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The Battle of Oudenaarde was a key battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on July 11, 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and the French on the other. It took place at Oudenaarde, Belgium and was a decisive victory for the allies.
Now, 300 years later, re-enaction of this historical event took place with more than 400 people participating, all dressed in uniforms referring to that period.
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTORS WEARING CROMWELL PERIOD COSTUME AT A HISTORIC EVENT IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE EVENT ENGLAND DSCN1018
Enchanted Hills Camp was established 67 years ago on Mt. Veeder in Napa County, Northern California. It is the West Coast’s oldest camp for people who are blind and visually impaired. The Camp found itself in the middle of multiple advancing fires in October 2017 and had to be evacuated. More than a dozen structures, which housed hundreds of campers each summer, were laid to waste by uncontrolled flames.
“The silver lining,” says Enchanted Hills Camp director Tony Fletcher, “is though the student and staff housing is largely gone, Enchanted Hills’ core, its historic gathering spaces, remain largely intact. Because of our commitment to a fire abatement plan and all the help we’ve received enacting it over the past decade, many of these beloved buildings were spared.”
lighthouse-sf.org/2017/10/17/enchanted-hills-camp-and-ret...
The Camp is re-opening. I had the opportunity to participate in a volunteer day to help get the Camp ready for guests this year, and took the opportunity to arrive early to get a few photographs. I observed this truck moving out with burned trees, removed as part of the recovery process.
At 120 pictures in 2020 category 68/120 is “Lorries, trucks or tankers.”
Worcester re-enactors & the ragged victorians
Worcester re-enactors are a group of friends who either live in or have contact with Worcester. We are a group made up of individual re-enactors who are members of various clubs and societies covering periods ranging from Ancient Greece to the 20th Century. We meet informally every Wednesday in various pubs in and around Worcester. Every February we blow away the cobwebs of Winter with a big Multi-period show based at Worcester's Commandery. There are hundreds of re-enactors from all over the country offering everything from musketry to Victorian Prize-fighting.
Foul plans are being enacted against the audience of the Bijou Planks! Hired by Chameleon to terrorize the ticket holders, the dreaded Antlers of Andromeda unleashes a horrific vision!
"Loooook.... SPIIIIDEERRRSSSS!!!"
Oh, wow, that's a lot of spiders.
"Yeeesss... tremble! Spiiideerrss!! You FEAR them...!"
So, are they trained?
I mean, if your performance is just a bunch of spiders crawling around on a web, I can see that anywhere.
I think it would set your show apart if the spiders crawled in some pattern.
Oh, synchronized spider crawling!
Now THAT would be cool!
"... FEEEAAARRR!!! FEAR THE SPIIIDEEERRRRSSS!!!"
Oh. I just thought of this. What if the spiders spelled out something on the webs!
Oh, like Charlotte's Web!
Who??
Charlotte? She saved Wilbur?
Who is Wilbur??
The pig!
I thought we were talking about spiders.
Never mind!
"Eh... RUN! Run for your lives!! Spiders!!!"
The guy with the glowing face seems rather excitable.
I think his name is 'Antlers of Andromeda.'
What kind of name is that??
"SPIDERS! THEY'RE SCARY!! BE AFRAID!!"
Oh, it says in the program that this is part of a Halloween countdown series.
I sure hope the future ones are more interesting.
"SPIDERS!!!!"
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Welcome to Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween! This year the target is the audience of the Bijou Planks! Such horror awaits!
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 12!
2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37797170986/
2018:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44730902824/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48926775376/
2020
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50509586522/
2021
Mr Fish: Re-enactor.
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Papplewick Pumping Station. 1940s weekend. Oct 2024
Congratulations to all involved for an excellent event.
Album: 1940s Weekends: flic.kr/s/aHsmuATmb6
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No Group Awards/Banners, thanks
One of the best Re-enactment events in the country.
The North of England's Largest WWI & WWII, Post War, Military Vehicle & Living History Event.
Held in over 30 acres of land just north of Doncaster, with easy access to the A19, M18 and M62. Yorkshire Wartime provides an opportunity for us to begin to understand what it was like to live through and serve in the wars and conflicts of the 20th century.
Visitors can witness battles re-enacted in meticulous detail by respected living history groups, walk amongst "British Tommie's" of the First World War, "GI Joe's" from the beaches of Normandy, the Women's Land Army of the Second World War to more recent conflicts.
