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trenchwalker

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TW,

Glad to hear that you had a great time. But details man, details! What did you talk about? Which bits went down best? What happened over 15 rds/min?

Regards,

David

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well me pretend bayoneting a teacher

the 15 round rapid went ahead hoorah!!

the trench club.

oh the hard tack biscuits went down well almost a couple of brokern teeth.

also enjoyed getting the lil annoying kid you alway get in a class to put him in a great coat ,with a full set of of o8 possibly a lil extra in the large pack :D .

at the slope arms whilst i ran at him with my trench club , german spade and a bayonet charge.

Also marching them into the dinning hall " remove headdress!!!!!!!!!!!!!" not getting them to sit until ther headmaster sat down. tick tokking them up and down stairs.

Also i got to touch a V.C. :P

hopefully will have some photos photos soon

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there wer 3 age groups year nines 13 14 yr olds

year 10 14 -15

year 13 17-18

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Trench,

Sounds like a great experience for them and you! How much time did you have with them and what did Max Arthur do?

Regards,

David

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i had 4 sessions first with max arthurs for ten minutes

then a session with some year 13s for 70minutes

and then two 35 minute sessions

max signed books and read extracts from his book and explain how he researched all those men and is starting to do a book on the navy.

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:( no i had to move from room to room so unless i had a team of about eight people to carry it.

i have 8 more tlk to do at my school over the next couple of weeks. apart from that no good ones.

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It all sounds brilliant, Martin. They'll remember your visit for a long time!

I'm looking forward to seeing the photos. I hope they're not gory. :P

Gwyn :)

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  • 1 month later...

I have got the Report back from the school

And...............

They loved it ,I have been invited back for the same time next year aswell to go along with them on their battlefield tour :D

Hoorah!!!!!

Plus the photo will have soon in a email as soon as possible

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They loved it ,I have been invited back for the same time next year aswell to go along with them on their battlefield tour

Trenchie,

Brilliant, I'm really pleased for you. Looking forward to the photographs.

Roy :)

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;)

Well done.

You sound like a greast chap with loads of energy and a great interest in WW1.

I have done one such presentation to my sons school and like you they enjoyed it as much as I did!

However, they did not want me to take in my deac rfle or relic rifle which is a shame as thery are stunning collectables and relics.

Great to see your entries, far too often the postings are a little serious (even stuffy) and although often the topics are serious we need a balance.

Hope you enjoy your new Xmas present, do not do an 'If' !

Tony

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Trenchie,

Glad to hear that you had a good time. Just one thing to offer about the 6p's principle. When in the forces I was always warned that no matter how well prepared you were and followed the 6p's there is always the chance of a curved ball being thrown so there was a 7th 'p' added and this one was 'POSSIBLY'.

Keep up the good work and never let your enthusiasm wane :D

Martyn

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  • 2 weeks later...

Trenchie, I can't get the picture to open. Can you give me a clue?

Gwyn

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Martin

I wish we had been lucky enough to have someone like you give a talk at my school, I may have become interested in WW1 at an earlier stage.

Well done!

Unfortunately can't open the photo the link appears not to exist and says this

"The requested URL /forum/MSN Hotmail - Attachment_files/login.htm was not found on this server"

Dee

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well i am in school at the moment so ill give it a go.

wish me luck

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:( no dont work

when my computer starts working i will get it on here A.S.A.P

:D But in the meantime i have been asked to give a talk at my very own school and in return im going to wipers for the day.

HOORAH !!!!

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