Events

The Great Civil War in the Tees Valley

Saturday 14th March 2020

 

 

The Battlefields Trust presentds a series of Civil War related events in Stockton-on-Tees

1pm to 2pm  High Street: Newcastle Garrison Living History Group  Civil War arms and equipment display - demonstrations of musketry, artillery, pike drill with associated talk about equipment and weapons. Bob Beagrie will read extracts from Civil Insolencies

2pm to 4pm: Drake the Bookshop. Bob Beagrie and Mark Turnbull  will sign their books purchased in the bookshop

4pm to 7pm: Georgian Theatre. (small charge) Phil  Philo will talk on the Civil War in the tees Valley, Mark Turnbull on the motivation and inspiration behind his historical novel 'Allegiance of Blood', and Bob Beagrie will perform extracts from his collection of poetry 'Civil Insolencies'. There will also be a small Battlefields Trust display with a few artefacts and Mark Hornsby will display his model of the battle of Guisborough.

 

 

 
 

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