We try to attend events which are fairly local to us, although we do travel further afield to a couple of events per year. Sadly in the past couple of years so many events have been cancelled because of Covid, but we live in hope that event in 2022 will happen and the 40s scene will be back in full swing.
2025
21st-22nd June – Newhaven Fort
2024
20th March – Talk on the Upper Thames Patrol
This is for a Historical Society, but they welcome visitors. The talk is at 7.30 at Greet Hall, 171 Thame Road, Warborough OX10 7DH.
11th-12th May – Tilford Village at War – Emergency Shop and Bombed Out But Not Beaten
25th-26th May – Ironbridge – Emergency Shop and Bombed Out But Not Beaten
7th-8th September – Milton Keynes Museum – Emergency Shop and Bombed Out But Not Beaten (to be confirmed)
28th-29th September – Wallingford Back to the Forties – Emergency Shop and Bombed Out But Not Beaten
2023
1st April – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum – Indoor display
29th-30th April – Tilford Village at War – Emergency Shop
27th-28th May – Ironbridge – WVS Advice Bureau and Emergency Shop
17th-18th June – The Watercress Line – Emergency Shop
19th-20th August – White Horse Military Show – Emergency Shop
2nd-3rd September – Milton Keynes Museum – WVS Advice Bureau and Emergency Shop
30th September-1st October – Wallingford Back to the Forties – WVS Advice Bureau and Emergency Shop
2022
7th-8th May – Tilford at War – WVS Advice Bureau
28th-29th May – Ironbridge – WVS Advice Bureau and Women and Children Display
3rd-4th September – Milton Keynes Museum – WVS Advice Bureau and Women and Children Display
24th September – Bletchley Park – Animal Guard
1st-2nd October – Wallingford Back to the Forties – WVS Advice Bureau and Women and Children Display
24th October – Rushden – Bombed Out
2021
These are the events we planned in 2021, sadly most events were cancelled.
24th – 25th April Wartime in the Cotswolds – Cancelled
8th – 9th May Tilford at War – Cancelled
28th – 30th May Ironbridge – Cancelled
19th – 20th June Wartime in the Vale – Cancelled
26th – 27th June Severn Valley – Bombed Out
17th – 18th July Black Country – Animal Guard
7th and 8th August Harborough at War – WVS Advice Bureau
15th August Stonor Park – Cancelled
4th – 5th September Milton Keynes – Cancelled
11th – 12th September Hughenden – Cancelled
26th September Bletchley Park – Cancelled
2nd – 3rd October Wallingford at War – Main Display
2020
Oh my goodness it’s was going to be a very full year, but all events cancelled!
19th April – Combe Mill at War – CANCELLED
26th April – Wartime in the Cotswolds – CANCELLED
8th – 10th May – Blenheim Palace – CANCELLED
23rd and 24th May – Ironbridge – CANCELLED
7th June – Buckinghamshire Railway – CANCELLED
14th June – Dig for Victory Show – CANCELLED
20th and 21st June – Wartime in the Vale – CANCELLED
28th June – Thatcham Celebrates – CANCELLED
11th and 12th July – Black Country – CANCELLED
25th and 26th July – Crofton – CANCELLED
5th and 6th September – Milton Keynes Museum – CANCELLED
12th and 13th September – Hughenden – CANCELLED
19th and 20th September – Coleshill – CANCELLED
27th – Bletchley Park – CANCELLED
2019
Thames at War
14th April, Abingdon Lock, Oxfordshire
We were the organisers of this event.
For photos please see www.thamesatwar.co.uk
Abingdon Air and Country Show
4th May, Abingdon Airfield/Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire
Tilford Village at War
Rural Life Centre, Farnham
Bombed out Victims
Hurley’s Secret War, D-Day, Spies and Espionage
4th June, The Olde Bell Hotel, Hurley, Berkshire
Indoor display
Bletchley Park
6th & 7th July, Bletchley Park
Full display
Black Country Museum 1940s Weekend
13th & 14th July
Bombed out Victims
Royal International Air Tattoo
19th-21st July, Fairford, Gloucestershire
Full display
Milton Keynes Museum
31st August
Roving living history
Stoke Bruerne Village at War
7th September
Bombed out Victims
Hughenden Manor 1940s Weekend
14th & 15th September, Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Full display
Coleshill
Sunday 22nd September