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Coalhouse Fort Project
Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Essex.
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ArtistsRifles
Joined: 09 May 2006
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Location: Dagenham, Essex
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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| safariswing wrote: | | saracenstump wrote: | LOOK OUT MV MOVEMENT!!!!!watch out on friday some of the mv's stored at the fort are moving out only for the weekend!  |
Is the GG joining the convoy  |
Which one?? 
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safariswing
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What a great show, special thanks to the AMVG for all there help before & during the show.. over 100 vehicles in attendance, great Firepower display from the Garrison Living History Groups 25pdr.. WW1, WW2 & Croation trenches.. great feedback from the public, getting bigger each year...
It's a pity that the Fort once again missed a great opportunity to promote the Fort... we had left a large space along side the other Fire Appliances for the Forts Green Goddess which we requested last year & was brought up at the last meeting & were told would attend, we support the Fort on as many events as we can through out the year.. we were asked at the meeting before last if we would continue to support the Fort to which we agreed, surely someone could of made the effort to get the GG to our Annual show & give us some support 
Here's a full show report by John Tucker..
| Quote: | Having just got back in from what can only be described as an Excellent show, I thought I had better get fingers to keyboard before my memory fails.
We had been anxious the preceeding week as we prepared for the upcoming weekend as the weather report was not going to be in our favour but being the diehards we are we carried on.
Well we were not let down in any way whatsoever as the weather could not have been any better for the entire weekend.
Friday saw the arrival of both stallholders and MV's from around 10.00 am and it just got better from then on. Vehicles were arriving then steadilly up until around 10.30 pm and their owners availed themselves of the refreshments on offer settling down at a reasonable time to ready themselves for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday morning rolled round and the work then begun in earnest with more vehicles arriving throughout the morning both before the public arrived and after. In all we had approximately 104 MV's on display with the mix being both WW2 and Post war so the public had a great variety to drool over with an excellent display of "Pinkies" proving to be very popular indeed.
The work done by Lee in the main on the preparation of the trench system for the German and Croation re-enactors was excellent and the bare bones trench we handed over to the Vickers Machine Gun Society was transformed by their hard work into an amazing representation of a WW1 trench.
For those of you who attended last years show you will remember the appalling weather we had to endure, not so this year, it was really good with just the right amount of wind to keep one comfortable.
Arena events were the highlight of the show for the public with the whole thing being kicked off by the Garrison Living History team and their firepower demonstration of the 25 pounder field gun, a real crowd pleaser involving both the adults and children there.
Next followed a Vehicle parade with over 20 vehicles running round the arena, this in itself gave me a headache as I was commentating the whole affair (note to self, brush up on vehicle history for next year) and at times was stuck for what to say but we managed to get a few laughs as well as keep the public's interest throughout.
We followed this up with a "Fire and Effect" display with 4 different types of weapon. First to show was the Bazooka with and extremely effective hit on some oil drums resulting in one drum being stacked on top of another (we didnt plan it that way honestly). Then came the Rarden in Lee's Fox with once again a great end effect, the Mobat was fired next with a audible gasp from the crowd as they saw just how much of the blast came from the rear of the gun. Finally the Saladin main gun was fired with another great end effect which drew applause from the public.
Another short vehicle parade was on next as time was drawing on which saw around 25 vehicles in the arena running round much to the publics delight.
The final display of the day went once again to the Garrison group and their 25 pounder.
When we eventually sat down on the Saturday evening we all agreed what a good day it had been and then prepared ourselves for the Sunday.
Sunday started much the same as Saturday with even more vehicles arriving from even further away places in particular the Diamond T and the Martian that came all the way from Suffolk and the public queueing to get in before opening time.
Arena events were similar to the Saturday with the exception that we had the "Achilles" in the arena for both the "fire and effect" displays and the vehicle parade.
And what a vehicle parade, we had 32 vehicles in the arena at one time ranging from Jeeps and Dodges through to 432's and a M1113 APC, Ferrets Saracen, Stalwart, Fox and Saladin with a short talk being given by each owner about their vehicle. The public were more than entertained.
Final display of the day went once again to the 25 pounder with the only calamity being the generator powering the PA system deciding to run out of petrol during their commentary.
Comments made to me from the public as I was in the arena were really favourable and expressed their enjoyment of the spectacle we had provided for them, so hopefully we are on the right track.
I would like to thank on behalf of Essex Armour and Softskins MV Group all of the MV owners and re-enactors who attended as without your participation the show would not have been the success it has proved to be. We as organisers can only provide the venue and setup, it is your passion for your vehicles and pastime that make it all worthwhile.
Special thanks go to the Aveley MV Group for their assistance throughout the weekend as always, well done again you guys.
Additional thanks go to the North London Barmy Army and Medway Military Vehicle Group for their continued support both last year and this.
It was good to see many Forum members in attendance with some great pictures taken by both Snapper and John Blackman, Also good to meet Kyle ( bring your marigolds next time mate as you are on washup duty permanantly ) David was good to see you again, Brian, hope we didnt put you off your upcoming purchase , Karl , shame you could only do the Saturday mate and the many others who made themselves known to us.
Thanks again to you all for making this weekend a great success and please forgive me if I have forgotten anyone.
See you all again next year same time, same place |
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry about Sunday, I could not make it due to family issues and still not got the documents back from DVLA for some reason.
Glad it went off ok |
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