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Presenting, Preserving and Researching Battlefields, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th May 2024
The Tewkesbury Battlefield Society (TBS), in partnership with the Battlefields Trust, is pleased to announce that its long delayed conference has been scheduled for Saturday 4 May 2024, falling on the 553rd anniversary of the Battle.
The conference will take place in the Watson Hall in Barton Street in the heart of Tewkesbury between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm and will be followed by a guided battlefield tour on Sunday 5 May 2024 for all those wishing to stay over.
The theme of the Conference will be ‘Presenting, Preserving and Researching Battlefields – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. the programme of speakers (subject to last minute change owing to circumstances beyond our control) is as follows:
09:30–10:00 - Registration and coffee
10:00–10:15 - Welcome and introduction - TBS and Prof Anne Curry
10:15–11:15 - The evolution of the Society and Medieval Festival - TBS
11:15 –12:15 - Refighting battles in miniature (including intro to demonstration game) - Cranwell Wargamers
12:15–13:15 - Lunch - to be purchased locally
13:15–14:15 - Creating images of Wars of the Roses battles - Graham Turner
14:15–15:15 - Battlefield archaeology - Dr Glenn Foard
15:15–15:30 - Tea and coffee break
15:30–16:30 - Battlefield resources and threats - (Simon Marsh - Battlefields Trust Research and Battlefield Threats Coordinator)
To keep ticket prices low, The Battlefield Society is not providing catering other than tea and coffee, but there is a wealth of food outlets close to the Hall and attendees are also welcome to bring their own lunch. The Watson Hall bar will also be open over the lunch period. Tickets for the Saturday event are available at £15, and those for the Sunday walk, including transport to Tredington and tea and coffee midway, will cost a further £15.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be an informative, engaging and, above all, enjoyable event.
Bookings are available now through the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society website at https://www.tewkesbury.org.uk/conference-2024 or by post to PO Box 147, Tewkesbury, Glos GL20 9AP, enclosing a cheque payable to the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society.
Information about the Watson Hall can be found here: https://tewkesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/galleries/watson-hall/
For further information.
- Contact name : Simon Marsh
- Contact email : mercia@battlefieldstrust.com
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