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I have only just stumbled across the fact that the Mk V in the IWM was at Bovington until 1966, as a "gate guard," presumably in the open. Since we recently dug up some old photos/postcards of Bov tanks outdoors, I wonder if there are any of the Mk V knocking about.



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Here's a photo my father took, back in the mid 70's. Not the MkV, but the MkIV "Flirt/Daphne", the MkVIII & what appears to be the MkIX behind it.



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I believe "Flirt" (as displayed at the moment in Lincoln) was displayed in the British Museum prior to it's trip home.

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The Mark IV at Lincoln, 2743, was part of the Treasures of the Nation exhibition at the British Museum between October 1988 and March 1989.

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Pzkpfw-e wrote:

Here's a photo my father took, back in the mid 70's. Not the MkV, but the MkIV "Flirt/Daphne", the MkVIII & what appears to be the MkIX behind it.


 I walked across that very same grass some years before, clutching my Box Brownie. IIRC, Thunderclap Newman were in the charts at the time.



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"Thunderclap Newman" were relatively short-lived, so it was between 1969 (when they were formed) and 1971 (when they broke-up).

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jch_in_uk wrote:

"Thunderclap Newman" were relatively short-lived, so it was between 1969 (when they were formed) and 1971 (when they broke-up).

jh


 I sort of made thst bit up. It could equally have been John Fred and his Playboy Band. Or the Nashville Teens. Or something.



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I first went to Bovington the day Elvis Presley died. I don't believe the two events are connected.

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