Events

As part of our involvment in the Battlefields to Butterflies project with the Royal Parks and the Royal Parks Guild, we are going to be at the Royal Hospital Chelsea as part of the Into The Peace Exhibition.

The exhibition will be showcasing the previous 4 years of shows and events throughout the Royal Parks which explores the role the parks and their staff played during the Great War. You can read more here:

Royal Parks in World War One

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The Royal Parks Guild Into The Peace Exibition

The International Living History Festival (ILHF) provides an event for all those with an interest and love of history.

From a historical market, Living History displays, lectures, seminars, and immersive have-a-go hands-on history activities, it is also a meeting place and fabulous opportunity for all, visitors and re-enactors alike, to spend a weekend visiting and discussing all periods of our historical past. Many of Europe’s best artisans, craftsmen and traders are on hand, happy to advise and provide a huge array of items and replicas of historical heritage.

This Festival of history has become the primary multi-period market place for re-enactors, historical interpreters and historical enthusiasts across Europe. The site is located at Cressing Temple Barns, Witham Road, Braintree, in Essex (CM77 8PD), a fabulous Templar Farm from 12th Century England.

The Vulcan Day of 2019 is a great opportunity to get ‘up close and personal’ with Vulcan XL426 at London Southend Airport.

As well as the Vulcan, there will be much to keep the whole family entertained.

Our Visit the Vulcan Days are great days out for aircraft enthusiasts and the general public alike. The VRT Team will be on hand to give guided tours of Vulcan XL426 and for an additional fee you can climb inside the Vulcan’s cockpit.

Other displays include a rare WE177B nuclear bomb, carried by the Vulcan during its time with the RAF, as well as examples of the 1,000 lb high explosive bombs the Vulcan dropped on Port Stanley airfield during the 1982 Falklands Conflict.

Also on display will be the life raft which the Vulcan’s crew would have used had they had to bale out of the aircraft over the sea.

The 10th Essex will be there with our Show and Tell table enabling the public to get up and personal to some of the equipment that a Tommy would have during the Great War.

There will be a face painting and burger, hot dog, ice cream and doughnut stands will ensure no one goes hungry. The VRT souvenir stand will be open selling a selection of Vulcan souvenirs, including Vulcan models, badges, patches, postcards, books, and much more.

Limited free car parking will be available close to the Vulcan. Please follow the ‘Vulcan Open Day’ direction signs after entering the airport. If the Vulcan car park is full, visitors will need to park in the airport’s short stay car park (for which there is a charge) which is approximately 10 minutes walk from the Vulcan.

Visitors can arrive by bus or train. London Southend Airport station is approximately 10 minutes walk away and is served by frequent trains on the London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria line – turn left when leaving the station and follow the signs to the Vulcan.

Details of train times, local bus services and car parking charges can be found on the London Southend Airport website: www.southendairport.com

Sorry – due to airport rules, we regret that no pets can be admitted with the exception of assistance dogs.

This is a living-history event focussing on the Great War and the British Armed Forces in all its glory

From Soldiers to Nurses and Airmen, their uniforms, weaponry, equipment and training, as well as the everyday tasks of the Great War soldier. There will be authentic demonstrations showing various skills which a soldier would have had to acquire to enable him to do his job “in the field”.

Stow Maries’ historic site also offers an impressive collection of Great War aircraft as well as Museums, Mess and shop. A great educational day for all the family.

We will also be welcoming some fantastic air displays, weather permitting

Capturing the atmosphere of a Brooklands race day, the new style Brooklands Relived sees us take a step back in time to the heyday of the track.

The site will be filled with the actual cars, motorcycles and bicycles that raced here from 1907-1939. We will also be welcoming other pre-War vehicles, which will be parked up, as spectators’ vehicles would have been on race days.

There will be plenty of action on site as well, including Test Hill ascents, “Race Starts” on the restored Finishing Straight, Aircraft Fly-ins and demonstration laps around the Mercedes Benz World circuit.

Military Odyssey celebrates its 19^th year and we have been invited back.

With groups covering a vast period of global history, including Romans, Vikings, Medieval, Napoleonic, the American Civil War, the Wild West, World Wars I & II, Vietnam right up to the present day.

With over 4,000 re-enactors and living history enthusiasts in attendance as well as over 250 stalls and 200 vehicles, Military Odyssey is the world’s largest multi-period re-enactment show. Regardless of your historical knowledge, there is bound to be something for you.

The 200 acre site has 2 separate arenas in addition to the main battlefield, where battlefield re-enactments take place all weekend.

There are numerous food courts on site, including a Beer Tent, Beer hall, indoor seating area as well as toilet facilities. Military Odyssey is wheelchair accessible too.

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