The Sealed Knot re-enacted the Battle of Marston Moor - the largest battle of the English Civil War - for it's 380th anniversary. The re-enactment took place at Scampston Hall, in Yorkshire over the late May bank holiday weekend. There was also a living history camp, enacting life in the 17th century. It was a fascinating day out and included cavalry with their well trained horses, who seemed unphased by the battle, which was at times rather noisy and smokey with musket and cannon fire.
A couple more shots of the cavalry are in the comment below.
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PIKE MEN RE-ENACTORS IN OLIVER CROMWELL ERA BLACK COSTUME MARCHING TO BATTLE BLOOD THIRSTY LOT . AT A CIVIL WAR EVENT IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE ENGLAND DSCN0937
Foul plans are being enacted against the audience of the Bijou Planks! Hired by Chameleon to terrorize the ticket holders, the enigmatic Chuugoku Tofu has unleashed terror... on himself!?
HSSSSSSS!!!!
"HELP MEEEE~~~!!!"
Wow, there goes that tofu guy, with a giant snake after him!
SSSSSSSSS!!!!
"PLEASE! SOMEONE!!"
Is this for real?
What does the program say?
*...programs rustling...*
The program says, 'Chuugoku Tofu presents the LONG Night of Terror!'
SSSSSSSSS!!!!
"Oh, PLEASE! I'm going to DIE!!"
Was this supposed to scare us or him?
That's a long snake, but I don't think this is going to be a 'long' act.
I don't think this is an act.
HSSSHHSSSS!!!!
"HELP MEEEEEEE~~~!!!"
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Welcome to Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween! This year the target is the audience of the Bijou Planks! Such horror awaits!
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 10!
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37845574281/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44593578525/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48941492882/
2020
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50516431572/
2021
RED TUNIC OR JACKET UNIFORMED RE-ENACTORS OF THE 9th EAST NORFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT NAPOLEONIC WAR'S RE-ENACTMENT UNIT STANDING WITH MUSKETS AT A HISTORICAL SHOW EVENT IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE LONDON ENGLAND DSCN1309
Re-enacting a morning run from Windsor to Loveland, Colorado, Great Western Decapod #90 leads a freight train around Long Curve at Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road on a chilly morning in February. Founded to serve the Great Western Sugar Company, this 80-mile regional line in Eastern Colorado was one of the last freight railways in the US to trade their trusted steam locomotives for new diesels. Doing a few internet searches, I found an old advertisement for the line, which carried the motto: "We do it better."
Built in 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the big 2-10-0 that you see here served her original owner for 43 years, before being retired in 1967. A couple of years prior to her retirement, she caught the eye of the then Chief Mechanical Officer of the Strasburg Rail Road, which had recently re-opened as a tourist line. The Strasburg CMO was seeking bigger power with an eye toward the future. Although the 90 wasn't for sale at the time, the CMO managed to obtain a promise from the Great Western to give his line first dibs on purchasing the big engine, if and when she was no longer needed in Colorado. Three years later, the deal was done and the 90 has now been in Pennsylvania far longer than she ever was in Colorado. Not only that, but since her move to the SRC, she's run well over 350,000 miles, 9 miles at a time. Figure she's traveled as far as the moon and part way back. Pretty impressive!
A character in a Viking re-enactment display at a show in the Isle of Man.
I was pleased to get this brief eye contact with one of the "Vikings of Mann".
Amanda is a re-enactor and here she is dressed as a WAC, or Women's Air Corp corporal. Military Aviation Museum Air Show. Oct 2, 2021
A re-enactor as an ordinary Wehrmacht Soldier. This a yearly event called Military Through the Ages where re-enactors from the earliest times to today gather to educate the public on tactics, uniforms and equipment used. Jamestown, Virginia.
Military vehicles and quonset huts at Camp Hastings at the Little Log House Pioneer Village Antique Power Show near Hastings, Minnesota. The camp is used by WWII re-enactors during the annual show.
This re-enactor is dressed as soldier in the German army during WWII. He was very informative on uniforms, badges and medals worn by German soldiers in the Heer (Army). He showed me photos of his father who served in the German army during WWII. Photo made during an airshow at the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia. Oct 2, 2021. (I'll update the caption when I find my notes with his name)
RE-ENACTORS SITTING AND STANDING WEARING PERIOD NAVAL UNIFORM AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT A SHOPPING STALL DISPLAY AT A HISTORIC EVENT IN ANEAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE EVENT ENGLAND DSCN1209
Battle Re-enactors at the Battle of Black Creek 2013. Black Creek Pioneer Village.
My entire collection of photographs of Black Creek Pioneer Village are in a blog I created for the purpose.
