Following last year’s very successful Thunderbirds Memories Weekend, Slough Museum is staging another free weekend for fans of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s landmark series, which was filmed just up the road on SEGRO’s Trading Estate between 1964 and 1966.
The Art Of Thunderbirds, taking place Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025, will feature artwork, models and puppets showcasing the groundbreaking visual design created for the series, with illustrator Graham Bleathman making an appearance on Sunday 8th June. He will bringing a number of his artworks with him on the day…
(Graham will also be at Boom!, a one day event organised by Cygnus Alpha, at the Macbeth Centre in Hammersmith, London, the filming location of Remembrance of the Daleks on Saturday 7th June, in part a a book launch for Sophie Aldred’s new book Ace Jacket, for which he contributed an illustration. Tickets are limited to just 125 people, the line up also including a host of Doctor Who luminaries).
The Art of Thunderbirds exhibition includes art from the “Thunderbirds” strip by Frank Bellamy, first published in the groundbreaking weekly comic, TV Century 21. There should also be puppet and model displays – and Virgil should be attending in Thunderbird 2!
The Museum has a permanent exhibition dedicated to Thunderbirds, showcasing behind the scene model making, filming and Thunderbird paraphernalia. (Exhibition by appointment only, according to the website).
Slough Museum Trust was founded in 1982 by a group of local people who wanted to create a Museum to share knowledge about local and general history, topography and archaeology of Slough and surrounding districts.
Its mission today is to build a sense of pride in Slough, developing imaginative and inclusive projects and displays and encourage people to share their stories and knowledge of Slough as a place of pioneers and innovators.
• The Art Of Thunderbirds will be open 10.00 – 4.00pm at Slough Museum, 72 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, SL1 4PN on 7th and 8th June 2025| Admission Free
• Web: sloughmuseum.co.uk| For more information please contact info@sloughmuseum.co.uk
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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