Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2024
This Bank Holiday Monday we are proud to present Hawtin’s Historical Vignettes’ new display ‘The Jungle is Neutral’. The display showcases the uniforms, weapons and personal equipment used by the British soldier on jungle operations from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Come and hear stories about tracking an elusive enemy in Malaya, top secret missions in Borneo that never existed and the lost patrol in Belize!
Come and see the equipment used in one of the most demanding and dangerous environments on the planet – and that’s before the enemy is introduced!
All this and more from your display host, Pete Hawtin – a military veteran, collector and retired battlefields tour guide.
Feeling creative? Want to join in our scarecrow trail?
Our very first scarecrow competition! Scarecrows with a difference!
On the theme of SCAREDY CATS we are running a competition for best scare cat – scarecrows in the shape of a famous cat like Tom or Bagpuss, or based on a cat-themed word or saying (e.g. cat on a hot tin roof, cat-o-nine-tails, CATastrophe).
£5 to enter your clever cat creation into the competition which will be judged at 2.30pm on Sunday 25th August. All entries must be displayed by 4pm on Saturday 24th August.
The Scaredy Cat trail will be available to view during the museum’s opening hours (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10am until 4pm) between 26th August and 7th September.
So put on your thinking cat and join in the fun! Individual or group entries welcome.
Email info@heughbattery.co.uk or call into the museum for entry forms and the list of T’s & C’s.
All entries MUST have returned a completed Entry Form and paid their entry fee of £5 by 4pm on MONDAY 19th AUGUST. This can only be done in person at the museum – we cannot take payments online or over the phone.
If you are entering on behalf of a charity you are very welcome to have a table at the museum to promote your work and do some fundraising.
If you are a small creative business and would like to enter a scarecrow, you are also welcome to have a table to sell your crafts.
Please contact us to discuss.
Sellers to arrive to set up at 9am. Buyers on site from 10am.
Car spaces are £5 (must be booked and paid in advance) and 50p entry for buyers.
You MUST book your pitch and pay for it in advance. Please book in person at the museum. Museum re-opens at 1:30pm after the cars have been safely removed from the site.
Open: Friday – Monday from 10am – 4pm
Heugh Battery Museum, Moor Terrace, Headland, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 0PS
info@heughbattery.co.uk
01429 270746
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