Milton Keynes Museum
Saturday, 7th and Sunday, 8th September 2024 from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm
McConnell Drive, Wolverton MK12 5EL
Relive the sights, sounds and sirens of 1940s Britain.
Displays and re-enactors present all weekend will include The Oxfordshire Home Guard, which preserves and promotes the memory of those who volunteered to defend our shores during the conflict. They will be dressed up and ready to answer your questions, along with the Hertfordshire Home Guard. The RAF Bomber Command, GI 44-45, and the women of the American Red Cross will be at the event, too.
The Resistance worked across the channel, helping pilots and spies to escape the enemy – pay them a visit to learn how they did their work, and explore the equipment they used. Young visitors will be invited to ‘hunt the spy’ with a game which will be just as much fun for grown-ups.
A good old sing-song and boogie did wonders to raise the spirits, and Museum favourite Lola Lamour will bring the tunes, with support from Mick Wilson’s Skylark Music.
In the Museum grounds, vintage singer and entertainer Johnny Victory will be in the Band Stand, and traders will be selling vintage clothing, accessories and bric-a-brac.
You’ll be able to visit the emergency shop, explore the bombed out house set up for perusal, and military vehicles will be dotted around the grounds. Railways at War will deliver a first class display in the Field Study Centre, and the Street of Shops will be bustling with store keepers.