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Bramleyman · Posted: Thu 31 May 2007 17:39 pm Post subject: Young Dad's Army Fan

According to the local paper Eastern Daily Press today, there is a young man in Norfolk who could well be the youngest fan of this series. Fifteen year old Darren Stride has a collection of Dad's Army and 1940's memorabillia in his dad's old workshop at the bottom of his garden. Many a time Darren lends items out for any Exhibitions taking place around the area.

Darren even has his own 'shop' in his shed and is as near as possible detail wise. I feel it is nice that he is giving teenagers a bit of credit for once.

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yeapb · Verger Joined: 07 Feb 2007 Posts: 86 Location: Manchester

We could do with many more like him and the world might become a better place!

BigG · Posted: Thu 07 Jun 2007 04:57 am Post subject:

My son Charlie is only 9 years old and watches D.A with me, he's been watching them since he was about six. He hasn't got a shop but he wants me to leave him all my D.A dvd's to him when I die Sad

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jo · Verger Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 71 Location: Dorset

I personally collected every episode on video plus all the books and memorabilia by the time I was 12. Does that count?

My parents were as worried about me as if I had taken to hard drugs. A little bit of obsession in life is healthy, but regretably having an extensive knowledge of DA as opposed to the finer workings of literature of maths isn't very helpful to a 22 year old...

Bramleyman · Posted: Thu 07 Jun 2007 17:04 pm Post subject:

In todays Eastern Daily Press, there is another article on Darren and his collection. Many Veterans have donated items to him and that includes an original Anderson Shelter. If you watch The Paul O'Grady Show on C4, keep your eyes peeled so to speak as Darren has been invited to appear and talk about his collection, but I don't know when.

To add to this, Thetford Town Council are planning to transform a building near to their Town Hall as used in the series for 'The Parachutist' episode, into a Dad's Army Museum in recognition for the work the series brought to the town. Even the floor is made of genuine cobblestones. Darren has even been offered a job there when it opens, because of his vast knowledge and interest in the subject.

Good Luck to him. Very Happy

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Bramleyman · Posted: Wed 28 Nov 2007 14:51 pm Post subject:

I am pleased to inform all you Troops, that a Permanent tribute to Dad's Army is to open in Thetford on Friday 7th December at the Town Hall, as used in the series.

The display area will feature a replica of Capt. Mainwairing's Office, as well as other displays on the TV series.

Doors will open between 12 noon and 8.p.m. on 7th during the Christmas lights being switched on and giving FREE Entry. Other opening times are sadly not in the paper where I just learned about it, so I suggest you seek the Town website.

Thetford Society have pointed out that this is not to compete with the display seen at Bressingham Gardens, but to compliment it.
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Bramleyman · Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2007 20:14 pm Post subject:

David Croft has now Officially opened this Museum and the office is as acurate as possible in every detail. I didn't get there, but I have seen a photo in the EDP of it.
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Pvt.sponge · Civilian Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

hey im only 13 and i love dads army its my favourite sitcom!!!!!
but i only own the 1st 3rd,5th,8th and best of dads army dvds Very Happy

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Dave Homewood · Posted: Tue 17 Jun 2008 15:12 pm Post subject:

I discovered Dad's Army properly when I was 13 in 1984. Back then there were no videos, no dvds, no DAAS, no internet, no merchandise to speak of, and as I'm a New Zealander I had no idea there were others out there who obsessed over the show. I had friends who also watched it, but I really loved it and I set about writing to the BBC and TVNZ and various magazines trying to find more information on the show and cast. I soon had albums of photos and cuttings, etc.

The BBC gave me some cast addresses and I soon became penpals with Bill Pertwee, and when his book came out I got a copy. That was really the beginning of the resurgence of the phenomenon of Dad's Army.

When I was 22 I went to England and met Bill and his wife marion, Jimmy and Gilda Perry, Frank Williams, Pam Cundell and Tadge Muldoon. When I was 24 I started the NZ Branch of the DAAS.

That lasted almost 10 years, but I had to give it up as I have become too busy to run it and most ideas had been exhausted, but it was great fun while it lasted. Woking within the DAAS arena I saw loads of young fans coming through both here in NZ and overseas in places like the UK. The kid aged 15 is perhaps quite an old one. There are huge fans as young as three. But good luck to him and all the others, the series will live on as a legend forever, like Shakespeare and Dickens.