Talk by Sean Longden

Thought a few of you guys might like to hear about this:

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation Sean Longden, Military Historian and author of the highly acclaimed Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind, remembers the experiences of the unsung heroes of the British Expeditionary Force.

40,000 British soldiers were left behind by the armada of `little ships`; they fought and died with many being taken into captivity so that the British war effort might live on.

Lecture commences at 19.30pm and Museum doors will open at 18:00, giving you an hour to browse through the Museum. Refreshments are also available in our café. Please note that seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

For tickets and more information, please call 01929 462359.

Date of Event: 27th May 2010
Time of Event: 19:30
Venue: The Tank Museum
Entry Fee: £10.00

 

Just finished the book, a good read and highlights the appauling conditions the BEF POW's found themselves in after capture... sure to be a good talk, unfortunatley a bit too far away for me...

 

Still reading the book as it is what happened to me dad. A good read but I am not exactly "enjoying" it for that reason... Got "Hitlers British Slaves" to read next. Not sure I can manage that as it is all a bit personal now!

Anyway. Is the 27th a Thursday? If so it is out for me too as it is a work night. Do you know if they will be selling an audio CD of the evening or doing a podcast or anything like that?

 

Wheres the Tank museum?

 

Sounds interesting. Not sure about lectures though, can sometimes get tiresome.

Where abouts is it mate?

 

If you take a dictaphone (has to be approved first) you can zone in and out and you have it all recorded to listen back. Lots of phones record these days aparently.

 

I would be very interested if there was an audio/video available of the event. Bovy is a bit too far from here unfortunately.

Mike

 

I will be attending, I ordered a ticket a number of weeks ago.

 

Brilliant, Could you report back, please?

 

Thoroughly enjoyable lecture, Sean mainly talked about the veterans who helped him put the book together. The Q & A session after the lecture was equally good, shame that the museum staff called halt to proceedings.