tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post8567580403031913357..comments2024-03-25T02:31:25.905-07:00Comments on The Independent Wargames Group: The wargaming Capital of Britain?Independentwargamesgrouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-43491099505260085102010-08-20T17:47:43.026-07:002010-08-20T17:47:43.026-07:00Love the Jackdaw figures. How do they compare to R...Love the Jackdaw figures. How do they compare to RSM or Front Rank? Thanks...Capt Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990089081015713972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-61508075386178294102010-08-20T09:55:39.958-07:002010-08-20T09:55:39.958-07:00Moving up from Mancheter in 1974- where we had a t...Moving up from Mancheter in 1974- where we had a thriving club with John Leigh and Dave Hulland- Dave is still active and now lives in Northumberland- I met Derek then and went to several of his shows. Later we became friends and I gamed with him several times- everyone a winner I think dropped countless pounds in his shop was one of the noisy re-enactors on more than one occasion. and was saddened when the shop closed- largely due to a massive increase in shop rent.<br /> Was playing at the Durham club by the mid 80s and knew many of thestill surviving names- Rahul Sarnaik is now a BBC journo Jeff Awdas games with the Tantobie Warfare And Tactical Society along with me.<br /> Derek now seems to be involved in local politics in Berwick .<br /> But all this twaddle about Newark and Nottinghan being the centre of the Wargaming world- my vote would always be for county Durham...<br /> AndyBig Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558595533686058562.post-18395953452472612292010-08-19T00:55:28.848-07:002010-08-19T00:55:28.848-07:00Yes, Derrick introduced me to the Durham Club in J...Yes, Derrick introduced me to the Durham Club in January 1972 when it met at his parents house and took the place over every Thursday. Still a few people around from that era, e.g. Rod Milburn, Shaun Lowery, Paul Stevenson and Jeff Awdas. Whatever happended to Dave Jackson and the Ledger brothers I wonder? I remember my first night there playing Waterloo and also the airfix plastic conversions - whole armies of France Prussian war and even ECW (if I remember the pikes had a 'range' of 2" in the rules!). I think Derrick is in Berwick now btw.Colin Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650235978313356607noreply@blogger.com