Beaver Green School Pupils Speak Out

Following a recent visit to Beaver Green School (our 2nd this year) some of the pupils sent through their thoughts on the day:

"It was really fun! The best bit was where we saw a real bomb but it didn’t blow up! I also liked it when the lady talked to us about rationing, they didn’t get much food!"

Chloe

"I would like to go on it again! My favourite bit was the Anderson Shelter!"

Kieran

"Everybody in our class loved the Home-Front bus, it was fantastic!"

Shannon

"Suspense crawls all over you as you are waiting for your turn!"

Ruby

"The people that showed us round were very kind!"

Wiktoria

"The Anderson Shelter was super; I expect they really made you feel at home, once they had added their own touches!"

"It was so fun, I hope that they visit again!"

Sultan

"I loved every part of it! It was amazing! I enjoyed travelling back in time!"

Sam

"The best bit about the bus was the shop!"

Lauren

"It was interesting seeing the bomb! It made me jump when the man shouted 'Turn that light off!'”

Good News for Smaller School Groups

Up to now it has not been cost effictive for Home Front Bus to visit schools with smaller groups.  We are pleased to announce however that we can now offer a single class size the opportunity to visit us either at The Battle of Britain Memorial http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/the-memorial/ or Dover Transport Museum  http://www.dovertransportmuseum.org.uk/ .  This will allow a school to combine a visit to the bus with either the memorial or the musuem at a reduced cost to a full day visit of the bus to a school.

The first school to take advantage of this arrangement was Boughton-under-Blean Primary School who visited the bus today with a single class at the Battle of Britain Memorial and left the following comment in our Visitor Book:

"Having completed so many year 6 trips about WW2 I can hand on heart say that this has been the most enjoyable and informative by far. So much information in such a short space of time. Characters were very knowledgeable and friendly. History brought to life!"

Battle of Britain Day

Today was Battle of Britain Day.  September 15th 1940 was the final and decisive day of the Battle of Britain and Home Front Bus was delighted to spend the anniversary at the Memorial in Capel-le-Ferne.  We parked next to the replica Spitfire and Hurricane, but it was even better to see the real aircraft flying overhead in perfect conditions.

Thanks also to Firebase Replicas for supplying a bomb to complete our UXB area inside the bus.

Audio Tour

First of all aapologies to anyone who might have been expecting to see the bus in Canterbury or Broadstairs this week. The bus is fine but the driver injured his shoulder and is trying not to aggravate matters by driving the heavy bus. Hopefully things will be back at the weekend.


In the meantime please check out the Audio Tour of the bus available via our website www.homefrontbus.com

Home Front Bus meets Allo Allo

It was a real joy to be visited by some of the cast of Allo Allo during our recent visit to the War & Peace Show.

The cast kindly wrote in our ever popular Visitor Book:

'Delightful x' Kim Hartman (Helga)

'Great!!' John D Collins (Fairfax)

'Somply winderful!' Arthur Bostrom (Crabtree)

'Allo Mimi was on the bus' Sue Hodge (Mimi)

'Sorry - Left my little tank at home ....' Guy Siner (Lt Gruber)

Home Front Bus at War & Peace

Five days at the War & Peace Show, Paddock Wood was all about meeting some great people, as well as reminding me why I don't like camping any more.

  Diane Martin, The Pearly Princess of St Pancras wrote in our visitor book:

'Wonderful, absolutely important for the children to know our wonderful history.  Keep up the fantastic work'

Other comments in our book included:

'Amazing. People were very well informed and lived the characterss' Tom & Roland Watt

'Brings back many memories.  Very well done.  Good luck, keep it going' Cyril Howard (aged 85)

'A beautiful bus, extremely evocative of the era - very friendly too!' Amy Norris

'Fantastic experience - amazing attention to detail' Hayleigh Marks

'Amazing to see everything for real, especially the tiny rations' Ali Hayes

Thanks are due to Rex and his superb team for making us welcome at the the world's biggest military vehicle show.

Kent County Weather Show

The most notable aspect of the Kent County Show was the weather - sun, wind, rain, mist, thunder & lightening, but mainly wind & rain!  However the valiant Home Front Bus team made the best of it and many good contacts were made with schools and event organisers.  The bus now moves on to War & Peace at Paddock Wood.