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THE CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL 2023
So the final day of the festival is upon us, the tents are being dismantled, swords and lances packed away, the tanks are rumbling off...
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DUNKIRK - A VETERAN'S ACCOUNT
John Hamilton was one of the speakers at the 2019 Chalke Valley History Festival and astonishingly, it was his debut as a public speaker....
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THE ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM AT LARKHILL
The contents of the Royal Artillery Museum are currently in storage across three sites in the UK while they wait for a new site to be...
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GREENHAM COMMON PEACE GARDEN - THE STONE CIRCLE MONUMENT TO PEACE
Many will be familiar with the protests at Greenham Common which began in 1981 when thousands of women gathered to campaign for nuclear...
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VISITING RAF COSFORD
The RAF Museum is home to over 75 historic aircraft, but you don’t have to be a military aviation expert to enjoy RAF Cosford: there is...
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THE STORY OF MAURICE BLIK - BELSEN SURVIVOR
Maurice Blik is a world famous sculptor who was born in Amsterdam in 1939. Interned in Belsen for several years as a child, he recently...
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WE HAVE WAYS FEST 2022
We Have Ways Fest is a three day festival of all things World War II which takes place in the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside....
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JOHN HAMILTON - DUNKIRK VETERAN AT THE CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL
In 2019, Dunkirk veteran John Hamilton was invited to the Chalke Valley History Festival to talk about his experiences. Chalke Valley...
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FIGHTING WITH THE FRENCH RESISTANCE – THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF JOHN JAMMES
The Chalke Valley History Festival is the biggest history festival in the UK, and runs for a week of lectures, talks, living history...
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