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Thank you for the info. I'm pretty sure I saw it in a round building, (with the tapestry round the walls) and in the middle was a big model showing the actual battle. And yes, it has to be Hastings. And apologies to everyone else for me taking this thread away from it's quite amusing real topic!

Yeah, apparently it WASN'T the original we saw - I've checked with the Fount Of All Knowledge. (My mum). She said if was definitely a replica - not sure if it's the one in Reading (Notters), or whether it's one that apparently is always there (GNLF). Very disappointed, I'd always assumed I'd...

Being serious for a mo', it says on the BBC it's the first time it's been displayed in England, however I went to see it in 1966 at a special display in Hastings to mark the 900th anniversary of the battle. Was I mistaken? I was only 10 so it's possible - but I've always claimed to have 'seen' it.