Kev Smith
@ChiefHutBuilder
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Chief Hut Builder for @GreatWarHuts and co-director for @KhakiDevil
Joined October 2020
🎄DAY 14🎄 We have another piece of explosive history on today's #HutVent, as Kev tells us about the awesome No.106 Fuze... https://t.co/NSXI4jgLIr
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We were very pleased to be able to help @WeAreYetiMedia make two of these programmes. We are all looking forward to seeing them! #48HoursToVictory
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🎄DAY 2🎄 For the second day of #HutVent, Zeppelin fan Kev @ChiefHutBuilder shows us an original Zeppelin crewman's Mütze, originally owned by a member of 1st Marine Luftshchiff Abteilung. https://t.co/PA6SQ8mV7w
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As many of you will know, the original ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’ tunnels were much smaller, but the needs of filming meant that this one had to have enough room for camera kit as well as escapees!
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Some fighting talk on set with specialist extras Kieran Morling and Robbie Knight.
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One of the ‘hard arses’ making his escape, played by Luke Fitchett.
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Applying some grubby blusher to one of our tunnellers, played by Robbie Knight.
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As it’s the last episode of #TheGreatEscape on @channel5_tv tonight, we thought we’d share a few shots from behind-the-scenes…
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Having the tiniest idea what goes into making these, I watched this with a better appreciation the last 3 nights. Well done everyone, it looked great. #TheGreatEscape
@GreatWarHuts @khakidevil @Taff_Gillingham @ChiefHutBuilder @HorrorBiscuits @AndInTheMorning
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The Luftwaffe ‘Ferrets’ were incredibly thorough - but they didn’t find any tunnels in the @khakidevil office. Mind you, @ChiefHutBuilder was surrounded by a suspicious ring of sand… #TheGreatEscape @channel5_tv
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We are also busy gathering together the items for the accompanying one-day-only exhibition for @ProfPeterDoyle ’s talk here on 4th December. Don’t miss it: https://t.co/TmvMBbSBo4
#MightNeedABiggerHut !
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Our first ever Christmas concert is on 18th December! @suffolkconcertb will perform a mix of well-loved Christmas carols & tunes from the First World War, held in our original Great War recreation hut decorated in an Edwardian Christmas style🎄 Tickets: https://t.co/zYkjHvxmEF
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Fantastic afternoon @GreatWarHuts Always a pleasure to hear @Taff_Gillingham talk (a load of old pants) And great to chat to @ChiefHutBuilder about Mildenhall training trenches and possible school visits……
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In case you were all thinking that @ChiefHutBuilder had been taking it easy, here he is just after unloading our latest acquisition yesterday. @SteveJChambers spotted it on eBay, very local to us, on a ‘Buy it Now’ and we didn’t hang around. It’s a Cable Drum Barrow for… 1/
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Lovely time at @GreatWarHuts today with the warmest of welcomes from Hut royalty @Taff_Gillingham @HorrorBiscuits & @ChiefHutBuilder Thank you so much for having us. #Goodtimes
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A short Sunday morning thread on an extraordinary restoration by @ChiefHutBuilder : The 1st Ipswich Company of the Boys’ Brigade was established in the town in 1903. Sadly, in August 2018, the Company was wound up and we were very kindly offered some of their old camp kit… 1/
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