GALLERY: Visitors to Skegness enjoy trip back in time

Visitors to the Skegness area were taken on a trip through time at special events held over the weekend.
Phil Cooling of Skegness in a USAF uniform with a model Lancaster at the 40's event at the Village Church Farm in Skegness. ANL-170522-131717001Phil Cooling of Skegness in a USAF uniform with a model Lancaster at the 40's event at the Village Church Farm in Skegness. ANL-170522-131717001
Phil Cooling of Skegness in a USAF uniform with a model Lancaster at the 40's event at the Village Church Farm in Skegness. ANL-170522-131717001

The Village Church Farm hosted a two-day 40s event with the museum in Church Road South showing what life was like in wartime Britain.

There were troops, exhibitions and a remembrance service on the Sunday.

In Wainfleet, a Medieval Family Fun Weekend was held at the Magdalen College to celebrate the re-opening of the museum in the iconic historic building.

Jake Firth Lincoln as Sir John Deere and Zara Bedford Boston as  Lady Beatrix ANL-170522-132057001Jake Firth Lincoln as Sir John Deere and Zara Bedford Boston as  Lady Beatrix ANL-170522-132057001
Jake Firth Lincoln as Sir John Deere and Zara Bedford Boston as Lady Beatrix ANL-170522-132057001

Hosted by the Knights of Skirbeck, visitors were able to cheer on knights in full armour wielding real steel weapons in full contact competitive tournaments while they enjoyed a picnic.

Among the displays was a medieval cook at work and visitors were able to ask her advice on various ailments and examine her gruesome surgical equipment.

There were also stocks, torture equipment and even an executioner on hand should anyone step out of line.

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