Wimpole at War
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
SG8 0BWOn the A603 near the M11, 6 miles North of Royston and 8 miles South West of Cambridge.
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September 2010, 11am to 5pm
Normal admission prices apply, National Trust members free.
The
National Trust's fourth wartime event at Wimpole Hall, and the first organised
here by EventPlan, with new performers as well as old favourites.
Step back in time to the 1940s! Enjoy some great music and song, military
and civilian living history, firemen (including a chance to have a go at aiming
the hose!), cooking demonstrations, a fascinating interactive display about the
retreat to Dunkirk and Battle of Britain in this, the 70th anniversary year,
entertainments such as the hilarous Mr Punch versus Adolf Hitler,
vehicles, cycles and much more! Saturday evening dance, tickets
just £5 (available in due course.)
Plus Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane flypast on Saturday!
Participants (so far!)
4th Infantry Division, 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards and Royal Norfolk Regiment (British army 1944); Ancient Wisdom (interactive Battle of Britain display and and Mr Punch versus Adolf Hitler); Discover History (Home Guard); First Allied Airborne Association (US military); Forties Family (ambulance, civvies); La Columna (Spanish Civil War veterans in 1940); Lost Patrol (US 82nd Airborne); March Veteran and Vintage Cycle Club; Martha's War (cooking with wartime rations); Moonlight Serenaders (singers); NFS Display Team (firemen); Silver Service Ladies (civilians); Barry & Joy Smith (Silver Bird "aeroplane" and dance music) plus strollers and vehicles, both military and civilian.
All allied and civilian 1940s re-enactors, dancers, vehicle owners and enthusiasts are warmly invited to participate*. Free admission if pre-registered. Please register, or contact us for more information.
* So long as you agree to abide by our terms and conditions of participation! Classic and military vehicle owners please click here.
Other
1940s events this season:
Victory at Hughenden, Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire on 8-9 May.
Wartime Clumber at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire on 5-6 June.
Powys at home and at war, at Powis Castle, Wales, on 12-13 June.
On the Home Front 1930-45 at Rufford Abbey Country Park on 18-19 September.
The '40s are also featured within our multi-period time line of displays at Woburn through the ages at Woburn Abbey on 12-13 June, Salute for Heroes at Glemham Hall, Suffolk on 24-25 July, Blasts from the Past at Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire on 7-8 August, and at the Sheffield Fayre on 29-30 (bank holiday) August.
Also at Wimpole Hall this year
Grand Historical Bazaar, 17-18 April, 11am to 5pm. Our second great multi-period bring and buy sale for re-enactors and living history enthusiasts in London, the Home Counties, South Midlands and East Anglia (and very popular amongst '40s fans).
Trading
opportunitiesPlease click for further details of trading opportunities at EventPlan events.
Visiting magnificent Wimpole Hall
Wimpole Hall is a major National Trust property with its superb Georgian house, forming part of the grandest working estate in Cambridgeshire. It includes extremely attractive parkland and a working rare breeds farm. Facilities include a National Trust shop, farm shop, toyshop, second-hand bookshop, licensed Old Rectory restaurant with children's menu, Stable Kitchen in the stable block and baby changing facilities.
How to get there
The hall is situated on the A603 near the M11, 6 miles North of Royston and 8 miles South West of Cambridge.
From the South: leave the M1(M) at Baldock and take the A505 NW to Royston (keep on the A505, don't enter the town). Take the A1198 N towards Huntingdon and then the A603 going NE towards Cambridge. Wimpole Hall is on the left a little further on.
From the West: Take the A428 East from the A1 at St. Neots. At the junction with the A1198 towards Royston. Turn left at the junction with the A603 and B1042 and Wimpole Hall is on the left a little further on.
From the East: from the A14/M11 Junction 14 take the M11 South to Junction 12. Wimpole Hall is on the right just after the village of Orwell.
From the North: From M11 Junction 12 take the A603 SW. Wimpole Hall is on the right just after the village of Orwell. OR From the A14 at Godmanchester, adjacent to Huntingdon, take the A1198 SE towards Royston. Turn left at the junction with the A603 and B1042 and Wimpole Hall is on the left a little further on.
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 2010
Click here for details of many other historical events organised by EventPlan this year.
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Updated 24 August 2010