​We are EXTREMELY HAPPY to announce that The Wartime Village 1940's event will have the BBMF joining us with a Dakota flypast on both days Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May.
Thank you to the RAF and the BBMF for supporting the Wartime Village event. Get the dates in your diaries and spread the word.

Planning is well underway with lots of work going on behind the scenes at "The Village". 
​Bookings for Re-enactment groups to display at this year's event have now closed.
We are pleased to say we now have 15 of the very best groups representing British, Commonwealth, American and Axis troops displaying at The Wartime Village as well as our amazing Victorian period farmhouse and the rest of the museum for visitors to enjoy.
This year sees a change on the music front with Rachel Bea coming along to entertain you all for her first time at The Wartime Village.
We are very grateful to Rachel for supporting the event and keeping us all entertained with music and songs from the war years.
Please spread the word - This is a small event dedicated to history which helps to support and keep the Victorian Farm Museum open to the public throughout the year.
​We look forward to welcoming you all to our third year event which has grown from strength to strength. Please visit the web site for more details and get the dates in your diaries.

www.thewartimevillage.weebly.com

With the 100th anniversary of the RAF next year, we would like to welcome and invite a small RAF display \ Re-enactment group to attend "The Wartime Village" event in Skegness on the 19th \ 20th May 2018. 
If you are interested in attending the event with a small display, please get in touch via the facebook page or the contact details on the booking forms.

Time and more importantly, Space is running out for re-enactment \ display groups wishing to book in for next years "The Wartime Village" event.
We are proud to announce some exciting new groups attending next year's event including:-
C Troop 
Portraying members of "C Troop", of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st Airborne Division, took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
Land and Air
A fantastic display of Women's Land Army and the Womens Auxiliary Air Force, the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II, established in 1939. At its peak strength, in 1943, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
A new group portraying the KSLI who fought with the BEF, evacuated at Dunkirk; Tunisia; Italy; D-Day and Operation Market Garden.
US 42nd Field Hospital
A dedicated group displaying a very authentic military field hospital run by the United States Army.
Airborne Eagles LHG
American Airborne forces group depicting infantry, Engineers, Pathfinders and medical Corps of the American 101st Airborne.
Along with the groups from last year, Allied Axis; Kampfgruppe 44; Poor Bloody Infantry; Road to Mandalay and members of the MVT: Next year's event is going to be spectacular so get the dates put in your diaries.