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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun
25 to 26 June
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June
2022
EVENT
25 + 26
of June
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun
21 to 22 May 2022
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May
2022
EVENT
21 + 22
of May
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun
7 to 8 Mar 2020
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March
2020
EVENT
7 + 8 of March
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2019
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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
2019
EVENT
SAT
31st August and SUN 1st
of September 2019
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War Time
Bridgend
Sat 15 June 2019
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WARTIME
BRIDGEND
Saturday 15th JUNE 2019
The town of Bridgend is going to
turn back the clock to WW1 & WW2.
The
Hut 9 Preservation Group plus re-enactors will be there all
day,
in
full support of this annual event. A
family fun day, so see you there.
For
more information call organisers on 01656 815757
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 2-3
March 2019
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March
2019
EVENT
SAT 2nd and SUN 3rd
of March 2019
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 6-7
October 2018
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October
2018
EVENT
Sat 6th and Sun 7th October
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War Time
Bridgend
Sat 16 June 2018
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WARTIME
BRIDGEND
Saturday 16TH JUNE 2018
The town of Bridgend is going to
turn back the clock to WW1 & WW2.
The
Hut 9 Preservation Group plus re-enactors will be there all
day,
in
full support of this annual event. A
family day, so see you there.
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 2-3
June 2018
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JUNE
2018
EVENT dates
Sat 2ND and Sun 3RD OF JUNE
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 17-18 March 2018
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march
2018
EVENT
Sat 17th and Sun 18th March
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 7-8 October 2017
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October
2017
EVENT
Sat
7th
and Sun 8th
October
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War Time
Bridgend
&
HUT 9 PEN DAY
Sat 10 June 2017
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This Event is Fully booked!
SPECIAL ONE-DAY Hut 9 OPENING
In conjunction with the Wartime Bridgend Town
Council Event
SATURDAY 10th
June 2017
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 11-12 March 2017
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Fully booked!
11th -
12th
March 2017
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 15-16 October 2016
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Fully booked!
15th -
16th
October 2016 EVENT
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 5-6 March 2016
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Fully booked!
5th -
6th
March 2016 EVENT
View
Photo Album HERE
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 17-18
October 2015
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Hut
9 opens its doors to the public yet once more!
Event dates 17th -
18th
October 2015
Fully Booked
- Next bookings available for October 2016
View
Photo Album HERE
Following our special and once more extremely successful
Open Weekend Event on 7-8 March 2015, we continue the celebration of
this VERY
SPECIAL 70th Anniversary YEAR of the Welsh Great Escape from Hut 9. So we are once again open
our doors to the public in October
2015.
As always, there are a few more surprises to watch
out in this event... So you are welcome to join us and find out...
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 7-8
March 2015
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Hut 9 opens its
doors to the public once more!
Event
dates 7th
- 8th
MARCH 2015
Event
Bookings
70th
anniversary of ‘The Welsh Great
Escape’
2015 is a SPECIAL YEAR for Hut 9. On the
10th of March 2015 it was 70 years from the night of The Welsh Great
Escape that started just before midnight on Saturday, 10 March 1945.
When you book, please specify the day (Saturday or
Sunday) and your preferred time slot. The Hut 9 tours run on the
hour and start at 10am on Saturday with the last one commencing at
3pm and 9am on the Sunday with the last one commencing at 2pm. Each
tour is approximately 90minutes long.
Remember this is a FREE event and a great
opportunity for all to learn. Show and teach your children what a
significant part Bridgend played in WW2. We hope to see those of you
who booked, there!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE!
Full page spread on THE GEM -
Thank you...
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OPEN
WEEKEND
Sat-Sun 4/5 October 2014
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Hut
9 opens its doors to the public once more!
Event 4th - 5th OCTOBER 2014
Our Event's Photo Albums
are here for
Saturday &
Sunday
Were
you there?
Thank you for joining us
during this Event and
hope you all enjoyed the
Hut 9 Living Experience.
