1940s Weekend
28th & 29th APRIL 2007
Keep smiling through at the Churnet Valley Railway's 1940's weekend.
Come and experience life on the home front during the dark years of World War 2.
The staff at Kingsley & Froghall tea room
Revised for 2007, our attractions this year include: -
Land & Sea, our regular Ensa Entertainers
plus
just back from the front,
the Froghall singing sensation,
The Forties Flyers
Once again the Cheddleton Players Prisoner of War Theatre will be
at Consall Station with their production of The Cruel Sea
Continuing the entertainment
Major
Marjories Civil Defense Display
The
Nursing History Museum with interactive field hospital display
War
Correspondent Ernie Pyle reporting from Cheddleton
United
States Navy Shore Patrol on duty
British
Airborne Platoon on manoeuvres
Jive
& Swing Dance Master Classes
Singalong
at the Flag & Whistle Pub (officers' mess)
Grossdeutchland
German re-enactors occupy Consall Station
Naffi
Hut with war time menu
Living
History groups with displays of costume & 1940's life
Home Guard on duty with Mr Jones and his sausage
Visitors are welcome to dress for the occasion in 1940s costume. Timetable 'B', 2-train running,, 2-train running, will be in operation (air raids permitting...) with trains departing from both Cheddleton and Kingsley & Froghall station throughout the day.
Prices:-
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Inclusive of train ticket |
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Adults |
£12 |
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Senior Citizens |
£8 |
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Children |
£6 |
| Family (2 adults + 2 children) | £35 |
| Dogs | £1 |
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Under 4s travel free |
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Pre-Booking not necessary.
All events and motive power subject to availability.
The
following pictures are from the 2005 event:-
Carol and Margaret having words, overlooked by the Fallen Madonna
Pike & Jonesey at Froghall, with female escorts
Awaiting the incoming train, two armed Germans at Consall
On guard on the 'up' platform
Under close scrutiny, the incoming service brings more evacuees from Cheddleton
Who were then herded off the train in large numbers
The stage is set for another performance
And then another show begins as war is declared
You're in the army now !
An ambush at the end of the line at Leekbrook