ndicki
June 17th, 2007, 04:38
Another hobby, but this time one which links the CFS-ing to the plastic modelling to the history books to the real people.
I've been doing this for about twenty years, since it began in the UK, and was one of the people who set it off in France where I now live. It actually does help with the study of history, and is a lot more serious than you'd think. We try as far as possible to live exactly the way they did during the War, and as a result, have rediscovered tricks of daily life which never get into the history books. It may not be of monumental importance to know how to brew up on a stove made out of a cake tin filled with petrol-soaked sand, for example, but if you've never done it, then you've no idea. (Don't forget the piece of twig in the water!)
The other side of it is taking the museum to the people, so that at airshows - our favourite do's - they see not just the aircraft, but the people who "flew" them, so to speak. That reminds them of the people who really were there, that it was first and foremost about people, not machines. We get a great deal of support from the Veterans, who see how much trouble we put into it.
Good fun, too! You may have seen some of these already, but bear with me!
I've been doing this for about twenty years, since it began in the UK, and was one of the people who set it off in France where I now live. It actually does help with the study of history, and is a lot more serious than you'd think. We try as far as possible to live exactly the way they did during the War, and as a result, have rediscovered tricks of daily life which never get into the history books. It may not be of monumental importance to know how to brew up on a stove made out of a cake tin filled with petrol-soaked sand, for example, but if you've never done it, then you've no idea. (Don't forget the piece of twig in the water!)
The other side of it is taking the museum to the people, so that at airshows - our favourite do's - they see not just the aircraft, but the people who "flew" them, so to speak. That reminds them of the people who really were there, that it was first and foremost about people, not machines. We get a great deal of support from the Veterans, who see how much trouble we put into it.
Good fun, too! You may have seen some of these already, but bear with me!