Dad's Army Museum

Dad's Army Museum

Established	2007
Location	Cage Lane in Thetford, Norfolk
Coordinates	52°24′47″N 0°45′02″E / 52.412934°N 0.750606°E / 52.412934; 0.750606Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 0°45′02″E / 52.412934°N 0.750606°E / 52.412934; 0.750606
Type	Dad's Army
Website	http://dadsarmythetford.org.uk/

The Dad's Army Museum is a museum located in Cage Lane in Thetford in Norfolk^[1] dedicated to the popular BBC comedy series Dad's Army, many of the outdoor locations for which were filmed in the local area. The museum is housed in the old fire station at the rear of Thetford Guildhall, which itself stood-in for Walmington-on-Sea Town Hall in several of the episodes. It is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who, throughout the year, attend many 1940s events in East Anglia with Jones' van.

History

The exterior of the Dad's Army Museum

Thetford Guildhall, where the museum is based, featured in the 1972 episode Time On My Hands of Dad's Army, in which a German Luftwaffe pilot dangled from the clock tower when his parachute became caught in the clock's hands. The Guildhall was also used in the 1974 episode The Captain's Car.

The Dad's Army Museum opened in December 2007 and includes a reconstruction of Captain Mainwaring's church hall office, several display areas, a shop and the Marigold Tea Room.^[2] The museum displays many unique photographs (many from the collection of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society) along with other memorabilia and items connected with the series. Uniforms on display include a replica of the red bemedalled tunic worn by Lance-Corporal Jones in the series and others worn by the Home Guard.^[3]

Jones' van

Jones' van was purchased by the Dad's Army Museum in 2012

In 2012 the museum bought the original Ford BB van used as Jones' butcher's van in the series for £63,100 including the premium.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Because of limited space in the Dad's Army Museum, the van went on display at the nearby Charles Burrell Museum in early 2013 after a period of restoration.^[8]^[9]

Opening times

The museum is run by volunteers and is open on each Saturday from Easter until the end of November and on Tuesdays during the Norfolk school summer holidays. Admission is free.

Gallery

The Exhibition Hall
Captain Mainwaring's office
Lance-Corporal Jones' medals and tunic

References

External links

Dad's Army by Jimmy Perry & David Croft

Characters

Episodes

Adaptations

Merchandise

Other articles

Episodes

Series 1	The Man and the Hour Museum Piece Command Decision The Enemy Within the Gates The Showing Up of Corporal Jones Shooting Pains

Series 2	Operation Kilt The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret A Stripe for Frazer† Under Fire

Series 3	The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones Battle School The Lion Has Phones The Bullet is Not for Firing Something Nasty in the Vault Room at the Bottom Big Guns The Day the Balloon Went Up War Dance Menace from the Deep Branded Man Hunt No Spring for Frazer Sons of the Sea

Series 4	The Big Parade Don't Forget the Diver Boots, Boots, Boots Sgt – Save My Boy! Don't Fence Me In Absent Friends Put That Light Out! The Two and a Half Feathers Mum's Army The Test A. Wilson (Manager)? Uninvited Guests Fallen Idol

Series 5	Asleep in the Deep Keep Young and Beautiful A Soldier's Farewell Getting the Bird The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones If the Cap Fits... The King was in his Counting House All is Safely Gathered In When Did You Last See Your Money? Brain Versus Brawn A Brush with the Law Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel Time on My Hands

Series 6	The Deadly Attachment My British Buddy The Royal Train We Know Our Onions The Honourable Man Things that Go Bump in the Night The Recruit

Series 7	Everybody's Trucking A Man of Action Gorilla Warfare The Godiva Affair The Captain's Car Turkey Dinner

Series 8	Ring Dem Bells When You've Got to Go Is There Honey Still for Tea? Come In, Your Time Is Up High Finance The Face on the Poster

Series 9	Wake Up Walmington The Making of Private Pike Knights of Madness The Miser's Hoard Number Engaged Never Too Old

000!!Specials	Santa On Patrol Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages Cornish Floral Dance Battle of the Giants! Broadcast to the Empire My Brother and I The Love of Three Oranges

Episodes in italics are missing
† Episode has been reconstructed for release using animation.

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