Special thanks to:
- All visitors (and a
big Thank You for the
generous donations; they
will help us for next
year's Events - see
above).
- The Living Historians
that brought Hut 9 to
life
- BCBC & its
Conservation & Design
Team
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OUTREACH
EVENT
Sat, 31 May 2014
10am - 5pm |
FREE EVENT - Island Farm history day in Bridgend
Carnegie House (old Bridgend library),
Wyndham Street - Saturday 31st May
Photo Album is now HERE
On Saturday 31 May from 10am - 5pm the Hut 9 Preservation Group will
be holding an Outreach Event on two floors at Carnegie House (old
Library) in Bridgend town centre. There will be displays, talks, and
living historians will be present. It's an opportunity for us to
tell the story of the occupation of the camp and to raise awareness
of our plans. It's a free event but donations will be gratefully
accepted. Please come along and show your support!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Special thanks in advance to all the living historians who
have agreed to come along and contribute to our Outreach Day at
Carnegie House in the centre of Bridgend.
*
STOP PRESS * We have got permission to bring an American Jeep in
town and park it outside Carnegie House.
Everyone's support is very much
appreciated by the Hut 9 Preservation Group!
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BRIDGEND HERITAGE DAY
Sun, 11 May 2014
10:30–14:00
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This is YOUR Heritage
2014
Photo Album is HERE
First World War
centenary
marked at free Bryngarw event. Visitors
to Bryngarw House and
Country Park will be
able to step back 100
years for a fascinating
glimpse into life during
the First World War at a
free ‘This is YOUR
Heritage’ event on
Sunday 11 May between
10:30am and 2pm. The
lawn in front of
Bryngarw House will
be transformed into a
trench with battle
re-enactments, the local
community arts bus will
be showing First World
War films and audio in a
‘pop-up cinema’, while
families will also be
invited to take a walk
through the park’s
woodland for a soldier
survival skills
demonstration. In a
further tribute to the
war’s centenary,
children will enjoy
having the chance to
make puppets in a
workshop inspired by the
‘War Horse’ stage show.
The
event has been organised
by Bridgend County
Borough Council’s Rural
Development Programme
‘reach’, in partnership
with the Heritage
Lottery Fund and the
Digital Bridgend
Project.
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OPEN WEEKEND
Sat/Sun, 8/9 March 2014
All Hut 9 inside tours
for this weekend are already fully booked. We are sorry, but as explained
above, visitor numbers are limited. However, should spare
spaces become available or people fail to turn up, then we will of course
re-allocate these on a first come first served basis.
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Hut 9 opens its doors to the public!
Photo Album is HERE
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Hut
9 is all that remains of Island Farm. During the weekend event, visitors
will be given a chance to tour inside Hut 9 and learn all about it.
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Due to popular demand,
requests and feedback from the Friends of Hut 9 during our Open Doors 2012
and 2013 Events, we decided to open Hut 9 to
the public on a more regular basis. This is the first time we open Hut 9 to
visitors outside September, which is the Open Doors events period. Open
The Hut 9 rooms have been restored in an attempt to try and recreate how they
would have looked during 1940-1948. Members of the Hut 9
Preservation Group and WW2 re-enactors will be telling the fascinating
stories of the 4 time-frames of Island Farm, occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory workers,
the American Forces prior to D-Day, the German
POWs (known then as Camp 198) and later the High
Ranking German Officers awaiting their Nuremberg Trial (camp was known then as Special Camp XI).
What's
to hear and see during your visit
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Outside Hut 9, there
will be WW2 re-enactors with all their "kit" and and their vehicles
(weather permitting).
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Brett Exton will give a
very interesting full talk on the complete history of Island Farm.
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Richard Williams will
complement Brett's talk and guide you inside Hut 9.
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Prior to the
demolition of the other huts at Island Farm, the actual drawings made by the German POWs
were carefully removed and preserved. A number of the famous Island Farm
wall drawings/ paintings will be on display inside several rooms/
dormitories. Each picture gives a unique insight into the thoughts of a German POW.
