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SCHOOLS SET FOR A GREAT DAY OUT AT THE WAR AND PEACE SHOW

SCHOOLS SET FOR A GREAT DAY OUT AT THE WAR AND PEACE SHOW

AT LEAST 16 schools will be taking part in the special War and Peace Show education day at The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, on 20 July.

The youngsters will see for themselves a range of genuine Second World War vehicles, full size replicas of Battle of Britain fighter planes, and an exhibition of more than 100 giant photographs showing how people lived in wartime Britain. These have been created and assembled by Roger Smoothy and Maidstone Camera Club.

"We are very excited about going to the Show," said Kerry Jupp, year four teacher at Wateringbury CEP School. "It's great for the children to be able to put their learning into context.

"It's also a great opportunity to get up close to genuine historic artefacts and vehicles. Children pick up so much from being immersed in a topic and seeing re-enactments. It should be an amazing experience. Parents are very keen on this kind of thing."

Among the things they will see is the amount of food a child could expect each week under wartime rationing. "People actually became healthier, because they didn't eat too much, and only what was good for them," said Terry Elliott, who is manning the display.

Another display will use former Whitbread drays, an old gun tractor and other vehicles to demonstrate how difficult it was for retreating soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force to make their way along roads crowded with refugees, to reach Dunkirk.

There will be a Dunkirk beach scene, using a burnt-out period fishing boat as a backdrop. And crews of two 3.7 anti aircraft guns firing blank ammunition will be celebrating the shooting down of a Messerschmitt 109.

A full size replica of a crashed Messerschmitt will be nearby, representing one that actually came down on the beach at Lydd, although in this case shot down by a Hurricane aircraft.

Other full size replica aircraft include two Spitfires, one of which has a real engine, a propeller that spins and gas guns that fire.

There will be a field cookery display to show the children how meals were prepared for men close to the field of battle.

The military vehicles range from a genuine Second World War ambulance, to a staff car that is known to have crossed to France in 1939, been captured and used by the Germans until 1944, and recaptured by the Allies.

Wartime entertainments are also part of the day's events. KAS - Kelly Anne Sproul of Deal, Kent - will be singing songs popular in the 1940s as the "New Forces Sweetheart".

The War and Peace Show is famous for its mock battles, and Malcolm Dunlop, of Rainham, Kent, will give demonstrations of how he brings realism to the skirmishes using pyrotechnics, fake blood and stunts.

War and Peace Show organiser Rex Cadman said: "This is the first time we have held a Schools Day and I am thrilled with the response. I hope all the children who attend and their teachers really enjoy their day and carry away a better understanding of the Second World War.

"The War and Peace Show is evolving to become increasingly about learning, about paying tribute to the men who fought for freedom, and to providing a really good day out for all the family."

Schools attending the Day include: Horsmonden Primary School; Sutton Valence Primary; Victoria Road Primary School, Ashford; Hartsdown Technology College, Margate; St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School, Herne Bay; Wateringbury CEP School: The Wyvern School, Ashford; West Borough Primary School, Maidstone; St Stephens Primary School, Tonbridge; Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford; Portal House School, St Margarets-at-Cliffe, Dover; Higham Primary School; Chiddingstone Primary School, Nr Edenbridge and Harbour School, Dover.

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MIKE HAS PLANS FOR CANS AT WAR AND PEACE AND THAT'S FLAT

MIKE HAS PLANS FOR CANS AT WAR AND PEACE AND THAT'S FLAT

BAPTIST minister Rev Mike Stanbrook is a passionate rock and roller. He's leader of the Rock community church at Chattenden, near Rochester, and devotes most of his spare time to Moby Dick, the 97-year old steamroller he keeps at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

Now Mike plans to re-enact part of his steam machine's wartime role as a can crusher, at the War and Peace Show, held at The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, in July.

moby_dick_back_in_her_wartime_can_crushing_days._r.jpgThe re-enactment was inspired by a picture in the Medway Messenger of Mike's steamroller flattening tin cans during the Second World War, when it was owned by Tunbridge Wells Rural Council. It was an early form of recycling. The cans were later melted down to make armaments.

