Plans for the 375th Anniversary
The ECWS is proposing to carry out the following activities:
a. Educational visits prior to the event to John Rankin School (the nearest), to Kennet/St Barts/Park House for Key Stage 3 presentations and also Falkland and St Nicholas Schools.
b. A lecture to the Newbury Society (TBC).
c. Participation in the activities to be planned by the West Berks Museum, Newbury before and over the weekend.
d. A wreath laying ceremony at the Falkland Memorial (TBC).
e. A Living History encampment adjacent to the battle site – over the weekend of the event (representing the townsfolk of Newbury in 1643).
f. A parliamentarian artillery battery Military Living History on the edge of the battlefield (on the site where one was in 1643)
g. A representative sermon by Laudian and Puritan re-enactment preachers in a local church, providing arrangements for this can be made.
h. Drill displays and/or skill at arms displays by cavalry, infantry and artillery during the mornings of the event.
i. The climax being a major battle re-enactment in the afternoons of the event on 23rd and 24th June 2018.
The ECWS is proposing to carry out the following activities:
a. Educational visits prior to the event to John Rankin School (the nearest), to Kennet/St Barts/Park House for Key Stage 3 presentations and also Falkland and St Nicholas Schools.
b. A lecture to the Newbury Society (TBC).
c. Participation in the activities to be planned by the West Berks Museum, Newbury before and over the weekend.
d. A wreath laying ceremony at the Falkland Memorial (TBC).
e. A Living History encampment adjacent to the battle site – over the weekend of the event (representing the townsfolk of Newbury in 1643).
f. A parliamentarian artillery battery Military Living History on the edge of the battlefield (on the site where one was in 1643)
g. A representative sermon by Laudian and Puritan re-enactment preachers in a local church, providing arrangements for this can be made.
h. Drill displays and/or skill at arms displays by cavalry, infantry and artillery during the mornings of the event.
i. The climax being a major battle re-enactment in the afternoons of the event on 23rd and 24th June 2018.
