Lovebirds Vintage: papplewick

My previous post on reenactment at Papplewick is here.

I'm a little behind with uploading these photos - I was saving the dress for another event and didn't want to show the photos until after that. Since that now doesn't seem to be going ahead, I figured it was okay to get a post together. It's been nice for me to look through them as I'm feeling more than ready to start going to events again for this year. Most don't start for at least a couple more months though, so I will just have to make do with looking through my photos for a while instead.

papplewick 1940s re-enactment via lovebirds vintage

All photos are (c) Tony Fletcher 2012, used with permission.

I seem to have been having somewhat of a bad hair day that day, and I'm no longer too sure about that hat. I have already started planning outfits for various events this year though, so I am definitely looking forward to it.

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I didn't take too many photos at Papplewick as with it being another fairly local one, a lot of the same re-enactment groups were there as have been at the other events I have blogged about (Crich, part 1, 2, 3; Rufford Abbey; Sherwood Through The Ages). I'm not sure whether or not I would go to Papplewick again, as firstly it was a lot smaller than the other events I've been to, and secondly, I didn't feel the standard of the re-enactment was as high (some parts were a bit spoilt for me by some people from re-enactment groups carrying modern supermarket carrier bags etc).

And now, onward to the photos:

Above: part of the fully working pumping station. It's all gorgeous Victorian machinery housed in a beautiful room with stained glass windows and gold frescos (just seen at the far right hand side of the picture). It's suuuuper quiet and very ornate, considering it was never meant to be seen by the public.