Heritage Festival 2017

17-18 June City Centre One BIG weekend 300 re-enactors 3,500 years of history

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Heritage Festival 2017 programme - Introduction

One big weekend 300 re-enactors 3,500 years of history The Peterborough Heritage Festival is a unique chance to experience 3,500 years of history. Held in and around the stunning historic surroundings of the Cathedral precincts, this is the city’s most popular event, attracting over 37,500 people in 2016.

This year’s theme commemorates the 375th anniversary of the start of the English Civil War, seeing Parliamentarians and Royalists battle in a full blown re-enactment of Woodcroft Castle.

Meet colourful costumed characters from our past, from Bronze Age settlers to World War II landgirls.

Relax with the family in our Children’s Zone - an activity area for the kids with jesters, storytellers, games and activities in the Cathedral Cloisters.

Go shopping in our period market which is held in the precincts, including displays of historic crafts and trades as well as a chance to buy historically themed gifts, alongside an exciting taste of unusual produce, food and drinks to sample or buy.

Inside the Cathedral will be a whole variety of activities, including the popular return of the big bear drop ‘Ready Teddy Go!’ Plus, there are free taster tours; special tours of the rooftop spaces, as

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well as chance to meet Katharine of Aragon, Mary, Queen of Scots, Edith Cavell and ‘Old Scarlett’.

New for 2017 - don’t forget to visit Horace! Horace the Pliosaur is a 165 year old giant, 35 foot-long sea lizard. Fresh out of the Jurassic ocean, he is a unique blend of engineering, film and live performance with fact-filled, fun, family entertainment!

“ See Roundheads and Cavaliers battle for control of Peterborough in a spectacular display ”

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Horace the Pliosaur

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Keynote Lecture Professor Kate Williams 17 June at 7.30pm Queen Victoria: The First Royal Rebel and her Struggle for the Throne Fun for all the family

In this beautifully illustrated talk, Dr Williams uncovers the truth about Queen Victoria, showing how she was a wild, vibrant girl, with passions that often got her into trouble.

Her mother, the Duchess of Kent was determined on power and she would do anything to achieve it.

The two struggled for the throne - in what became the biggest mother-daughter battle in history. As Dr Williams shows, Victoria’s childhood was unhappy, but it formed her as a great Queen. She grew up determined, able to hide her feelings, and with a penchant for hard work.

£10 CHILD / £12 ADULT Book tickets, call the Key Theatre box office on 01733 207 239 or visit vivacity-peterborough.com/heritagefest Civil War See on TripAdvisor why we have a Certificate of Excellence

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Heritage Festival 2017 programme Saturday 17 June

Sunday 18 June

10.00am

Medieval music (by the arena)

11.00am

Medieval music (by the arena)

10.30am

Falconry display

11:30am

Falconry display

11.00am

Official opening including grand parade

12.00 noon Civil War drill display

11.30am

Roman drill display

12.00 noon Civil War drill display

Wars of the Roses

1.00pm

Roman drill display

1:30pm

World War 1 display

2.00pm

The Normans

2:30pm

Vikings

3.00pm

Civil War – The Siege of Woodcroft Castle

12.30pm

Wars of the Roses

1.00pm

Vikings

1.30pm

World War 1 display

2.00pm

Falconry display

2.30pm

The Normans

3.30pm

Falconry display

3.00pm

Civil War – The Siege of Woodcroft Castle

4.00pm

Wars of the Roses

4.30pm

Grand Parade of all performers

3.30pm

Wars of the Roses

4.00pm

Vikings

4.30pm

Grand Parade of all performers

Other areas

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12:30pm

Firey Jack & friends 10.00am

Fiery Jack Walkabout

11.00am

Jester Jill Stilt Walkabout

11.30am

Fiery Jack Show

Horace the Pliosaur Main shows start at 12:30 & 3:30 each day

12.00 noon Andy Bell Magic Show 12.30pm

Jester Jill Show

Sword School, Circus Workshops, Games Workshops and Sideshow to run throughout the day in the cloisters.

1.00pm

Jester Jill Walkabout

1.30pm

Fiery Jack Show

2.30pm

Jester Jill Show

3.00pm

Fiery Jack Walkabout

3.30pm

Andy Bell Magic Show

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Fringe Events - Friday 9 - Thursday 22 June 2017 Peterborough Cathedral Summer Music Festival

Peterborough Cathedral Civil War Talk & Tour

Fri 9 - Sun 11 June

Tue 13 June

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL Internationally famous musicians head to Peterborough for a feast of music and to put the magnificent 19th century Cathedral organ through its paces. For the first time, and after months of painstaking work, all 5286 of the organ’s pipes are now at the same pitch as modern musical instruments.

Discover more online.

Celtic Day Sat 10 June 10.30am-12noon & 1.30pm-3pm

FERRY MEADOWS

Go back to the time of the Celts and experience methods and tools used in fire lighting, clothes dyeing and cordage making. £3 PER CHILD - Ages 8+ Book online visit neneparktrust.cloudvenue.co.uk

Hidden Heritage Tour Sat 10 - Sat 24 June at 2pm PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Find out more about the fascinating and often undiscovered history of Peterborough, from the foundation of the Saxon Abbey to the modern city.

