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we offer the digitising service which will go into the virtual museum. Where possible we would like to combine these with the oral histories’ project being led by BNTVA Trustee, Michelle Harding BA (hons).
We have already inherited many archival items collected since the first association in 1983 while we have a vesting document from the creation of the current charity in 2017 (reg. no.1173575) passing the legal ownership to the new association, we have no accurate records of
have discovered a collection of 40+ photos and ephemera with a letter which asked for them to be returned. The veteran was no longer on our current system but by looking back through the records we hold and tracked him down, he even found the original magazine which included his photos from 2006.
Wesley personally delivered these back to him, in a new archival album.
what should have been passed on to us. After a full year of investigating, we have a basic list which includes 44 boxes from Warwick University which are associated with the Rosenblatt high court case, large amounts of documents copied from the National Archives by members of the London BNTVA branch, and BNTVA Branch records.
With regards to the BNTVA Branch records we know there will be some missing so this is an appeal for anyone who has any documentation from the past associations or branches. Can we please have them back to be put into the main archive, in order for them to be digitised and audited?
As part of due diligence, Wesley has already been auditing some boxes that we have already received and
Unfortunately, this success story doesn’t always happen, and Wesley has found a few collections of photographs with no name attached. Reading through back copies of the BNTVA magazines has enabled him to identify some photos, but not all of them.
Here is where we need your help;
if you or your family have ever sent anything into the BNTVA, please tell us on info@bntva.com, w.perriman@bntva.com or
0208 144 3080, especially if these were retained without authorisation. We can set up a recovery list for the BNTVA curatorial team.
We can’t guarantee we will be able to repatriate everything, but it will put us in a stronger position if we try.
CAMPAIGN SUMMER 2021
65th Anniversary of Operation Buffalo, Maralinga
Kerry-Leigh Grist, Assistant Curator at the Science Museum London would like to ask you if anyone has any information about the below model?
Kerry-Leigh has found this model of a Vickers Valiant described as a ‘test’ model. (Writing on the box says ’model No9’) Our curator pointed out that it bears a striking resemblance to the models used at Operation Buffalo to simulate a megaton explosion.
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