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A SPECIAL EVENT

1940's WEEKEND - AN HISTORICAL EVENT

IN NEWBURY

PRESENTED BY

 

 

 

On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September 2018

Starting at 10.30am

Their Legacy - Our History

Come to this fantastic event!

 

It is predominantly a free event however,

there are also value added activities and attractions:

 

Canal trips on the Kennet and Avon

 

 

Vintage Coach Trips with a guide

On Saturday to the Airborne Museum at Littlecote

and the former WW2 airfield at Membury 

And on Sunday to Greenham Control Tower

 

 

 

​THOSE TAKING PART INCLUDE:

 

 

The 1940s Society

 

Kennet Valley at War 

http://www.kennetvalleyatwar.co.uk/

 

 West Berkshire Museum

http://www.westberkshireheritage.org/west-berkshire-museum

 

 

Derek and Linda Herbert 

portray Winston and Clementine Churchill 

 

Company B Dancers

Perform throughout the weekend

 

 

Why not join one of the free event Dance Classes?

 

FREE

1940s themed Big Band concert Saturday 8 September during the evening in the Market Place

CAN YOU HELP? 

HERE'S OUR CALL OUT FOR:

 

1940's Cookery Demonstration

 

 Classic British vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s

 

Community Groups

 Who are invited to take part in the Community Parade through Newbury town

on Saturday 8 September 

 

 

For details of the event, ticket sales for the vintage coach trips

and all enquiries please:

Email info@newburybid.com 

Telephone 077 483 10996

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