WW1 re enactor in the parcel's office at Quorn Station on the Great Central Railway. Great Central in the Great War Event 10/11/2018
Foul plans are being enacted against the audience of the Bijou Planks! After a disappointing opening round of non-frights, the owner of the theater, the Chameleon, has sent forth the well preserved Captain Jack Sparrow once more with the command to TERRORIZE THE AUDIENCE!
"EEEHEHEHEE!"
"SQUEE!! EEE!!!"
Skeletons! Converging on Captain Jack!
What will he do??
"GEEEEHEHE!!"
"HSSSS!!!"
"... mmbr... pshawnn... brblr..."
Apparently nothing.
He's in a drunken stupor again!
What does the program say?
...programs rustling...
It says, 'Be terrified out of your minds as Captain Jack Sparrow faces an overwhelming horde of horrible skeletons!'
"GEHEHEEE!!"
"MEEEHEHEHE!!!"
"... *hic!* ...fwnish... mrturgoo..ooo"
Maybe we should help him?
We could take out seven skellies, no sweat!
I could hold Cap'n Jack in my arms... nurse him back to health...
Oh, would you get over him!
"GEEEE!! GEEEE!!"
The skeletons are really annoying though.
Why do they always have that high pitched squeal-laugh?
Because they're skeletons?
They don't even have lungs! How are they making any sound at all!?
"... alwffi... pendjshaaa... *hic!*..."
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Welcome to Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween! This year the target is the audience of the Bijou Planks! Such horror awaits!
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 6!
2017
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37587868770/
2018
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/43744397390/
2019
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48964075778/
2020
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50534944777/
2021
RED TUNIC OR JACKET UNIFORMED RE-ENACTOR OF THE 9th EAST NORFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT NAPOLEONIC WAR'S RE-ENACTMENT UNIT STANDING AT A HISTORICAL SHOW EVENT IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET PARK VENUE LONDON ENGLAND DSCN1331
Foul plans are being enacted against the audience of the Bijou Planks! Though failing to frighten the show-toughened audience so far, Chameleon has combined the three surviving members into a final TRIO OF TERROR!
"Now... you will learn... FEEEAAARRR!!!"
💗 Oh, there's Cap'n Jack...! 💗
Would you stop that?
He's just drunk again.
"You're not LISTENING!"
Sorry, Rack of Alpacas!
It's 'Antlers of Andromeda'.
Sorry! Antlers! What were you saying?
"Now... you can no longer deny... your FEEEAAARRR!!"
He's more talkative this time.
But I still don't understand.
The signs say "Be very something." I don't know what the last word is.
"畏怖!"
We don't understand that!!
"オイオイ！ バカじゃないの！？"
Guh! Here we go again with this Yakuza Turtle nut.
Well, we can figure it out.
This is part of the Halloween thing so, 'Be very...'
'Be very awesome'!
That doesn't seem Halloweeny.
*snrk!* 'Halloweenie'.
HAHAHA!!
"You are to be... AFRAID!!"
Of what?
The signs?
Help us out here.
"You are INFURIATING!"
Wait, we're supposed to 'be very infuriating'?
Oh, we got that!
"... *hic!* ...lardrhshmen... tog..."
💗 Awww! Cap'n Jack! 💗
"*sigh* We cannot frighten them."
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Welcome to Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween! This year the target is the audience of the Bijou Planks! Such horror awaits!
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 2!
2017
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37858973222/
2018
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/45625023251/
2019
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48986413206/
2020
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50548334498/
2021
Re-enactors pull a rope throught the barrel of the German 88 flak gun as they set it up for a demonstration.
The local museum was having a living history day and I went down for a gander to see if anything would catch my eye. I spotted these re-enactors chatting and were quite happy to pose for a photo.
Foul plans are being enacted against the audience of the Bijou Planks! Hired by Chameleon to terrorize the ticket holders, the unpredictable Captain Jack Sparrow unleashes... er... archaically wrapped confusion!
RRRRAAA!
UURRAAARR!!
It's a bunch of mummies!
And Captain Jack Sparrow!
Now this may be better than the last act with the spiders.
Cap'n Jack is some kinda good lookin!
MMMRRRRAAA!!
"*hic!* I don... Shh... washyer mummy..."
Is he drunk??
It's Captain Jack Sparrow! Of course he's drunk!
RRMMAAARR!!
Oh, they're closing in on him!
"I shay... when... phewwwww... theurna cramay... thish can... tele... shcoop."
HHRRRAAAA!!!
What did he say??
I've having a better time understanding the mummies.
Captain Jack is nice to look at, but he doesn't offer much in the way of a performance.
ARRUURRR!!
