EPISODE · Dec 11, 2025 · 33 MIN
Hold it, flash, bang, wallop, what a picture - a seasonal look at images in the Museum collection
from Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum · host Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum
Send us Fan MailIf you're missing those nostalgic days of nothing more than a small picture behind each door on your Advent calendar, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a stroll around the museum's collection of photographs and images: each with a fascinating story to tell.Delving into the archives of our monthly feature The Camera Returns, our picturesque duo, explore some of their favourite images then and now - from group photographs in Hereford, Holland and beyond, to spigot mortars on King George V playing fields, long gone railway lines and poignant reunions. Despite failing to adequately locate the town of Rushden, once home to the Herefordshire Regiment pre-Gallipoli employment (its in Northamptonshire by the way), Andy and Paul delve into the value of the image in the work of the family, military and social historian - even through this very non-visual media of a podcast! But then, we always knew they both had looks ideally suited for radio!Check out our Camera Returns feature to see what Paul and Andy were seeing and look out for further fascinating updates. Look out too for a Christmas special taking our presenters back over a 100 years to test out a famous culinary delight!Support the showIf you like what you hear, don't forget to like and subscribe to help us reach a wider audience. Visit our website - Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum; follow us on Facebook Herefordshire Regimental Museum | Facebook or visit our Youtube channel Herefordshire Regimental Museum - YouTube.Support the Museum? Become a Patreon supporter or a Become a FriendTheme Tune - The Lincolnshire Poacher, performed by the outstanding Haverhill Silver Band.This podcast generously supported by the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
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Send us Fan Mail If you're missing those nostalgic days of nothing more than a small picture behind each door on your Advent calendar, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a stroll around the museum's collection of photographs and images: each with a fascinating story to tell. Delving into the archives of our monthly feature The Camera Returns, our picturesque duo, explore some of their favourite images then and now - from group photographs in Hereford, Holland and beyond, to spigot mort...
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Hold it, flash, bang, wallop, what a picture - a seasonal look at images in the Museum collection
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