Tuesday 29 March 2022

John Ruddle

 Wonderful link to John Ruddle’s garden gaming BBC footage-

https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/406874286352274/

10 comments:

  1. I was fascinated by the articles about these games. Brilliant.

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    1. I was too . I really enjoyed seeing the scale of things in the video and hearing the conversation.

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  2. Fascinating. Bob Cordery has more on John Ruddle
    http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-ruddle-and-garden-wargame.html
    http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-about-john-ruddle-and-garden.html
    And Vintage Wargaming
    https://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/2011/01/unidentified-john-ruddle-article.html

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    1. Excellent reminder of these articles. Fascinating is the word indeed.

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  3. I saw the articles in a couple of magazines and just stared at the illustrations for hours absorbing EVERY detail that I could.

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  4. Loved the articles long ago - and always thought that Mrs Ruddle must have been a paragon of patience and virtue....

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