AN ANNUAL EVENT TO COMMEMORATE THE AREAS MILITARY CONNECTIONS.
RE-ENACTMENTS - ARENA DISPLAYS FROM RE-ENACTORS, COVERING DIFFERENT PERIODS IN HISTORY, INVOLVING DRILL, WEAPONRY AND SKIRMISHES FROM INFANTRY AND CAVALRY.
ARENA DISPLAYS 13.00 - 16.00, WITH A FIRING FINALE ON SUNDAY AT 15.30.
ARENA DISPLAYS 13.00 - 16.00, WITH A FIRING FINALE ON SUNDAY AT 15.30.
ENCAMPMENTS - DIFFERENT ERAS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE BY ENCAMPMENTS 'IN PERIOD' FOR THE WEEKEND. WANDER THROUGH THE CAMPS AND TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FOR THOSE SERVING, AND THEIR ENTOURAGE.
GREAT WAR BARRACK HUT - THIS GENUINE BARRACK HUT, USED BY TRAINEES ON THE CAMPS NEARBY, HAS BEEN RENOVATED AND RE-EQUIPPED, AND SHOWS WHAT LIFE AS A SOLDIER WAS LIKE, TRAINING ON THE CHASE DURING THIS PERIOD. DURING THE WEEKEND, IT WILL BE MANNED BY VOLUNTEER SPECIALISTS ON THE CHASE'S GREAT WAR STORY.
COLLECTIONS - ALL OF THE GROUPS HAVE A MIX OF GENUINE AND / OR REPLICA ITEMS FROM THEIR PERIOD OF EXPERTISE, MOST OF WHICH YOU WILL ABLE TO GET 'HANDS ON' WITH.
JOIN IN! - TRY ON UNIFORMS AND KIT FOR SIZE AND HANDLE WEAPONRY. ENTER THE FRAY FOR KIDS' PIKE DRILL. TRY YOUR HAND AT ARCHERY! (SMALL FEE APPLIES)
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE LOUD NOISES, INCLUDING WEAPON FIRING, DURING THE DISPLAYS. ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A LEAD AT ALL TIMES ON THE EVENT SITE.