A Night in a Great war Trench.

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450 Martini
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A Night in a Great war Trench.

#1 Post by 450 Martini »

Here is some film I found of one of the living history events I attended as a member of the Birmingham Pals living history society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfIKhUMuYGU

http://www.birminghampals.com/
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#2 Post by Les »

That's a great clip - thanks for posting it. :good:

The traffic on the adjacent road must have thought that WW3 had broken out! lol
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#3 Post by Ovenpaa »

Great video, I was also wondering about the proximity of the traffic, especially with the Vickers blazing away.
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#4 Post by 450 Martini »

Its the A51 from Lichfield to Tamworth so the cars are going quite quickly past us and there is a large earth transverse in the way. What is interesting is that the site is right next to Whittington Barracks but we have never had any issues with the MOD. I have been attending that annual event for 7 years now and I have to say it is one of the most authentic Great war living history events in the UK.
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450 Martini wrote:Its the A51 from Lichfield to Tamworth so the cars are going quite quickly past us and there is a large earth transverse in the way. What is interesting is that the site is right next to Whittington Barracks but we have never had any issues with the MOD. I have been attending that annual event for 7 years now and I have to say it is one of the most authentic Great war living history events in the UK.
Yes, the Bantam is spot on. :good:

And I won't mention the Lee Enfield No4 (Mk2?) Ooops.

(just gentle leg pulling) cheers
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