May07Osterley through the ages

Enjoy a weekend of multi-era displays and entertainments in Osterley Park's picturesque gardens, staged on behalf of the National Trust . Originally built in Tudor times, the house was transformed in the mid C18th by Robert Adam into the magnificent neo-classical villa we see today. During World War Two, Osterley was a key Home Guard training facility famously run by maverick Spanish Civil War veteran Tom Wintringham . Read more about his activities at Osterley Park here .

Performers will present a continuous programme of displays on both days, please revisit for details as they are confirmed. Enjoy multi-era living history and other displays including redcoats and WWII soldiers (with the Home Guard and Germans), equestrian skills; music and song (including Regency era and 1940s concert party), period fashion demonstrations, everyday life through the ages, cooking, and crafts. Children's entertainments include puppet shows and interactive displays, with a chance to train as Home Guard soldiers and "helping out" with bomb disposal! There'll be lots to see, do and enjoy, as well as a variety of unusual and interesting items on sale within "traders' row".

Performers

The top line up of performers so far (please revisit for additions) includes;

Tudor: The Tudor Group , Perrotts Puppet Players and King Edwards School Living History Group

C18th: The Association of Crown Forces

Regency: The Madding Crowd

Victorian: The Chatelaines

1930s: The Blackout Volunteers

World War Two: The Civil Defenders , History Horse , La Columna , World War II Living history Association and Virtue to Victory , with 1940s song and fashion show from The Spitfires

Plus fashion through the ages and "bomb disposal" with Hands on History .

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