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20th - 26th June 2022. Broadchalke, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts. SP5 5DP | Ticket Office 01722 781133
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      • The aim of the Festival for Schools is live, interactive talks and experiences to excite, inspire and enthuse pupils about history.

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Love military history? We have a terrific range of Love military history? We have a terrific range of military history events to choose from at this summer’s festival, from @jamesholland1940 speaking about BROTHERS IN ARMS: ONE LEGENDARY TANK REGIMENT’S BLOODY WAR FROM D-DAY TO VE-DAY to Max Hastings on SOLDIERS: GREAT STORIES OF WAR AND PEACE. But also, we have some truly unique events with veterans which should not be missed: Jack Mann was one of the last surviving members of the secret desert war in North Africa and the Mediterranean and has rarely spoken in public before. SAS VETERAN Commemorating the 80th anniversary of conscription for women, with a special nod to fellow Army Girl and driver HM Queen Elizabeth in her Jubilee year, 98-year-old Joyce Wilding will explain how, aged eighteen, she joined the elite First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and became an SOE assistant and later a corporal and driver. ARMY GIRLS: FORMER FANY WWII. As part of the SECOND WORLD WAR DAY, Des Curtis, DFC, a former RAF navigator, will talk about his astonishing wartime experiences carrying out attacks first in Scandinavia, then training with 618 Squadron with bouncing bombs due to be used on an attack on the German battleship, Tirpitz, and then on anti-U-boat operations in the Channel and Atlantic. And Mark Aston will give a thrilling account of barely surviving a helicopter crash off the cost of the Falklands and going on to join his SAS regiment in their heroic stand on a mountain near Port Stanley. SAS: SEA KING DOWN. TICKET LINK IS IN OUR BIO! #cvhf #amazinghistory #militaryhistory #military #history #festival #summer2022 #historical #talks #veterans #chalkevalley #wiltshire #historylovers
In case you are wondering what to do in 5 weeks ti In case you are wondering what to do in 5 weeks time.. 😃  LINK IN BIO FOR TICKETS! #29daysandcounting #cvhf #amazinghistory #familyfriendly #history #festival #summer2022 #historythroughtheages #bringinghistorytolife #vintagefairground #livinghistory #livemusic #speakerscorner #historygalore #wiltshire
Please like and tag your friends if you think this Please like and tag your friends if you think this looks like a fun day out!😃 CLICK ON THE LINK IN OUR BIO FOR TICKETS! #cvhf #amazinghistory #familyfriendly #history #festival #summer2022 #historythroughtheages #bringinghistorytolife #vintagefairground #livinghistory #livemusic #speakerscorner #historygalore #wiltshire
For the first time at the festival, @nowstrikearch For the first time at the festival, @nowstrikearchery will be taking charge of our ever-popular Sword school. Learn about swordsmanship and other skills required by the Hundred Years’ War soldier. Expect much clashing of blades and battle cries! ⚔️ Book your ticket now! Link in bio or head to 👇🏻 https://cvhf.org.uk/programme-details/2022-outdoor-programme #swordschool #CVHF #AmazingHistory #FamilyFriendly #livinghistory #historyforall #cvhf #history #festival #historythroughtheages #summerfun #chalkevalleyhistoryfestival #chalkevalley #wiltshire
Heard of our fabulous Schools Festival? As @guyebw Heard of our fabulous Schools Festival? As @guyebwalters says, it is such an important part of what we do. Talks, living history displays and interactive demonstrations to bring history alive and inspire both students and teachers. Please help spread the word by tagging your school and teachers and history-loving friends! Link is in our bio or visit 👇👇👇👇 cvhf.org.uk/schools-festival #CVHF #amazinghistory #HistoryTeacher #education #Schools #History #Festival #wiltshire #historyforall #livinghistory #bringinghistorytolife #bringhistoryalive #chalkevalley
Look out for the brilliant @the_time_travellers_ki Look out for the brilliant @the_time_travellers_kitchen, set to return to the Chalke Valley with a look at street food from Pompeii through to the seventeenth century! Alex will be cooking and explaining what kind of food was eaten by the Romans all the way through to the Tudors and Stuarts, how tastes and fashions changed and what threads can be seen throughout this passage of time. #historical #recipes #historicalfood #foodies #foodlovers #foodthroughtheages #cvhf #amazinghistory #familyfriendly #history #festival #summer2022 #historythroughtheages #familyfestival #bringinghistorytolife #livinghistory #historicalfastfood #historylovers #historygalore #historyforall #summerfun #greatdayout #wiltshire
