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Leon Pendraken wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:32 pm Illustrated Talks: The First Great Civil War in the Tees Valley

The Battlefields Trust: North East & Borders (South) will be presenting three short (about 20 mins each) illustrated talks at Battleground 2018. The presentations will give some background to the English Civil War in the North of England, the importance of the River Tees and the implications of each battle for the area, the Royalist and Parliamentarian factions and the wider war overall. A Question & Answer session will follow each talk as required. All presentations will be by Phil Philo of the Battlefields Trust.

11:00 - The Battle of Piercebridge (1 December 1642)

12:00 - The Battle of Guisborough (16 January 1643)

13:00 - The Battle of Yarm (1 February 1643)

These presentations will take place upstairs in the Battleground venue and admission is free!

In the main hall, we'll also have the Battlefield Trust stall where you can see our Civil War education collection and the fantastic Battle of Piercebridge model by Mark Hornsby. Pendraken Miniatures, in association with the Battlefields Trust, will be launching a range of army packs representing the three main engagements fought in the Tees Valley in 1642-43.

https://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/events/234274803929395/

Ohhh, sounds good!

Is there a LAW meeting?

I'm going. Would be good to meet up outside the blast radius from Peelers table

What is the safe distance to be outside a Peeler blast radius ? Dont forget the residual fall out and it can take days for the all clear.

How about 12 ish at Peelers table ?

12 at Chez Peeler. Everybody memorise the secret handshake!

Won't make it to Peelers table I'm afraid as I'll be there Saturday.

I'll try and pop by at 12 as well, always good to put some faces to online names. I'll have to head off quickly though as I'm hoping to sit in on the Battle of Guisborough talk upstairs.

tim.w wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:58 pm Won't make it to Peelers table I'm afraid as I'll be there Saturday.

Leon Pendraken wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:43 am I'll try and pop by at 12 as well, always good to put some faces to online names.

Be careful what you wish for....

I'd leave a good hour's recovery time if Peeler's been on the beer the night before. He's not known as President Trump for nothing - and it's got nowt to do with building walls (it's generally those on the receiving end that want to do that).

One last shout for this year's Battleground show, taking place on Saturday 24th November, at our usual venue of the Queen's Campus Sports Hall in Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 6BH. The event runs from 10am until 3pm, and for the second year running, it's Free Entry for everyone! After the success of last year, it made sense to keep this in place, so we hope you will support us and head along!

We've got 37 Traders confirmed, whose details can be found below, and we've got 24 excellent display and participation games for everyone to enjoy. The details for those can be found here: https://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/games

Our popular Tabletop Sale is almost entirely sold out, so make sure to have a browse of the tables and maybe grab yourself a bargain!

This year, we're proud to have The Battlefields Trust presenting three short illustrated talks. These presentations will give some background to the English Civil War in the North of England, the importance of the River Tees and the implications of each battle for the area, the Royalist and Parliamentarian factions and the wider war overall.

11:00 – The Battle of Piercebridge (1 December, 1642)
12:00 – The Battle of Guisborough (16 January, 1643)
13:00 – The Battle of Yarm (1 February, 1643)

And of course, we'll also have some of our popular living history groups returning again!

Traders:
1 Ainsty Castings www.ainsty-castings.co.uk/
2 Baccus www.baccus6mm.com
3 Beanie Games www.beaniegames.co.uk
4 Colonel Bill's www.colonelbills.com/
5 Cozzmic Cakes www.facebook.com/CozzmicCakes
6 Crann Tara http://www.cranntaraminiatures.co.uk/
7 Crooked Dice www.crooked-dice.co.uk
8 Dave Lanchester www.davidlanchestermilitarybooks.co.uk/
9 Dave Thomas http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Dave-T-Shop
10 Dave's Wargames
11 Eagle Figures www.eaglefigures.co.uk
12 Four A Miniatures http://www.fouraminiatures.com/
13 Galloping Major http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/ NEW FOR 2018!
14 Gaming Figures www.gamingfigures.com
15 Games of War www.gamesofwar.net/
16 Graham's Wuerkshoppe
17 Grubby Tanks / Britannia www.grubbytanks.com
18 Hoka Hey Wargaming www.hokaheywargaming.co.uk/
19 Ironclad Miniatures www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/
20 Iron Gate Scenery http://www.irongatescenery.co.uk/ NEW FOR 2018!
21 Last Valley www.worgaimz.karoo.net/gbsd/
22 Lesley's Bits Box / KR Multicase www.lesleysbitsbox.co.uk/
23 Leven Miniatures www.levenminiatures.co.uk
24 Mantic Games www.manticgames.com NEW FOR 2018!
25 Marching in Colour http://marchingincolour.blogspot.co.uk/
26 Midlam Miniatures www.midlamminiatures.co.uk
27 Minibits www.minibits.net/
28 Newline Designs http://newlinedesigns.co.uk/
29 Oathsworn Miniatures www.oathsworn.net NEW FOR 2018!
30 PE2 Collectables http://www.pe2collectables.co.uk/ NEW FOR 2018!
31 Pendraken Miniatures http://www.pendraken.co.uk/
32 Rapier Figures http://www.rapierminiatures.co.uk/
33 Reiver Castings http://reivercasting.wordpress.com//
34 Sarissa Precision & Warbanner www.gangsofrome.com & www.sarissa-precision.com
35 Tumbling Dice http://www.tumblingdiceuk.com/
36 Warbases http://www.warbases.co.uk/
37 Warlord Games http://warlordgames.com

All of the show info can be found on either the Battleground website: https://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/ or our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/234274803929395/

If you've got any questions about the event, just let us know.

So, don't forget to tell your friends about the free entry, and get yourself along for some Christmas shopping!