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Numerous Volunteers re-enactors
will bring the place to life, dressed as former German PoWs, British Home
Guards and American soldiers. They will be occupying several rooms/ dormitories with their full
kit, equipment and brick-a-brac on display. Such equipment would have been used back in the day!
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Barry Ward
(Preservation Group Member and re-enactor) will be talking all about the
escape; how the tunnel was made and all about the prisoners preparation
prior to the escape.
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Do not miss our Oral
History Room, where you can tell us any experiences you had or any
stories you know about Island Farm, Hut 9, the Welsh Great Escape and
Bridgend at War.
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Finally a member of the Hut 9
Preservation Group will guide you around Hut 9 and talk about the Welsh Great Escape
and the famous Welsh Escape Tunnel.
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There is
no entry fee, so this is a FREE for all event!!!
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Due to the restricted room inside
the Hut, the visitors' safety and the preservation of Hut 9, the number of
visitors per tour is limited. We strongly advise people to pre-book tour time
slots well in advance. Previous events were fully booked 2-3
months before their date! This shows how popular this iconic, Grade-2 listed
building is.
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There will be a chance
for visitors to take a trip back down memory lane with the attendance of "Sweet
and Nostalgic". They are a local business who will be supporting our
event.
Booking contact details will be provided in good time before the event.
If all of the tour slots inside Hut 9 become booked, we still encourage people to turn up over
the weekend because there will be lots to see outside the Hut. Should spare
spaces become available or people fail to turn up, then we will of course
re-allocate these on a first come first served basis.
Please park in the Innovation Science Park (opposite the Heronston Hotel)
and walk from there down to and along the A48. There will be a sign at the start of the
short path that will get you to the Hut 9 compound; a 2
minute walk.
For everyone's
safety, please do not attempt to stop or park your car on the busy
and fast traffic A48.
WE SINCERELY HOPE TO SEE
YOU ON THE DAY!
Thank you
The Hut 9 Preservation Group
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There will be a lot happening
outside Hut 9, such as a talk by local historians and experts on Island Farm
Brett Neil Exton and Richard Williams, along with a tour and talk around Hut 9 about the escape tunnel. So well worth a visit!
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All
welcome. Please
come along and support our local
history.
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To get a taste of things to
come, please visit our
March 2014 Event
page
or
a
webpage about Hut 9 and a
photo album
relating to our September 2012 Open Doors Event.
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FUNDRAISER
Sat, 15 February 2014
8:00am - 2:00pm |
Hut 9
Fundraiser
At
Tesco
Extra (Many Thanks Tesco!).
Cowbridge Road,
CF31 3SQ Bridgend.
View map ·
Get directions.
Volunteer re-enactors get a
chance to
display in all their finery to raise operating cost funds for the
preservation of Hut 9. Currently all Hut 9 events' expenses are met either
by BCBC (Big Thanks!) or donations from Friends of Hut 9. Such
donations first started at our 2013 Open Doors Event. At this stage
every penny counts!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE!
Photo Album HERE
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OPEN DOORS 2013
Sat/Sun, 21/22 September 2013
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Delve into local history at ‘Open Doors’ events
From the Bridgend County
Borough Council web site.
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BRIDGEND HERITAGE DAY
Sat, 6 April 2013
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Our Heritage
Members of the Hut 9 Preservation
Group took part in the Bridgend Heritage Day on Saturday, which was organised by the Reach
team (BCBC).
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OPEN DOORS 2012
Sat/Sun 8/9 September 2012
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Historic Hut 9 opens its doors to the public
From the Bridgend County
Borough Council web site.
Explore Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp
From the BBC
Wales web site.
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The Civic Trust for
Wales
Ymddiriedolaeth Ddinesig Cymru
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The Civic Trust for Wales promotes civic pride as a means to improving the quality of life for all in the places where we live and work, and encourages community action, good design, sustainable development and respect for the built environment amongst people of all ages.
To find out about more
places you can visit through Open Doors events, take a look at the
calendar of events.
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