🔇SOUND ON! Many go to great lengths to get to o 🔇SOUND ON! Many go to great lengths to get to our festival..  (Link in bio for tickets! 🎫) #SOUNDON #epic #fun historytellers #fun #historical #storytelling #cvhf #amazinghistory #familyfriendly #historythroughtheages #chalkevalleyhistoryfestival #history #festival #wiltshire #summerfun #greatdayout @Hist_Tell
Our Trench is back by popular demand! Learn about Our Trench is back by popular demand! Learn about Cassel 1940, the heroic defence by the men of the Gloucesters and the Ox & Bucks, and experience first-hand what it was like to be there in those desperate days of May 1940. Book your tickets now 👉🏻click on our bio!👈🏻 #handsonhistory #WW2 #TrenchExperience #WW2Trench #history #Festival #AmazingHistory #education #learning #livinghistory #historyforall #lovehistory #wiltshire #familyfriendly #summer2022 #familyfestival #bringinghistorytolife #livinghistory #historylovers #historygalore #greatdayout #chalkevalley #wiltshire
Blending in.. 😆 #onlyatCVHF #amazinghistory #l Blending in.. 😆 #onlyatCVHF #amazinghistory #livinghistory #historyforall #cvhf #history #festival #historythroughtheages #summerfun #chalkevalleyhistoryfestival #chalkevalley #wiltshire
"If you are fan of history but you want to get mor "If you are fan of history but you want to get more into it, if you want to refresh your love of history, this is the place to come, Chalke Valley History Festival, in the heart of Wiltshire, one of the most beautiful places in the world". Thanks @thehistoryguy - see you and the @historyhit team there! TICKETS ON SALE NOW - Link is in our bio! 😊 📸@InsideWiltshire #cvhf #amazinghistory #familyfriendly #history #festival #summer2022 #historythroughtheages #familyfestival #bringinghistorytolife #vintagefairground #livinghistory #archery #swordschool #soldierschool #historicalfastfood #livemusic #speakerscorner #historylovers #historygalore #historyforall #summerfun #greatdayout #wiltshire
📚A new #FestivalSpeaker Book Giveaway starts TO 📚A new #FestivalSpeaker Book Giveaway starts TODAY! This week you can WIN a copy of 'The Siege of Loyalty House: A Civil War Story' by award-winning author, Jessie Childs, out THIS WEEK! Simply tag up to 3 friends in the comments below and follow @chalkevalleyhistoryfestival. 1 tag = 1 entry. Authors will sign the books for the winners at our festival. Although we hope you can be there to collect it yourself, we can of course post it to you afterwards if you are unable to attend. This giveaway ends 6pm on Friday 20th May 2022 and the winner will be chosen at random from all entries received on Twitter and Instagram. Full Ts & Cs are on our website - link is in our BIO! This is in no way sponsored, administered or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. GOOD LUCK! 🍀 #CVHF #FestivalSpeaker #bookgiveaway #history #book #giveaway #competition #giveawaytime #historylovers #win #winbooks #amazinghistory
Calling all history teachers! From the Iron Age, t Calling all history teachers! From the Iron Age, through 1066, the Tudors, the First World War, and the Cold War, our History Festival for Schools offers a series of lectures, living history displays and interactive demonstrations to bring history alive and inspire both students and teachers. Monday 20th June 2022 – Years 6,7,8 & 9 Tuesday 21st June 2022 – Years 10 & 12 Get your school booked in! Link is in our bio or visit 👇👇👇👇 cvhf.org.uk/schools-festival #CVHF #amazinghistory #HistoryTeacher #education #Schools #History #Festival #wiltshire #historyforall #livinghistory #bringinghistorytolife #bringhistoryalive #chalkevalley
This year, @the_village_smith and @medievalarrows This year, @the_village_smith and @medievalarrows , two acclaimed blacksmiths, will be back at our festival, exploring the very earliest metallurgy, as discovered by the Ancient Egyptians, who used meteorites for their first source of iron.  They will be forging Egyptian meteoritic iron using Gerzean period tools and techniques and hopefully achieving something never done before! (Included in the Outdoor Programme ticket) #metallurgy #ancientegypt #amazinghistory #bringinghistorytolife #CVHF #livinghistory #experimentalarcheology #historylovers #history #festival #historythroughtheages #historygalore #chalkevalley #historyfestival #wiltshire
Want to attend a talk at our History Festival but Want to attend a talk at our History Festival but don't know what to do with the kids? Book them into our Kids Creative History Tent and they’ll be entertained for an hour whilst you attend a talk. Everyone's a winner! 😉 Click on ‘BOOK TICKETS’ link in our bio and find them on the Saturday and Sunday programme. #CVHF #familyfriendly #history #festival #creativehistory #children #activity
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