#1940s Weekend at Castle Bromwich Gardens 2016

This year's 1940s weekend at Castle Bromwich Gardens in the West Midlands brought sunshine, a flypast from a Spitfire and lots of #wartime entertainment! (Pictured below Lucy Lane.)

Laurel and Hardy greeted visitors as they arrived, kept everyone laughing  and there

were plenty of costumed  re-enactors to set the scene and transport us back to #WWII Britain.

On Saturday 7th May large numbers of visitors attended, breaking all previous records, not surprising really because it was a great event!

NORMANDY D DAY 2016!

Thousands of visitors are expected in Normandy, France this year as preparations are underway to pay tribute to WWII D Day and the invasion on June 6th 1944!  Wartime veterans and re-enactors will commemorate the landing of Allied troops, called Operation Overlord, which led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi occupation.

French re-enactors Pierre and his son Charles, pictured above, are representing the FNFL, Free French Navy and the RAF Air Sea Rescue.  The extensive tributes planned for this event are to include exhibitions, ceremonies and the re-enactment of motor torpedo boats and parachute drops from C-47 planes onto the beaches.

For more information about the 2016 events in Normandy you can go to dday-overlord.com or ot-baieducotentin.fr.

 Thanks to Pierre for the photographs!

#Normandy #DDay  #Re-enactors  #Normandy2016



 

Crich Tramway Museum 1940s Easter Event 2016!

Crich Tramway Museum and Village was transformed into WWII Britain for the Easter Weekend  Event.

There were vintage vehicles, 1940s re-enactors, and visitors could also enjoy rides on the trams. Pictured below ATS re-enactor.

The Navy Re-enactors On-Line provided an exhibition of naval artefacts and uniforms,

and also a bomb disposal demonstration. There was also wartime music and entertainment. This was the first day of a three day event and it was thoroughly enjoyable!
#cricheasterevent  #crich1940s2016  #crichtramwaymuseum

WWII Telegrams Mysteriously appear on Bermondsey Archway!

Messages from wartime Britain have been pasted onto the wall of an archway in SE London! The telegrams reveal the moving stories of  loss and survival by Bermondsey residents during the Blitz, as they informed relatives of the death of loved ones, the location of evacuees, and their survival despite the bombing raids.

Air raids were widely reported by newspapers during WWII and closely followed by the Home Front. Bermondsey was amongst the most severely bombed areas in Britain.  Several hundred civilians were killed and thousands were injured.

Why were the telegrams, believed to be copies, placed on the archway? Is the location, the arches between Tanner Street and Maltby Street, important?  Is this a memorial? As yet, there is no explanation. If you have any information about this, you can email joey@southwarknews.co.uk.

Source
www.southwarknews.co.uk
http://southwark.gov.uk/info/200159/history.
#WWII   #Bermondsey  #WWIIBermondsey #WWIIsouthwark

CANNOCK CHASE MUSEUM WELCOMES RE-ENACTORS FOR WWII EVENT 2016!

During Spitfire fundraising week in May 1941, the people from Cannock in the West Midlands raised 6,00 pounds and the result was a Spitfire, named the Cannock Chaser, which went into operational service.
On May 7th 2016 there is a VE Day Celebration at the Museum of Cannock Chase with Home Front food rations and sewing demonstration, 1940s choir, WWII displays, dancing and much more including a fly past from a Spitfire!

WWII Re-enactors are welcome and also vintage vehicles and table displays and exhibitions.  Contact r.gentle@wict.org (email) for a booking form or for more details ring 01543877666 or  view website at www.museumofcannockchase.org. The postcode for this event is WS12 1TD.

#spitfire  #cannockchase #cannockmuseum #1940sre-enactors #VEday
Pictured are re-enactors at a 1940s event 2015.

COMMANDERY WORCESTER - FEBRUARY 14th 2016

Icy temperatures didn't deter the re-enactors who turned out in their numbers for this multi-period event at the Commandery in Worcestershire.  WWII was also represented with a display from the Victorian and Westerners re-enactment group.  Their exhibition was based on the work of the American War Correspondent including Lee Miller who is to be the subject of a new film with Kate Winslet playing the leading role.

Costumed re-enactors from WWII represented the Army, Navy and Airforce also the Home Front and the French Resistence.

Considering this was an early event in the UK 2016 re-enactment season, there were plenty of visitors and the re-enactors put on a great show!

#commanderyworcester   #WWIIre-enactors   #HomeFront

STONELEIGH MILITARIA FAIR AND THE RE-ENACTORS 2016

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair, Warwickshire, is always a popular event, drawing crowds from all over the UK! With everything for the collector or enthusiast, it also caters for the 1940s shoppers with lots of vintage clothing stalls.

This year there were lots of costumed WWII re-enactors including the Army and Navy and the Home Front.

An interesting event and well worth a visit!

#stoneleigh2016 #militaria  #WWII  #homefront