Blasts from the Past!
A Classical Greek to WWII multi-period living history show
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire SL6 0JA. Tel; 01628 605069, 01494 755562 (info line).
11am to 4.30pm
Living history - re-enactments and skirmishes- entertainments - fascinating historical crafts - and much more!
Due
the success of our
2004 show, the National Trust invited EventPlan to
stage Blasts from the Past for a second year at Cliveden,
and what success it was! Thousands of National Trust
members and other visitors enjoyed our high-quality multi-period re-enactment, with around 300 performers presenting a
continuous programme of displays. Normal admission prices applied, National Trust
members were admitted free, and large numbers of non-members joined up on the
spot. .
Displays included arms, armour, weaponry and
battle tactics of warriors and soldiers from the ancient Greeks to WWII; a
multi-era living history encampment; Romans and Britons; medieval knights,
men-at-arms, ladies, camp followers and working forge; C17th musketeers and pikemen; an American Civil War skirmish; WWI mounted skills; armour,
uniforms and firepower through the ages demonstration, RAF fighter tactics in
the Battle of Britain, and much more.
Non-military displays included Cliveden's fashions through the ages in a
two-part cat walk show, a chance to step into a C17th "Vermeer painting",
Regency music and song, everyday life through the ages, cooking, clothing and
crafts. Children's entertainments included Tudor puppet
shows. The event kept visitors extremely busy all afternoon with a constant
choice of displays and activities, and their feedback was extremely enthusiastic
and positive.
Click for our gallery of photographs, or an excellent selection taken by Martin Coulbert.
Don't miss this year's Blasts from the Past, this 9-10 September 2006!
2005 Performers
Classical Greeks - The Hoplite Association; Romans and Britons - The Colchester Roman Society; Medieval - The Knights Hospitaliers, Lion Rampant, plus Oxford and Savile Households; Renaissance - Fahnlein Uri, Tudor - Perrots Puppet Players; C17th - The English Civil War Society and History Re-enactment Workshop; C18th - New France & Old England; Napoleonic - Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 1815 and music and song by Hautbois; American Civil War - The Southern Skirmish Association and 9th US Cavalry; Wild West- The Wyoming Wild Bunch; Victorian The Heilbron Commando; Edwardian - The Antarctic Adventurers; WWI: The C20th Warfare Society and Andy Smerdon riding Mack; 1930s: La Columna, WWII: Ancient Wisdom, Croix de Lorraine and Das Heer, 1960s - 5th SFGA (Vietnam Living History Group). Plus Hands on History's multi-era fashion show.
Re-enactment groups and other performers interested in taking part in our events are invited to contact us for further details and click the link for our Standard terms and conditions for participation.
Visit the National Trust's web pages about Cliveden to find out more about this magnificent property.
Quality historical traders booked via Anne Laverick of the Original Re-enactors' Market on 01977 557485. Preference was given to traders who utilise period tents or otherwise attractively presented stands. A modest pitch fee applied.
Please click for further details of trading opportunities at EventPlan shows.
Visiting Cliveden
Cliveden is on the North bank of the River Thames at Taplow, near Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire. Leave the M4 at J7 and take the A4 towards Maidenhead, then follow brown signs, or leave the M40 J4 and take the A404 (South towards Marlow), and follow the brown signs.
Normal admission prices apply at this event, National Trust members FREE.
Click for a map.
A brief history of re-enactment
Interested in how and why re-enactment has become so popular in recent years? Click on the link to read a history of re-enactment.
Events 2006
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Updated 12 September 2005