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THE 'FRIENDLY INVASION' REMEMBERED

  • stowne100thbg
  • Sep 13, 2017
  • 1 min read

Visitors enjoy the museum grounds at our 'Remembering the Past' event

We had a full house at the museum on 3rd September for our open day. Lots of visitors, military vehicles, re-enactors and people sharing their memories of living in and around Thorpe Abbotts airfield.

Our event marked 40 years of our museum as well as 75 years since the USAAF arrived in East Anglia and significantly was held on the day on which in 1939 Britain announced it was at war with Germany.

A big thank you to everyone who attended and supported our cause. Crowds continually gathered round those telling stories of the 'Friendly Invasion'.

A massive thank you also goes out to all our volunteers who made the day possible and the local businesses and people who generously donated to the raffle.

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Free Entry

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Open weekends from March to end of October 10am-5pm.

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Also open Wednesdays 10am-5pm May to end of September. 

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Our first opening day of 2025 will be Saturday 1st March.

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Also open bank holidays.

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Last admission 4pm.

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Dogs welcome

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Contact Us

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100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

Common Road
Dickleburgh
Diss
Norfolk
IP21 4PH

Phone: 01379 740708

Email: info@100bgmus.org.uk

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