Foreign Field Living History Group

We are a small group of historians doing live interpretation and experimental archaeology. History Rage #podcast here.

[History Rage Podcast @HistoryRage]

EPIC THANKS to @neilojim1972 tonight for joining @PaulBavill and @KyleGHistory to rage that THE IRISH IN THE TUDOR CONQUEST WERE NOT PEASANT GUERILLAS

Coming to #Patreon in July

#PodcastRecommendations #History #Ireland #Tudor

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Last game of the day and...

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

@SecretBunkerUK

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

Our first 3 groups today. So.e impressive attempts but still no saviours.

Total plays since inception: 102
Total wins since inception: 4
@SecretBunkerUK
#ColdWar #ARMageddon #Cuba #cubanmissilecrisis #History

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

And finishing off the morning with two more apocalypse.

To date it's a 95% fail rate

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And museum curator @TheBunkerLady and Cold War expert @ColdWarPod still ended the world @SecretBunkerUK

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First players and first apocalypse

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All set up at @SecretBunkerUK ready to Play Your Own Cuban Missile Crisis.

Starts tomorrow

[History Rage Podcast @HistoryRage]

DO YOU WANT TO MEET THE HISTORY RAGERS IN PERSON?
Well @PaulBavill and @KyleGHistory along with the great Rory Ware will be at @SecretBunkerUK (along with Series 5 rager @TheBunkerLady and Series 2 rager @ColdWarPod ) playing out the Cuban Missile Crisis #ColdWar

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

AND SO THE SEASON BEGINS.
This Easter Weekend, both Saturday and Sunday we'll be running our PLAY YOUR OWN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS for @SecretBunkerUK

Come and join us in the Government Planning Rooms

#ColdWar #nuclear #museum #bunker #Cheshire #Tourist_Attractions

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

and live shows from us as well :)

[Chalke History Festival @ChalkeFestival]

There'll be no loud or sudden noises from our displays and our amazing living history will be available for pupils to experience at their leisure.

There'll also be informal, entertaining open-air talks from Wizzo’s Rip-Roaring Histories, History Maid & The Edwardian Adventurer..

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All set up for our Arms and Armour weekend at the Emergency Services Museum, Sheffield! @EMSMuse #LivingHistory #History #Sheffield #Reenactment

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Whoops! We've ended the world 5 times so far but there's still all to play for @RAFMUSEUM !

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

Game one was going sooooo well until 2 squadrons of MiGs appeared off Alaska and ruined everything!

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

Today we're at the RAF Museum Midlands with our last show of the year Play Your Own Cuban Missile Crisis. Come on down and try to save the world, or destroy it! We're in the Cold War hangar, under the Handley Page Victor! @RAFMUSEUM #Cosford #History #ColdWar

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

NEXT WEEKEND going to be displaying at @RAFMUSEUM Midlands for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Come and try your hand at brinksmanship and see how you get on.

28/29 October - #RAF Museum Midlands, Cosford, Shropshire

[RAF Museum @RAFMUSEUM]

MIDS: We're dedicating next weekend to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis on 28 October 1962. Join us as we go back to the dark days of October 1962 when the world counted down to nuclear war. Free event. For full details, please visit: https://t.co/E7xWnn9fp3 #FinalCountdown

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

Got to walk the ground! Our man in Scotland @KyleGHistory has taken a break from combing through the notes of some secret agent or other, to explore the Greyfriars Kirkyard and its Mortsafes, at night!#BodySnatching #History #Research

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All set up at Bromwich Hall in Sandwell for our first ever INDOOR bodysnatch and next to an ACTUAL MORTSAFE! Come see our shows at 12 and 2 to hear all about the dark and macabre art of the bodysnatcher!
@SandwellMuseums @sandwellcouncil #History #HistoryTeacher #HisMed #HistSci

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

And that was Chalke Valley History Festival 2022! Thank you to everyone who came to see the talks and the shows & thanks to the all the volunteers & staff who helped put the festival together. Until next time, Ham and <expletive deleted> Jam!

@CVHISTORYFEST #CVHF #AmazingHistory

[Foreign Field Living History Group @foreignfieldlhg]

Today its all Second World War, all the time!

2pm The D-Day Paratrooper
4pm Unsung Heroes of D-Day
6pm Eat Knuckles, Fritz!
8pm SOE in Crete with @KyleGHistory

All in the Foreign Field camp, opposite the Hiscox tent.

@CVHISTORYFEST #AmazingHistory #CVHF #WW2 #SWW #IC

[Matt Bellinger @Matt_B_147]

@PaulBavill & @KyleGHistory take aim at close range during their performance of A Polite Exchange of Bullets showcasing the art of dueling at @CVHISTORYFEST. @HistoryRage