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Retirement of Bill Cainan
Alan
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I was surprised recently to hear that Bill Cainan retired as curator of the Royal Regiment of Wales Museum on 31 August this year (he's just a slip of a lad) although he is still involved with a lot of AZW queries for the Museum.

I'm sure our members will want to wish Bill a very happy retirement although it doesn't seem that he will be idle. Bill has done a great job in the four years that he has steered the Museum through various problems and has done a great job in stabilising the museum's finances. He revamped the interior of the museum including our major interest, the AZW room. His 50sq foot model of RD is the centre-point of the new layout and as those who have been there will testify, it's a credit to Bill.

He tells me that his successor is Richard Davies, a qualified Museum man, so hopefully he�ll speak the right �language� to get the necessary grants in to secure the Museum�s future, building on Bill's legacy. We wish him luck in his new role and look forward to meeting him.

I'm sure we would all like to wish Bill a very happy retirement and look forward to seeing him again at various events from time to time.

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peterw


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A happy retirement indeed to Bill who was a great friend to members here. Bill was unfailingly generous with his time and willingness to share the museum's treasures with us. Thanks Bill.

Peter
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Dewi Evans


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May I also echo Peterw's words above and wish Bill a very happy retirement.

Good luck Bill.

Kind regards,

Dewi

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I, too, would like to support the comments made by everyone.

I spoke with and met Bill a couple of times, and he was always very helpful. Mind you, the first time I actually met him, I was greatly surprised to see him dressed as (if I remember correctly) an officer of the Royal Engineers!
After I got over the shock - as, let's face it, not many Museum Curators dress up when in their museums - it was good to have a chat to him about the revisions that he'd inspired at the museum.

Finally, I was so impressed by the models. They are among the best that I have seen, and are a real help to the understanding of the scenes.

Have a very happy "retirement", Bill - and thanks for all your help!
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Martin Everett


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You might like to see Bill as a Redcoat (24th Foot of course) c1745 on youtube as 'Bill the Redcoat'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Dk4XB5baM

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Alan
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He looks very lone leeeeeeee.

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Mark Hobson


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Brilliant. A youtube classic!
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The Scorer


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Alan wrote:
He looks very lone leeeeeeee.


Yes, but everyone else knew that he was going to be firing at them, so they ran away!

It's an excellent video, though!

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