BVWS swapmeet at the Broadcast Engineering Museum

[ppppenguin]

We look forward to seeing you at the brand new BVWS swapmeet hosted by the Broadcast Engineering Museum, a few miles north of Lincoln. Your £8 fee (reductions for children) admits you to both the museum and the swapmeet. General entry at 11am.

Come aboard our fully working Southern outside broadcast, shown here outside the museum. It’s one of many exhibits that will be on display.

If you would like to book a stall, a few are still available. It’s £18 for one table with one person. Details here: https://becg.org.uk/2026/03/24/bvws-swap...gust-2026/

Directions to the museum: https://becg.org.uk/finding-us/

[ppppenguin]

Just two more stallsl available for the BVWS swapmeet at the Broadcast Engineering Museum. There will be lots of interesting kit for sale, including surplus items from the museum's stores. Don't forget that your £8 admission fee covers both the museum and swapmeet.

The BVWS have given us a grant to help build a series of period living rooms. The 1930s and 1970s rooms are now complete. Barring any disasters, we will also have the 1950s room open by 2nd August. It will show a celebration of the 1953 Coronation reflecting the home end of the broadcasting chain. This nicely complements our display of a Marconi MkII camera used at the Coronation.

With lots of working exhibits, some of them hands-on and interactive, It's a great day out for all the family.

Attached is a teaser - a general view of the 1930s room!

[ppppenguin]

It's official - the stalls are now fully booked.

As well as the stallholders and the Broadcast Engineering Museum's own sales Mike Barker will be running the BVWS stall where there will be many pre-loved items for sale.

The weather is looking lovely - dry and not too hot.

This recent drone photo shows a very empty museum car park. We hope it will be very full on Sunday. If we run out of space we have a cunning plan...

[steve102]

Just checking if these is any pedestrian access to the Broadcast Engineering Museum from the antique centre car park?

[ppppenguin]

You've spotted the cunning plan It's the antiques centre car park.

There's a pedestrian gate to the museum at the northwest corner of our grounds. It's visible here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BE4kJVpuiq527HXaA

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

[steve102]

That's great. I look forward to seeing everyone there on Sunday.

[ppppenguin]

Wow, what a day! Well over 100 visitors which broke our record handsomely. Apologies if there was anyone I was meant to see but didn't recognise. I know that I managed to completely miss one of the BVWS committee members. Some comments from visitors here: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/show...ost1763662

There will be a photo feature in the next issue of the BVWS Bulletin.

If everyone agrees we'll do it again next year. I'm sure we didn't get everything right but we'll listen and learn.

[pamphonica]

Well done to Jeffrey and all the team at Hemswell. Sorry I couldn't be there but it sounds like a great success and people are already asking for it to become a fixture!
-Jeremy