Tenbury on the Home Front 1941 will be back!
As there were so many people and groups who wanted us to do this again and as we all had such a good time, it has been decided that Tenbury on the Home Front 1941 will be back in 2013!!
The Queen’s Jubilee celebrations will be the major focus for 2012, but watch this site for more information as we approach 2013 and we hope to see you all back with us then!
A Living History Weekend
This will be a commemoration of life and times in Tenbury Wells and its community in 1941. It will remind us that everyone had a role in winning the war – even in this quiet part of England.
The weekend of activities is planned to actively recreate this unique time in the history of Tenbury.
It seeks to involve everyone and every organization possible in looking at what life was like and how ordinary people lived and worked in such turbulent times. It will also bring other people to Tenbury to experience a unique time from the past.
We invite you to take part in the demonstrations,listen to the music,dance to the tunes,dress up. See how agriculture was carried on,find out what we wore,how we looked,how we were able to make do and mend,grow our vegetables,what a weeks food ration looked like,listen to the memories.
See how the war was won on the home front in this rural market town.
Dance For Victory will be held on Saturday evening 9 July on the Burgage in Tenbury. Music will be provided by the Hereford Big Band and there will be other acts too. Bring a picnic and prepare to Dance For Victory! Gates open at 6:30 pm and dancing begins at 7:30 pm. HURRY! for tickets click here
NEWS FLASH! Saturday 9th The Burgage
See the planes that help win the war,courtesy of the Worcester Aero Club,one of Britain’s longest establish Aero model clubs. On display will be wonderful replicas of the planes used during WWII and if conditions permit,there may be an opportunity for some of them fly.
Monty’s on Manoeuvres…...and coming to Tenbury’s 1941 weekend! Field Marshall Montgomery,played by Alan Oliver will take The 
Salute at the Parade on Sunday 10 July and give a rousing address at the Family Picnic.
The parade will begin at 11:30 near Tenbury Hospital and go to the Burgage for a brief Drumhead Service at noon. Monty will take the salute at the Regal after the Service.
Bring a picnic and join in these moving events and then enjoy the concert in the park that follows. Music is provided at the parade and the concert by the Malvern Hills District Brass Band.