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Ack Living History Group |
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Calendar:
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The Group is very active and regularly
attends a number of events from military shows to living history displays.
They have worked with the Ministry of Defence, English Heritage, Aldershot
Military Museum, Firepower Museum, National Army Museum, Royal Armouries,
and the Royal Artillery.
They have also been involved in TV
and film productions, for example, Atonement, 10 Days to D-Day by 3BM
Productions and Battlefield Detectives with Granada TV.
The annual calendar is given below
- the events shown in blue
are those that the Ack Ack section have booked to attend. Pictures from
past events are included in the Gallery.
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2010
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| Calendar to follow in new year |
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2009
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| February 1st |
Militaria 2009 - Stoneleigh
Park, Militaria Fair |
| February 14th, 15th |
Classic Motorcycle
Show - Shepton Mallet |
| April 5th |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| April, 12th, 13th |
Fort Nelson - Portsmouth
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| May 30th, 31st |
Gloucester Docks |
| June
4th - 9th |
D-Day display -
Ver sur Mer, Normandy, France |
| June 13th, 14th |
Watercress Line,
Hampshire - War on the Line |
| August 29th - 31st |
English Heritage
- Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wilts |
| September 12th,
13th |
Battle of Britain
- RAF Hendon |
| October 17th, 18th
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N Yorks Moor Railway
- Pickering |
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2008 |
| February 2nd, 3rd |
Militaria 2008 - Stoneleigh
Park, Militaria Fai r |
| February 15th, 16th |
Classic Motorcycle
Show - Shepton Mallet |
| March 8th, 9th |
Tilbury Training
weekend (members only) |
| March 21st - 24th |
Fort Nelson Royal
Armouries- Portsmouth |
| March 30th |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| April, 19th, 20th |
Gloucester Town
Event - Event Plan |
| May 3rd, 4th, 5th |
Route to Victory-
Ramsbury, Wiltshire |
| May 31st, June 1st |
Chiltern Open Air Museum |
June 14th,
15th |
Nothe Fort, Weymouth
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| June 21st, 22nd |
Watercress Line,
Hampshire - 1940s event |
| June 28th |
Veterans day -
Bristol |
| July 5th, 6th |
Fort Nelson |
| July (dates tbc) |
Festival of History - Kelmarsh |
| July 26th, 27th |
Portsmouth Harbour
- Event Plan |
| August 16th, 17th |
Rufford Abbey - Event Plan |
| August 23rd |
Avon Valley Railway
- Bitton, Bristol |
| September 7th, 8th |
Victory Show -
Whetstone Leicestershire |
| October 10th, 12th |
North Yorkshire
Wartime Weekend |
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2007 |
| January 28th |
Militaria 2006 - Stoneleigh
Park, Militaria Fair |
| February 23rd |
North Somerset
Museum - Weston-super-Mare |
| March 17th, 18th |
Aldershot Training
Weekend (members only) |
| April 1st |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| April 7th - 10th |
Fort Nelson Royal
Armouries, Blitz at Portsmouth Display- Portsmouth |
| May 5th, 6th |
Living History
Event - Rockingham Castle |
| May 26th, 27th |
Gunners Farewell
to Woolwich |
| June 2nd, 3rd |
RAF Hendon, Battle
of Britain event |
| June 3rd |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| June 9th, 10th |
Nothe Fort - Weymouth
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| June 9th, 10th |
RAF Northolt families day |
| June 22nd to 24th |
Military Vehicle
Trust National Show - Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire |
| July 1st |
Bitton Railway
1940s day - Bristol |
| July 18th - 22nd |
War and Peace Show
- Beltring |
| July 30th, 31st |
Blitz of Greenwich Display - Firepower
Museum, Woolwich |
| August 11th, 12th |
English Heritage
Festival of History - Kelmarsh Hall |
| August, 18th, 19th |
On the Home Front '39-'45 -
Rufford Abbey and Country Park, Nottinghamshire |
| August 25th - 27th |
A Military Odyssey-
Detling, Kent |
| August 25th - 27th |
English Heritage
WW2 Event - Old Sarum |
| September 8th, 9th |
Swindon and Cricklade
Railway Wartime Weekend - Blunsdon, Swindon |
