WICKSTEED AT WAR BRINGS
WARTIME BRITAIN TO LIFE

The sights and sounds of the Second World
War will be brought to life at Wicksteed Park
this summer as the popular attraction delivers
an action-packed programme of history and
nostalgia.

Wicksteed at War, to be held at the Kettering
Park on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June,
is a free family event sponsored by the Military
Vehicle Trust combining military vehicle
displays and re-enactor groups.

The event brings history to life with hundreds
of military vehicles on display, a full arena of
entertainment, fly-bys, battles, stall holders
and much much more.

One of this year’s highlights, on the 80th
anniversary of the first flight of a spitfire, will
be a spitfire on the ground at Wicksteed Park.
There will also be a 1940s party in the
Wicksteed Park Pavilion on Saturday 11th
June, with live music, singing and dancing
until the early hours featuring the Bombshell
Belles, the Kalamazoo Dance Band and
1940’s DJ Major Swing & Kitty.

Children will experience life as a wartime
evacuee as part of the family military history
show.

Youngsters will learn all about the boys and
girls who were taken away from their families
to protect them for German bombing raids
during World War Two.

An evacuee train will be running on the park’s
railway to recreate what it was like to be taken
to stay with a new family, with actors in period
costume helping to re-create history by playing
the role of those who looked after the children
who arrived in Kettering from London.

Youngsters will also be given an evacuee train
ticket and a small string-tied box to show how
few possessions children were allowed to take
with them.

The evacuee train is part of a Wicksteed At War
education day on Friday 10th June, designed
for children aged 7-13 (Key Stages 2-3).

For further information on
Wicksteed At War go to
www.wicksteedatwar.co.uk

 
Wicksteed at War