10.30am to 5.30pm      Free admission!

Due to the success of previous shows, Sheffield City Council invited EventPlan to stage more displays as part of the 2006 Sheffield Fayre, which once again attracted around 25,000 visitors.  Click for an excellent selection of photographs taken by Red Zebra.

Click for a timetable of this year's show.

Arena displays (relocated to offer audiences an excellent birds eye view) offered a spectacular “overview” of history from the Classical Greeks to C20th with skirmishes, combat and drill displays, hand to hand fighting, archery, musket, cannon & other weapons firing. Highlights included American Civil War and WWII battles.

Ongoing living history demonstrations ran concurrently with the above, laid out in a "timeline" from Ancient Greeks to C20th, so giving visitors the opportunity to literally "walk through history". Huge numbers of visitors took the opportunity to find out about military and everyday life through the ages, see period crafts & cooking, and even step into a C17th "Vermeer painting"!

Some period sports were demonstrated, including medieval football, C19th baseball and singlestick fencing (popular between 1787 and 1923).

A variety of Historical traders/demonstrators were present.  In addition to our historical displays, there were crafts, a horticultural show and other activities to enjoy. A fantastic family day out for visitors, and free too! Sadly, due to adverse weather conditions at base, the Battle of Britain Memorial flight Dakota flyover on Monday afternoon had to be cancelled, with apologies from the BBMF.

Participants

• Classical Greeks:  The Hoplite Association

• Romans: Legio VIII Augusta MGV

• Viking: Ormsgard Dark Age Theatre

• C13th Medieval: The Household

• C15th Medieval: The Clarence, Conyer, Neville and Savile Households, plus Buckingham's Retinue and Knights Hospitalers

• C17th: History Re-enactment Workshop plus a small detachment of civil war soldiers

• Regency: Days Gone By.

• American Civil War: The American Civil War Society & the Blues and the Grays

• American West: The Arizona Rangers and 7th Cavalry.

• WWI:  The Manchester Regiment, 1914-18, 1914-21 Society and Croix de Lorraine.

• WWII: The Northern World War II Association and  The Yanks Living History Group, with music and song from the Moonlight Serenaders.

• Vietnam: 5th US Special Forces Group, 3rd Mobile Strike Force, 1966

• Period swordsmanship lessons and demonstrations: The Society for the Study of Swordsmanship

Re-enactment groups and other performers interested in taking part in our events are invited to contact us for further details; please click the link for our Standard terms and conditions for participation. 

 The venue

Norfolk Heritage Park is a pleasant hillside location with lots of trees, slopes, flat areas for encampments, good viewing, arena backdrops, visitor centre and facilities, yet within easy reach of the city centre (walk, take the tram or drive).

This year our re-enactments were primarily be placed at the lower end of the park, with superb viewing from the grassy bank that overlooks it.

Directions

From the North, East or South: M1 Junction 33, then A630/A5/A61S to city centre via Sheffield Parkway.

From the West: A57 to city centre.

From city centre:  From the main Park Square roundabout (off Sheffield Parkway) take the A61(S) (Sheaf Street), past the railway station. Bear left, still on the A61(S) into Suffolk Road, then straight over the next roundabout past MacDonalds and up Farm Road. Turn next left into Park Grange Road under the Metro, then proceed up the hill until you see the park signs. These lead to the entrance and the Centre in the Park, complete with an excellent cafe.

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Updated 29 November 2006