"I recognised the steamroller as mine straight away," said Mike. "Not least because it carries the registration number FX7014.

"She was built in Strood by Aveling and Porter in November 1913 and sold to a company in Dorchester. In 1922 she was sold to Tunbridge Wells Rural District Council and still has their name plate attached."

The can crushing photograph came from the War and Peace collection of glass negatives owned by the Show's organiser Rex Cadman, and when he learned the steamroller was still in Kent, and in good working order, he invited Mike to re-enact its wartime role.

"It's an example of what was happening on the home front during the War," said Rex, who owns a pair of Aveling rollers used in Normandy after D-Day. "Besides the display will be great fun for visitors. We are amassing cans as fast as we can for crushing."

Rev Stanbrook inherited his interest in steam engines from his father, who was a mechanical design engineer, and supervised the pipe work for steam boilers in a number of Kent power stations, including Kingsnorth. moby_dick_today.r.jpg

"He used to take me to rallies in the 1960s and 70s," he said. "Then a friend of mine at a church in Surrey got me interested in the Hollycombe Steam Collection at Liphook, where I learned to drive a Burrell traction engine.

"When I moved to Medway I became involved with the people who run the steam engines at the Dockyard, never thinking that I would end up owning one. But I received an unexpected inheritance, and Moby Dick came onto the market, so I bought it.

"I am thrilled to be taking her to the War and Peace Show. In addition to the can-crushing display I'll give her a trundle round the show each day, so lots of people will be able to see her."

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DAYS OF DEFIANCE - A FREE EDUCATIONAL DAY OUT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

DAYS OF DEFIANCE - A FREE EDUCATIONAL DAY OUT FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN - 20th July 2010

A DRAMATIC display bringing to life the courage and determination of Kentish people during Britain's time of greatest danger is being offered to schoolchildren completely free, by the War and Peace Show. The Show takes place at The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent, in July.

Called "Days of Defiance", the exhibition will be an interactive walk through the dark days of 1940. Events featured will include the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the blitz and its impact on children, formation of the Home Guard and anti-aircraft defences.

It's being created by Battlefield Partnerships, comprising TV historians Andy Robertshaw of the Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Surrey, and David Kenyon of the Royal Gunpowder Mills Museum, Essex.

Rex Cadman, organiser of the War and Peace Show, said: "The the resilience and defiance of people in the County of Kent played a crucial role in helping Britain survive the dangers of 1940 and to go on and win the War. We want to reflect that and make a contribution that will ensure their efforts are never forgotten."

The exhibition will feature:

  • Four full size replica aircraft - a Hurricane fighter, two Spitfires, one with engine roaring and guns blazing and a Messerschmitt 109.
  • A range of military vehicles from the time of Dunkirk
  • A display which tells the story of the paddle steamer that rescued 7,000 men from the beaches
  • Re-enactment groups
  • A cooking display to show how soldiers were fed during the War
  • Two 3.7 anti-aircraft guns manned by re-enactors

"Days of Defiance" will give children a chance to meet and question veterans of the Second World War and former child evacuees.

As well as live demonstrations and re-enactments there will be displays of historic photographs from the early War period.

The exhibition will take place on 20 July, the Tuesday before the War and Peace Show opens officially. After they have visited the exhibition, children will be allowed to visit the many other attractions of the Show. They will also be given a demonstration of the pyrotechnics used in re-enactments.

Up to 3,000 children will be able to attend. Full health and safety provision will be made and War and Peace staff will be on hand as escorts. However it is expected that pupils' teachers will also attend.   Click here for the Schools' Day Information Letter and here for the  Schools' Day Application Form

Students who attend will be given evacuee-style labels entitling them to a free return visit, provided they are accompanied by a full-paying adult.

The War and Peace Show is the world's biggest annual military history show. Now in its 27th year, it incorporates military vehicle displays, mock battles, fly-pasts by historic aircraft, living history displays, the world's biggest stall market specialising in military collectables, and a full and varied wartime entertainment programme.


 
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