Wellington’s 250th birthday celebrated today 1st May by the quirky radio programme on “Wellington’s Playlist”, his music choices – catch it on repeat and BBC I-player / BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03m3j6w
Wellington’s 250th Birthday Playlist BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin
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Thanks for this link. I really enjoyed listening to the Duke’s music this morning.
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Some roistering marching tunes – I thought it was a great little programme. There are other historical ones in the series.
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Ha! Brilliant. I’ll have a listen. I see that it was recorded on location at Apsley House too!
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Hope you enjoy it. I got puzzled or surprised by the references to the (modern day descendent Marquis of) Douro as one of his titles, as this name is used in the Bronte family juvenilia for some of the Wellington type characters. Hope your figures like the roistering songs!
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