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2006 |
| January 29th |
Militaria 2006 - Stoneleigh
Park, Militaria Fair |
| February 16th |
North Somerset
Museum - Weston-super-Mare |
| March 26th |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| April 14th - 17th |
Fort Nelson Royal
Armouries - Portsmouth |
| May 20th, 21st |
Gathering of Eagles,
Aldbourne Wilts - Veterans 101st Airbourne |
| May 28th, 29th |
Keevil Vintage Flying weekend |
| May 31st - June 7th |
Gold Beach Normandy
trip |
| June 4th |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| June 24th, 25th |
War on the Line, Watercress Steam Railway
- Winchester, Hants |
| June 23rd, 24th, 25th |
Military Vehicle
Trust National Show - Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire |
| July 19th - 23rd |
War and Peace Show
- Beltring |
| August 13th, 14th |
English Heritage
Festival of History - Kelmarsh Hall |
| August 19th, 20th |
Bristol Industrial
Museum 1940s Weekend- Bristol Docks |
| August 26th - 28th |
A Military Odyssey-
Detling, Kent |
| September 2nd, 3rd |
Oxburgh Hall 1940's
Weekend |
| September 9th, 10th |
Swindon and Cricklade
Railway Wartime Weekend - Blunsdon, Swindon |
| November 4th, 5th |
Searchlight and
Gun Display - London |
| November 19th |
Great Malvern Militaria - 3
Counties Show Ground, Militaria Fair |
| December 9th, 10th |
Costal Defence
Event - Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury (+ AGM for members only) |
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2005 |
| January 30th |
Militaria 2005 - Stoneleigh
Park |
| February 15th |
North Somerset
Museum - Weston-super-Mare |
| March 5th - 6th |
Training Weekend
- Tilbury (members only) |
| March 20th |
Great Malvern Military Convention - 3
Counties Showground |
| May 7th |
V.E.Day Display
- Bristol |
| May 7th |
V.E. Celebrations Glen Miller Band -
Kemble Airfield |
| May 7th - 9th |
V.E. Celebrations
- Jersey |
| May 21st |
Wessex Veterans
Day - Longleat |
| June 5th |
Garrison Life - Tilbury Fort |
| June 10th -12th |
Event Plan WWII Home Front - Hughenden
Manor, Bucks |
| June 10th - 11th |
Watercress Line - Nr Winchester,
Hants |
| June 24rd - 25th |
MVT National Show
- Kemble Air Field |
| July 2nd - 3rd |
V.E. Celebrations
- Blackpool |
| July 4th - 10th |
V.E. Celebrations
- St James Park, London |
| July 9th |
Event Plan - Basingstoke War
Memorial Gardens |
| July 16th |
Event Plan - Colchester Military
Festival |
| July 16 - 18th |
Fairford - Air Show |
| July 20th - 24th |
War and Peace Show
- Beltring |
| August 13th - 14th |
Aldershot Military
Museum - Living History Event |
| August 13th - 14th |
Bristol Industrial Museum 40s weekend
- Bristol Docks |
| August 27th - 29th |
Military Odyssey
- Detling |
| September 10th - 11th |
Multi Period Event |
| September 21st - 30th |
Malta Event |
| October 1-2 |
Event Plan WWII Event - Bedford
Lakes Country Park, Feltham |
| November 5th - 6th |
Training Weekend
- Aldershot (members only) |
2004 |
| January 24th |
Swinging Blitz Ball- M.V.T.
Event. N.A.C. Stoneleigh Park, Nr Coventry, Warks |
| January 25th |
Militaria 2004
- N.A.C. Stoneleigh Park |
| February 16th |
Garrison Event - WWII |
| February 17th |
Home Front - North
Somerset Museum |
| February 29th |
Glen Miller Centenary Celebrations - Twinwood
Airfield, Bedford |
| April 25th, 26th |
Training Weekend - Tilbury |
| May 15th, 16th |
D-Day - Assembly
at Tilbury |
| May 29th, 30th, 31st |
Overlord Military Vehicle Show -
Five Heads Road, Horndean, Nr Portsmouth |
| June, 5th, 6th |
D-Day Event - Normandy |
| June 19th, 20th |
Watercress Line
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| June 19th, 20th |
Hyland House, Chelmsford |
| June 26th, 27th |
Kemble - Severnside
M.V.T. Show |
| July 3rd, 4th |
Aldershot Show
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| July 3rd, 4th |
Chatham Dock |
| July 10th, 11th |
Campaign 2004 - WW2 Historical
Show, Twinwood Airfield, Bedford |
| July 24th, 25th |
Artillery History
Event - Tilbury Fort |
| August 1st |
Larkhill Open Day |
| August 14th, 15th |
Bristol Docks Event - WW2 Display
and Dance |
| August 28th, 29th, 30th |
A Military Odyssey
2004 - Kent County Showground, Detling, Kent |
| September 25th, 26th |
English Heritage
WW2 Weekend - Dover |
| November, 6th, 7th |
Training Weekend
- Aldershot |
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