, by searching on line (& Google Images) see much of it.
I read, "Later in 1968 on 13 October the Museum was attacked by
an arsonist, Timothy John Daly, who claimed he was acting in protest
against the exhibition of militarism to children. He caused damage
valued at approximately £200,000, not counting the loss of irreplaceable
books and documents. On his conviction in 1969 he was sentenced to
four years in prison." For whatever ill defined reason, it struck me
as quite anti-war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamzine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_ships_of_Dunkirk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_(2017_film)
https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/5/15545458/dunkirk-trailer
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dunkirk-christopher-nolan-trailer-video-1202404748/
check out Google Images,
imperial war museum holocaust exhibition
I'd give a short cut, but the bots will lose the post for
improper line length.
The small scale diorama model house was quite gripping.