Links

Dad’s Army Links

Andrew Ruff’s Dad’s Army Site

A media rich personal tribute site to Dad’s Army

The Dad’s Army Appreciation Society (UK branch). A hugely active society keeping Dad’s Army alive in the UK - see coverage in the Events calendar. Then visit their web site and join.

The New Zealand branch of the Dad’s Army Appreciation society - keeping Dad’s Army alive in the southern hemisphere and beyond.

The Home Guard and Dad’s Army

Graham McCann looks at the truth behind the comedy.

Andy Howells’ well established site with lots of information and scans difficult to find elsewhere.

Once the biggest and most comprehensive Dad’s Army site on the web - currently being revamped - hopefully normal service will be resumed soon.

If you want to discuss Dad’s Army with like minded enthusiasts online then this is the place for you

Home Front and Wartime Links

Imperial War Museum’s 1940s House Exhibition

Exhibition based on The 1940s House - a televised Channel 4 experiment in which a family lived for 9 weeks in a lovingly recreated wartime house in south London - enduring rationing, air raids and the other privations of war.

www.1940.co.uk

A web site dedicated to all things 1940s. Home of the 1940s Society who hold regular meetings with lectures and discussions on different aspects of the 1940's.

Home Sweet Homefront

An excellent web site covering all aspects of the British WW2 home front. Plenty of images and well researched with a good section on the Home Guard.

The Second World War Experience Centre

The centre collects, documents, preserves, exhibits and encourages access to material evidence and associated information of the men and women, whether military, civilian or conscientious objector, who participated in the war .

Howarth 1940s Weekend

Every springtime the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire's Bronte Country hosts a very special 1940s weekend, with locals and visitors alike getting togged up in 1940s gear to enjoy a wide range of nostalgic events.

1940s and Wartime Nostalgia

Dodgy Rodge

a 1940s style Spiv

Dad’s Army Letters

Nothing to do with the sitcom - this site shows the letters of a young man called-up into the British army in 1944. A wonderful insight into life in the army late in WW2.

Jill Daniels - Wartime Entertainer

Jill Daniels - singer entertainer – Britain’s no.1 wartime WWII 1940s show. Sing along shows for retirement homes pensioners clubs & day centres.

Wartime Vocalist, singer and entertainer 1940s style. Swing & Jive to big band sounds from sing-along shows to ww2 themed wartime events.

A group of re-enactors who portray the  homefront during britains finest hour. We do not do this to glorify war but to remember those who lived through this terrible time.

Other Links

The Bressingham Steam museum is home of the Dad’s Army collection. A recreation of Walmington-on-Sea High Street complete with church hall, bank, Jones’ and Frazer’s shop. Also many vehicles from the series are on permanent display. In recent years the museum has hosted the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society’s annual conference.

The Cult TV web site is home of the Cult TV magazine, and festival. Lots of activity relating to cult and classic TV programmes including Dad’s Army.

Hi-De-Hi: Maplins Online

Tribute site to the Perry and Croft 1980s sitcom set in Maplins holiday camp

The Invasion That Never Was

Unusual one this - a short story at the www.timelord.co.uk site in which Dr Who meets up with Dad’s Army. Well why not - after all Jon and Bill Pertwee were cousins.

Newmarket Town Brass Band

The homepage of the brass band that appeared and played the Red Flag in The Honourable Man. Some nice photos of their recent performance at the Bressingham Dad’s Army day (May 2002).

The National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire  houses a huge collection of mostly British trams. A wonderful record of a unique aspect of the first half of the twentieth century - they hold occasional 1940s themed days. Interestingly they also house the last operational button A-B pay phone in the world - “ching-ching, ching-ching”

ART by POST

Keith Turley's much acclaimed painting of the cast of Dad's Army, set in a background of wartime memorabilia is now available as a signed limited edition print from this link to COMEDY by POST

St Aldhelm’s Church, Bristol

The real St Aldhelm’s Church (or at least one of them) - located in Chessel Street Bristol

Television Heaven - preserving the memory of classic television past and present

Kenneth Williams - The Complete and Utter Fantabulosa Website

Celebrating the life and times of a British comedy institution and remembering a gifted actor and performer who brought laughter and enjoyment to millions.

Classic comedy at its best - a site celebrating the sitcom that brought ‘the lads’ back to our screens in the mid seventies.