"Fir... *hic!*... firsh'all, dun... don reab me!!"
I think he doesn't want them to reab him.
What does that mean??
What's the next act...
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Welcome to Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween! This year the target is the audience of the Bijou Planks! Such horror awaits!
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 11!
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37797161386/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44758870834/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48936081727/
2020
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50513094947/
2021
File: 2023007-0627
At The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, on Friday 23rd June 2023.
About the photograph.
On the left side of the photo, are two of the re-enactors dressed up as Second World War American soldiers, often nicknamed as GIs. There is also another re-enactor dressed as a GI, barely noticeable behind many of the guys seen on the right side of the photo.
The two on the left are seen carrying Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns, while the third one is almost hidden, therefore difficult to see what weapons he got.
The guys who are holding up their hands, are re-enactors dressed up as Second World War German soldiers. A common popular belief is that they’re called the Wehrmacht, but this is partial true.
Wehrmacht is a German word made up of wehren meaning “to defend” and Macht meaning “power or force” thus imply the meaning of “armed forces.”
Britische Wehrmacht mean British Armed Forces, therefore the German Wehrmacht would mean the whole of the German armed forces, therefore the whole of the German military.
They are correctly referred as the Heer, a German word meaning Army. A Heer soldier, or in German language (as far as I know) a Heer soldat.
The Wehrmacht is made up of the Heer (Army), the Kriegsmarine (navy), and the Luftwaffe (air force).
The action they are carrying out, is a re-enactment of the Americans capturing a group of German soldiers whom have surrendered.
In the far background, near the top of the photo, are what looked like three of the Tank Museum’s own staff, doing filming of the re-enactment action.
The photograph was shot in colour, but I converted it to black and white in Adobe Lightroom and cropped for a more dramatic action, and as homage to the WWII era where black and white photos are more common than colour photos.
About TANKFEST and The Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum is found next to the British Army military base, simply called Bovington Camp, and is used by various tank regiments.
The writer Rudyard Kipling once visited Bovington in 1923, and saw some damaged tanks left from the First World War. He recommended that a museum should be set up.
However the museum was simply a shed, and was not open to the public until about 1947, when the museum was finally set up.
By about 1982, the museum was expanded and modernized, it housed many various different tanks in the Exhibition halls, along with working tanks which are often show in the live action arena.
The museum also has the only working German Tiger I tank, known as Tiger 131.
TANKFEST is an annual live action re-enactment event showing off various working tanks in staged display, in the museum’s showground known as Kuwait Arena.
For more information, just Google “TANKFEST, The Tank Museum, Bovington.”
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This gentleman was part of a group who were re enacting a detachment of the WW2 LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) later renamed the Home Guard. The LDV was often said to mean "Look Duck and Vanish"
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The Sanderson Camera. C.H & S. LONDON.
Sanderson Cameras
Sanderson cameras, both field and 'Hand and Stand' forms, are based on F.H. Sanderson’s patent of 1895. This describes how the lens board is held between two pairs of slotted struts, a screwed bolt, connected to the lens board, passes between the slots to clamp the lens board to the struts. When unclamped the lens board is free to move vertically, tilt and move forward or backwards. This allowed the photographer to roughly focus and compose the subject, then with the struts unclamped a single movement would move the lens board to critical focus and bring the rising front into play. On later models there would be pre-set catches to set the front standard in a vertical position.
The second aim of the Universal Swing Front was to allow the camera baseboard and therefore the tripod to remain level and do away with the necessity of tilting the camera and tilting the back. When taking subjects such as buildings a problem would be the amount of foreground shown on the screen, to overcome this the photographer would tilt the camera up, this will introduce converging verticals which was remedied by tilting the back so that it was vertical. In Sanderson’s design the camera bed is kept level and the lens is raised, for which there is ample rising front available, and tilted as required. A test took place in Cambridge in 1897, the results were widely reported in the photographic press and substantiate Sanderson’s claim for his camera over the use of tilting back models.
Frederick Herbert Sanderson was born in Cambridge in 1856, he worked as a cabinet maker and wood and stone carver. As a photographer he specialised in architectural subjects, not finding a suitable camera for his purposes led him to design the Universal Swing Front which is the basis of the Sanderson camera. He died in July 1929.
The cameras were sold by Houghton and made by Holmes Brothers of Islington who, at the time, were associated with G. Houghton & Son and later (1904) formed part of Houghtons Ltd.
Visitors to historic Castle Rising will have two opportunities to come face-to-face with British history during the August holidays.
