Events
World War Two era military vehicle owners and living history re-enactors celebrate under May sunshine at Cumbria’s luscious Brougham Hall
Brougham Hall MVT Show
With a spotlight on the 80th anniversary of the Women’s Land Army and the stunning backdrop of Brougham Hall, near Penrith, military vehicle enthusiasts were in for a packed weekend.
Ahead of the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, a varied range of World War Two-era trucks arrived. These ranged from a bevy of beautiful Chevrolets to a tracked Univer- sal Carrier and an Austin K2, one of three ambulances preparing to return to Gold beach where it landed on June 6, 1944 thanks to financial help from Queen Alexandra’s Royal Nursing Association.
The first collaboration between Brougham Hall, the Northern World War Two Associa- tion and members of the South Cumbria and North Lancs MVT was in 2016, when the MVT was invited to help the hall establish a 1940s event. MVT regulars, Boyan Holmes and Susie Newbould who together run the Women’s Land Army re-enactment group, helped set up the first event.
Three years later it is ideally sized for a day visit, with Susie’s un-restored 1942 Fordson Model N tractor the centrepiece of her Land Girls display.
