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This was the first 1940's event held at Barnard
Castle, and the support for the event was fairly good. There were around a
dozen vehicles parked along the main road through the town, several re-enactor
displays on the grassed area next to the castle, and also displays in local
church halls and council buildings. I ended up moving the Dodge on the first
day, both to spread out the vehicles and also to turn it so the forecast rain
would drain off the back of the roof. Day one was bright and sunny until
about mid afternoon, when a heavy downpour sent everyone running for the
coffee shops!
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Next to the Austin K2 Ambulance, there was also a
little Royalty re-enacting going on!
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The RAF "Operations Room" re-enactors,
replayed a raid on the North East coast on August 15th 1940. In one of the
other displays, I found a 1940's picture of the market place. Co-incidentally,
only a few minutes before, I'd taken a picture of the same scene with the
military vehicles parked up.
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Day two stayed dry all day until we started packing
away our tent, then we got wet! At least the majority of the event was dry,
and the organisers hope to repeat the event again next year.
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