The Norman castle near King’s Lynn, in Norfolk, will play host to two groups of historical re-enactors over five days. These re-enactors combine arena performances and displays of weapon skills with the informality of smoky camp fires and the opportunity to talk to participants and handle reproduction equipment and materials.
The first group to set up camp at Castle Rising will be Buckingham’s Retinue, all dedicated to the period popularly known as the Wars of the Roses. As a retinue, members wear the black and red personal livery of the Stafford family, Dukes of Buckingham, who played a prominent role in the politics and battles in this period. All the great families had such personal armies each wearing the livery colours and badges of their lord. One Duke of Buckingham even helped King Richard III to seize the throne in 1483 but then led an abortive revolt against the same king in the following year which ended with the Duke’s downfall and execution.
The Buckingham men wear armour and handle weapons like the longbow and the bill (a type of long-handled axe) but they also have the then latest thing - gunpowder artillery. So be ready for a few bangs when they fire a bombard. The female members wear the 15th century’s latest fashions and can give a first-hand account of what these feel like. The Buckingham Retinue will be at Castle Rising on August 2 and 3.
The second group visiting Castle Rising are Black Knight Historical which will present Soldiers Through The Ages on the Bank Holiday weekend of August 23 to 25. Black Knight were at Castle Rising in May and will return with a variety of groups reflecting English history from the Ancient Britains of Queen Boudicca up to the Second World War.
The format is similar to Buckingham’s, arena exhibitions on one side of the castle keep while tents, pavilions and camp fires are set up around the grounds with displays of life from the 1st Century AD onwards. Several groups look at the Middle Ages while others concentrate on the 18th and 19th century. All wear authentically recreated clothes. Want to find out what wearing a medieval woollen dress feels like in high summer? Ask one of the ladies!
The castle is still owned by the Howard family, who are descendants of the original builder in 1138 AD. It is managed in co-operation with English Heritage. Ticket prices on special event days are higher. Adults £10, concessions £9, children £8 or a family of four for £33. English Heritage members who normally enter Castle Rising for free receive a 50% discount on these prices. All events start at 10am.
Re-enactors keeping our history alive. Patriots' Day dress rehearsal - Lexington, Massachsusetts
123 in 2023
#75 - Piece of History
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Kuwait Arena, at The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, on Friday 23rd June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo shows a re-enactor in the role as a tank commander, sitting at the top of the turret, and waving to the crowd as the tank goes around the showground, during a re-enactment event called TANKFEST at the Tank Museum.
The tank is a former Second World War, American made M3 Stuart, usually officially known as the Light tank M3. It was given to the British Army under the lend-lease arrangement.
Note the rat-like insignia on the front of the tank. This is actually meant to be a jerboa, a kind of a hopping desert rodent found in North Africa. The insignia is commonly used by the British 7th Armoured Division, and sometimes nicknamed as the Desert Rats.
The M3 Stuart tank started life around late 1940 to early 1941, when the Americans noticed their light tank M2 was becoming obsolete during events in Europe and Asia, so they set out to improve it.
The upgraded design became known as the “light tank M3” with thicker armour, modified suspension, and new gun system. Production started in March 1941 until October 1943.
It uses an air-cooled radial, either 7 or 9 cylinder engine, both were petrol engines. Fuel capacity may be up to around 340 litres (for the later M5 variant), giving a possible operational range of up to 100 miles (M5 variant). The speed could go up to around 35 mph.
The Stuart carried a 37mm M5 gun with a capability for around 140 rounds, plus 3x .30 calibre Browing M1919 machine guns.
The Stuart saw the majority of combat in North Africa and later Europe, while some also saw service in the Pacific and Asia.
About TANKFEST and The Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum is found next to the British Army military base, simply called Bovington Camp, and is used by various tank regiments.
The writer Rudyard Kipling once visited Bovington in 1923, and saw some damaged tanks left from the First World War. He recommended that a museum should be set up.
However the museum was simply a shed, and was not open to the public until about 1947, when the museum was finally set up.
By about 1982, the museum was expanded and modernized, it housed many various different tanks in the Exhibition halls, along with working tanks which are often show in the live action arena.
The museum also has the only working German Tiger I tank, known as Tiger 131.
TANKFEST is an annual live action re-enactment event showing off various working tanks in staged display, in the museum’s showground known as Kuwait Arena.
For more information, just Google “TANKFEST, The Tank Museum, Bovington.”
You are free and welcome to comment on my photograph, about the photograph itself, or about the subject in the photo, or about your similar experience. The Comment Box is NOT an advertising billboard to promote any Groups. If you want to promote the groups, do it in YOUR own Photo Page or YOUR own Photostream!