The 1940s Steam Event 2025

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Saturday 18th October - Sunday 19th October 2025 | 10am - 4pm
Papplewick Pumping Station
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The 1940s Steam event returns for its seventeenth year.
Featuring:

An array of military and civilian re-enactors

Displays and encampments.

Period vehicles.

Trade stalls.

Plus the popular Cooling Pond live action skirmish each day at 2pm.

Live entertainment from Jayne Darling & Kevin Mac (Saturday) and Johnny Victory & Lula May (Sunday).

Lincoln Green brewery

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