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Blasts from the Past!
A Classical Greek to WWII multi-period living history show at
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire SL6 0JA. Tel; 01628 605069, 01494 755562 (info line).
Our 3rd Great year and a fantastic sell out success! Living history - re-enactments, battles and skirmishes - entertainments - fascinating historical crafts and much more!
Don't miss Blasts from the Past 2007!
After
a success of our 2005 show, the National Trust invited EventPlan to
stage Blasts from the Past for a third year at Cliveden, the
superb weather perfectly
complimenting the picturesque location. So
many visitors came that the
National Trust ran out of parking spaces both days and were forced to shut their
gates at lunchtime (temporarily on Saturday, but for most of the afternoon on
Sunday)! This didn't deter visitors
however and they parked on every road and verge for half a mile in each
direction before walking in. Fortunately, EventPlan had planned for large numbers of
visitors and with at least three displays happening at any one time during the
day, and two main living history areas, there was plenty of room and viewing
space. A truly excellent weekend all round!
Around 350 performers presented a continuous programme of
displays. Click for a
timetable of displays. These included arms, armour, weaponry and
battle tactics of warriors and soldiers through the ages; two
multi-era living history encampments; Romans and Britons; Vikings; medieval knights,
men-at-arms, ladies, camp followers; C17th musketeers, pikemen and cavalry
presenting drill and fighting skirmishes; American Civil War battles
and equestrian display; Wild West shoot outs; WWI mounted skills;
WWII and Vietnam era military, military vehicles and much more. Non-military displays include 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, polar explorers, Victorian travelling exhibition (with a
stuffed mermaid!), WWII concert party, everyday life through the ages, cooking, clothing and
crafts. Children's entertainments include Tudor puppet
shows, interactive displays of Tank warfare and The Battle of Britain, a chance
to train as "medieval men-at-arms" or to find out what it was like to be in
Queen Boudicca's army in battle against the Romans. There
was a
huge variety of displays and activities to enjoy, as well as a variety of
unusual and interesting items on sale within "traders' row".
Click for a huge selection of photographs taken by Red Zebra Photo, or seleced images within our gallery.
Performers
Classical
Greeks - The Hoplite Association; Romans and Britons - The Vicus;
Viking - Haukur
and Ormsgard Dark Age Theatre; Medieval - The Knights Hospitaliers,
Lion Rampant, Buckingham's
Retinue and
Oxford Household;
Tudor -
Perrotts Puppet Players; Renaissance -
Fahnlein Uri;
C17th - The English Civil War Society and History Re-enactment
Workshop; Regency
music and song by Hautbois; American Civil War - The Southern
Skirmish Association; Cowboys and Native Americans - The Wyoming Wild
Bunch; Victorian - Grymm
Tooms Travelling Museum and
The
Heilbron Commando; Edwardian - The Antarctic Adventurers; WWI - History Horse
and Croix de Lorraine; 1930s -
La Columna, WWII - Ancient Wisdom, World War II Living History
Association, Das Heer, Za Oberonya, with 1940s music, song
and fashion by The Spitfires; Post War - Road building team
by Lowery;
Vietnam era - 5th Special Forces Group, 3rd Mobile Strike Force, 1966 and
Rolling Thunder Plus Hands on History's ever
popular
multi-era "Cliveden through the ages" fashion show.
Re-enactment groups and other performers interested in taking part in this and our 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 beautiful property.
Admission
prices
National Trust members Adult £2.50, Child £1, Non members Adult £10, Child £5. With the show offering incredible value for money for National Trust members, many non-member visitors took the opportunity to join and thus have helped assist this worthy organisation in its objectives.
Trading
opportunitiesQuality historical traders were invited to book a pitch and around a dozen did so (which was just right within the layout). Pitches were limited and as usual preference was given to traders who utilised period tents or otherwise attractively presented stands.
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 M40 J4 and take the A404 (South towards Marlow), and follow the brown signs, or leave the M4 at J7 and take the A4 towards Maidenhead, then follow brown signs.
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.
Other events 2006
Click here for details of many other historical events organised by EventPlan this year.
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Updated 2 November 2006