Crich Edwardian Weekend

Digger and Blue a great day at Crich on Saturday 14th July. Nice and relaxing, promenading about like a pair of cockerels. A visit to the pub was greatly received where we met Gary, an Aussie who was in the Army Reserves like Snowy was. We heckled the Sufferegettes and gave some rise to the 'Kilted' Foot and Mouth regiment. All in all a good day out for the Diggers. Next event is The Victory Show.

TankFest 2012

Another excellent event at Tankfest 2012. The Diggers Living History Group portrayed a short section of trench at Pozieres held by elements of the 24th Battalion AIF circa 1917 and participated in the WW1 mock battles on each day. Here is a selection of photos, with more available here.

Overlord 2012

Here is a selection of photos of the Overlord 2012 event held on the long weekend June 1st to June 4th. Members of the Diggers Living History Group were portraying the WW1 Digger on the Western Front. Good one Digger, Blue, Lofty and Joey! Thanks also to Debra Parry and Mo for some of the photos.

More photos can be seen here. 

2012 Events

The Diggers Living History Group are participating in the following 2012 events:

1. OVERLORD 2012 is being held from the 1st June to the 4th June at The Lawns, Mead End, Waterlooville, Hants PO7 6TZ. This is a four day event.

2. TANKFEST 2012 is being held from the 30th June to 1st July.  This will be the 10th Anniversary of the event at The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, BH20 6JG

3. THE VICTORY SHOW is being held from the 8th Sept to the 9th Sept at Foxlands Farm, Cosby, Leicestershire, LE9 1SG

We look forward to seeing you there.

11/11/11 - Lest we forget

Diggers member Blue wore Australian WW1 Light Horse uniform to the Remembrance Day ceremony. Some photos are kindly taken and provided by Mike Johnson. Thanks Mike.

 

The Victory Show 3/4 September 2011

This year was our first attendance at the Victory Show and we welcomed Lofty, Ned (Kelly) and Joey to the group. We had an excellent position in the forested area. A portion of the Kokoda Track was presented to the public, which was very well received with many being unaware of this important part of Australia's military involvement in WW2. Here is a small selection of photos of the event with more here and some more here on Flickr.

 

Thank you Karen for taking so many excellent photos.

Crich August 2011

A strikingly handsome Digger with a well earned pint back from Tobruk was seen in Crich before being shipped off to the Far East! There was also a bloody good lookin' fella from the Light Horse who could easily be confused with that Mel Gibbon (sic) fella.