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Thanks to "The Antiques Road Trip".......
Ok, a bit of a confession, I have a guilty little secret......I rather enjoy watching the constant re-runs of the Antiques Road Trip (normally watch on a Sunday evening whilst ironing (another little secret out of the bag). I enjoy seeing antiques shops and centres that I have never seen or heard of before and sometime, if in the area, visit some of these outlets.
Today was one such day. After asking the lady in the office if there was anything military, the answer was "no" (other than the overpriced 1939-45 star in one of the cabinets). As the centre was in my late father's home town, we had a bit of a chat about the local area. All of a sudden she remembered a tin in a cupboard with a few bits in... I left the centre as the owner of 3, WW2 period 17th (Indian) Division Locally Made Formation Badges (all slightly different) - two with SEAC (South East Asia Command) titles attached, there was also a pair of fibre dogtags bearing the name H Kilvington and the service number 3604685 and a couple of medal ribbon bars (one including the ribbon of the Burma Star. A little bit of research shows that the service number was from the block allocated to the Border Regiment. Only one Battalion of the Border Regiment served with the 17th (Indian) Division and that was the 9th Battalion which was raised in Workington in 1940 so pretty safe to assume that Mr Kilvington served with that unit....oh and there was quite a nice WW1 King's Liverpool Regiment bimetal cap badge too..... Enjoy! PL |
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Hmmmm - sure you don't watch it 'cos of Fiona Bruce?
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She's the roadshow, mate
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I think she's Antiques Roadshow.....more of a Catherine Southon fan to be honest ....
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Yes, I'd just realised - I can hack the Road Show but not the Road Trip. That Jonty someone and his John Cleese legs everywhere act is really naff.
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Charles Hanson is the one I can't stand.
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I think he's the bloke I mean, not a Jonty - him (I'm an equal ops hater).
Anyway, enough of my going off at a tangent and maligning the wrong man in the wrong programme - nice badges. |
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Paul,
a cracking find, if you are moving it on please let me know. Simon. |
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Although I dont collect them, a nice set of formation badges and the 'SEAC' titles! |
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Do read “Quartered Safe out Here” by George Macdonald Fraser, all about this Bn, when serving as a junior rank. He later wrote the “Flashman books.
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I only watch it for the articles.... Seem to have heard that excuse used somewhere else, I think.
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Snap! The wife and I do exactly the same as well as going to places we see on "Salvage Hunters" (we often walk around places remarking "That's the kind of cr*p that Drew would buy." to each other)
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Charles Hanson & Drew, that would make an interesting road trip dynamic!
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I always think there is more reality about Drew’s negotiations with dealers and others unlike the obviously set up encounters on The Antiques Road trip were dealers are seen cutting asking prices to the bone when asked to do so by “experts” whereas in reality in most antique shops the reaction from a dealer relying on his sales to feed his family would probably be a well know two word expression.
P.
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