Category Archives: Museums

Zonnebeke War Memorial

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Magicfingers

Zonnebeke war memorial, next to the church, right in the centre of town.

Posted in Belgian War Memorials, Bunkers, Museums, Zonnebeke | 8 Comments

Inverness – Fort George

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Magicfingers

View from the Point Battery at Fort George, looking out on to the Moray Firth.

Posted in Bunkers, Museums | 8 Comments

Berwick Barracks – King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

Posted in Museums, Victoria Cross | 8 Comments

Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Magicfingers

I promised you a look around the museum at Kilmainham Gaol, and as this post is in effect Kilmainham Gaol Part Two, it comes fairly swiftly after the first. 

Posted in Ireland, Museums | 6 Comments

The Somme – Auchonvillers: Ocean Villas Tea Rooms Museum

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Magicfingers

Still in Auchonvillers, just three hundred yards from our previous stop at the communal cemetery, here we are back at Ocean Villas Tea Rooms run by the ever-welcoming Avril Williams (inset: Duncan Senior and others tuck in on a previous … Continue reading →

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Ypres (Ieper) – The Cloth Hall: In Flanders’ Fields Museum

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Magicfingers

Late afternoon in a wintry Ieper, and, as we have a little time to spare, let’s pay a quick visit to the In Flanders’ Fields Museum, which you can find in the Cloth Hall (on the left above, of course), … Continue reading →

Posted in Museums, Ypres (Ieper) | 17 Comments

Science Museum, London – Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care Exhibition 2016

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Magicfingers

Tagged and blanketed. British and German wounded await evacuation.

Posted in Museums | 8 Comments