Wexflyer Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 (edited) As a centenary project, you can now spend 48 hours in a recreation of British and German trench systems from Hawthorne Ridge. Recreated Trench System Opened Edited 7 September , 2018 by Wexflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersub Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 Wow... that sounds really interesting. Not sure I'd fancy a whole 48 hours there, though - especially not in winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mva Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 bonjour, Does he provide the mud, the rats - and the dead or wounded soldiers next to you ? my opinion : this is just making fun of what was an inferno kind regards from the Somme, martine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 2 hours ago, mva said: bonjour, Does he provide the mud, the rats - and the dead or wounded soldiers next to you ? my opinion : this is just making fun of what was an inferno kind regards from the Somme, martine Did you read the news article? It would answer your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 Hate to be a curmudgeon, but why does he have the overseas service chevron upside down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 6 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2018 21 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said: Hate to be a curmudgeon, but why does he have the overseas service chevron upside down? As you will have more free time, why not sort them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 7 September , 2018 Share Posted 7 September , 2018 Save a few quid, kip out in a tent in the back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire22 Posted 9 September , 2018 Share Posted 9 September , 2018 You can count me in i would like to volunteer but anybody know what the cost will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted 9 September , 2018 Share Posted 9 September , 2018 Sounds good, but I'm a bit old to be doing that. Besides, the boot camp would probably do me in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 9 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, 593jones said: Sounds good, but I'm a bit old to be doing that. Besides, the boot camp would probably do me in! They weren't picky on either ground during the Big Show! Edited 9 September , 2018 by Wexflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 Well, if they took Henry Webber they would probably take me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 (edited) "Mud, the rats - and the dead or wounded soldiers next to you " - perhaps these are available on the dark web alongside flagelation. One of our WFA branch members went on the earlier version of this, he got was enthusiastically unamused and very cross when I asked if he went on the standard or the premium tour where, I said, you can have a night-time barrage and on the third Friday of The month a trench raid. I don't think the thing in particularly good taste or worth loosing any sleep and warm Horlicks for. Edited 24 September , 2018 by David Filsell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 1 hour ago, David Filsell said: "Mud, the rats - and the dead or wounded soldiers next to you " - perhaps these are available on the dark web alongside flagelation. One of WEFAbranch members went on the earlier version of this, he got was most enthusiasticall unamused and very cross when I asked if he went on the standard pr premium tour where, I said, you can have a night-time barrage and on the third Friday of Fridays a trench raid. I don't think its in particularly good taste and certainly not worth loosing any sleep and warm Horlick for. Rather incoherent, but I think we get the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 593. It is a bit, you are quite right, but clearer now I hope! Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 (edited) With apologies. It's a quote from a certain TV Program which is anathema to some: "What, dig a hole in the garden, fill it with water, and get your gamekeeper to shoot at us all day?" RM Edited 10 September , 2018 by rolt968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 10 September , 2018 Share Posted 10 September , 2018 On 06/09/2018 at 16:53, Steven Broomfield said: Hate to be a curmudgeon, but why does he have the overseas service chevron upside down? Exactly, but I am more concerned about the jeans and footwear, as shown in the fourth photograph. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve4016 Posted 23 September , 2018 Share Posted 23 September , 2018 (edited) Sorry a bit off topic, but this reminds me of a funny story my late father told me. He was evacuated to Devon during WW11, he was about 12 at the time, and there was a young man living at house where he was sent, who for some medical reason couldn't enlist. But this young guy wanted to experience war so dug a trench system in the families back garden. My poor old dad and another child evacuee were made to wear cake tins as helmets and put in the trench and pretend they were Germans so this guy could lob house bricks in onto them. Maybe this guy and his trench system in Canterbury plans to do the same. Edited 23 September , 2018 by steve4016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 23 September , 2018 Share Posted 23 September , 2018 On 10/09/2018 at 17:24, David Filsell said: available on the dark web ... flagelation. Go on. Do tell. On 10/09/2018 at 21:30, Sepoy said: Exactly, but I am more concerned about the jeans and footwear, as shown in the fourth photograph. Sepoy I didn't get that far. I needed a lie-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 23 September , 2018 Share Posted 23 September , 2018 The trench made a brief appearance in Emmerdale 1918: https://www.itv.com/hub/emmerdale-1918/2a5855a0001 RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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