Backhurst Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 I have been asked to post the event places that I will be at. Salute to the 40's, Chatham Historic Dockyard, 21st + 22nd September Fort in the Forties, New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, 27th + 28th September Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover, 4th + 5th October Come and say hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 My first display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Looks great, wish I was more local Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 you want an old ball of thread laid on that lot. would look like you did stitching too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 So far it has just been a static display. Mainly just colleting tools and materials. Polishing I have been doing for years, hobnails for the last three. At Chatham will be doing boot polishing and hobnails. Gravesend will be trying stitching as well, as some of the stitching has come away at the heel. Ultimate aim is to have a mobile workshop based on a shed on wheels that looks like a Wartime Cobblers Shop. Next year I hope to be at Mapledurham, and Epping and Ongar Railways 40's weekends. Photo below is at Chatham Historic Dockyard's 'Salute to the 40's 2013' da miller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Chatham Dockyard. At Gravesend this weekend. The New Tavern Fort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Christmas on the Home Front at the Museum of Kent Life. Fast Fix Elgin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Backhurst Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Have now got an even longer wish list. Most of the tools and equipment were very rusty and dirty. Spent most of the time restoring tools and lasts. Next time I'm there, all they will need is a quick wipe over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Just come through the post. Will add more photo's when restored. Look forward to using it at the next event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 At Firepower, Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich on the 21st Feb. doing Cobbling demo (if all goes well). Am at Dover Transport Museum on the 25th & 26th April, if in the area come and say 'Hello'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Looks like it is going well, some good pictures particularly interesting are your Sergeant stripes - are they as they would have been? Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted November 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 The Sergeant stripes. The trade badge on them denotes that I'm an Artificer Sergeant. It is on the stripes so as to leave a space above for a Staff Sergeant Crown if I were to be promoted. If I was depicting an Artificer Corporal (two stripes) the Trade badge would be above the Stripes. Sorry for posting late. Been on holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 I see, weirdly enough I was at a military wedding recently and the best man had the badge so I asked about it. He works on apache helicopters and said it was to do with being a skilled trade which fits in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 The trade badge is a generic thing, it denotes that you have a trade or Skill, ie. Cobbler, Mechanic, Saddler, Armourer etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 My Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/The-Wartime-Cobbler-766054536739043/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted December 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Long time not been on here..... Just did Kent Life Museum at Maidstone, Kent. I was a civilian cobbler in their cobblers shop. Had a wonderful time. Will post some photo's when I find some on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted December 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Was talking a load of cobblers when this was taken.... petercoulson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 is that a Timpson shirt he's wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Wrong colour Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted March 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I'm back. Had a bit of time away from this site. Lee: No. it isn't a Timpson's shirt, I bought it at a charity shop and it is about 30 years old. The photo was taken at the 'Museum of Kent Life', Maidstone, Kent. The Cobblers shop was dismantled and moved to the museum. I have the pleasure of inhabiting it every year for a weekend. The event is called 'Christmas on the Home Front.' I will be posting a list of the events that I will be doing this year soon. HarryHeffernan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 As promised, a list of events: 5th 6th May. Merton Vintage Show, Faversham Showground (Farming World) Kent 12th 13th May. Temple at War. Cressing Temple, Braintree. 19th 20th May. Drop Redoubt Open Day, Western Heights, Dover, Kent. 16th 17th June. Fought for Freedom, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent. 7th 8th July. Capel Military Show, Dorking. 14th 15th July. Battles for Victory, Ellington Park, Ramsgate, Kent. 17th 18th August. Combined Ops., Headcorn, Kent. 22nd 23rd September, Drop Redoubt Open Day, Western Heights, Dover, Kent. 29th 30th September. Fort in the 40's, New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, Kent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backhurst Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 This weekend Temple at War, Cressing Temple, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8PD. kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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