KNIGHTS’ CHAMBER PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL Join Cathedral Director of Operations and Local Historian Stuart Orme to find out what happened in Peterborough during the English Civil War including a brief tour. £6 CHILD / £9 ADULT - Approx 90mins

Railworld Wildlife Haven Tour Sat 10 June at 12 noon

RAILWORLD WILDLIFE HAVEN A two-hour tour and talk by volunteer Brian Pearce highlighting artefacts of historical interest from Victorian Aqueducts to the RTV 31 Hovertrain. Tea and biscuits provided. £5 (Suggested donation) Book call 07746 922 707

Crime & Punishment Tour Thu 15 June at 7.30pm PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Venture into the city’s criminal past and discover Peterborough’s place of execution, prisons and grisly deeds from our history. £3 CHILD / £5 ADULT - Approx 90mins See booking information

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Fringe Events - Friday 9 - Thursday 22 June 2017 The Words in My Hand Tue 20 June at 7pm JOHN CLARE THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY

PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Late Night Priestgate Vaults

14 June at 7:30pm The doors creak open for a late night tour, offering more opportunities to experience the Museum Vaults and celebrate 500 years of local history.

Author Guinevere Glasfurd brings 17th century Amsterdam alive. The Words in My Hand is based on the true story of the affair between a Dutch maid desperate to educate herself, and philosopher René Descartes. It is a story that was hidden at the time and almost entirely lost from history. £4 CONC / £5 ADULTS See booking information

Tours are approx 45 mins

£3 CONC & CHILD / £4 ADULTS - Ages 8+

Lunchtime Lecture: Grandma, what did you do in the Great War? Thu 15 June at 12.15pm PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Join the Friends of Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery for an illustrated presentation

by Mr John Dewis of the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds, and often unacknowledged heroism in their workplace and local community. Their contribution was essential to civilian life and military success, and created a tumultuous change in the role of women in society. £4 MEMBERS / £5 VISITORS - Buffet included See booking information

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Peterborough Pub Quiz Thu 22 June at 7pm THE BREWERY TAP, WESTGATE

PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Festival Special Ghost Walk

Tue 20 June at 7.30pm Explore the city’s spooky side! Be spellbound by our haunted heritage with our ever-popular ghost walk. Find out about phantom monks, a slaughtered cavalier and creatures from the underworld.

Tours are approx 90 mins

£3 CHILD / £5 ADULTS

Evening Talk: Revealing the 800 year-old Secrets of the Painted Nave Ceiling Wed 21 June at 7.30pm PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Join Historian and Broadcaster Jonathan Foyle for a fascinating insight into this 13th century treasure and a brand new theory into the political skulduggery behind its design. £10 UNDER 16s / £12 ADULTS See booking information

The quiz returns! Can you tell your Baker Perkins from your Perkins Engines? Then this could be the quiz for you... come and test your knowledge of Peterborough in a special pub quiz.

FREE - Teams of 3-6 people with prizes to be won Register your team: museum@vivacitypeterborough.com

Booking Information For more information and to book events for Peterborough Museum & Cathedral please see below Peterborough Museum Priestgate, Peterborough. PE1 1LF vivacity-peterborough.com 01733 864 663 Peterborough Cathedral Visitor Information Minster Precincts, Peterborough. PE1 1XS peterborough-cathedral.org.uk 01733 452 336 Visit vivacity-peterborough. com/heritagefest

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In and around the City Centre

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Cathedral Tours

Ready Teddy Go!

Sat 17 Jun - 10am - 4pm Sun 18 Jun - 12noon - 3pm

Sat 17 Jun - 10am - 4pm Sun 18 Jun - 12noon - 3pm

A whistle-stop tour to introduce you to some of the highlights of the Cathedral’s 900 year history.

Look out for the Taster Tours sign inside the Cathedral.

Make a parachute for a little teddy bear dressed as a monk, then watch as he is taken up and launched over the balcony, zooming down to land!

FREE ENTRY - Tours are every 20mins

£5 PER PERSON - £6 with a copy of the

Sat - last tour 3.40pm | Sun - last tour 2.40pm

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

new children’s activity guide. (Guide normally £2)

PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM

Roof-top tours

The Clockwork Infirmary

Sat 17 Jun - 11.30am, 1.30pm & 6.30pm Sun 18 Jun - 12.30pm & 1.30pm

Sat 17 - Sun 18 Jun

45 minute tour that goes up the steep and winding stairs to the bell ringing chamber, along the Nave roof and up to the top of the tower, coming down inside the West Front and passing by the rare medieval masons’ windlass.

£8 CONC / £10 ADULT - Ages 10+

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The Steampunk takeover returns! As part of the Heritage Festival Big weekend, for two days, entertainers and traders will fill Peterborough Museum. Umbrella Fencing, Tea Duelling and Clockwork Snail Racing - it’s all happening alongside trade stalls to kit you out for your new look.

FREE ENTRY - Drop in

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Accessibility

Get involved Sat 17 - Sun 18 Jun

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Cabinet of curiosities Take a peek at some of the more quirky and peculiar historical objects in the Cathedral’s possession, on display in the Cathedral.

Paradise and other places, an exhibition by Mick Abbott See an exhibition of paintings and drawings by the artist Mick Abbott.

Civil war dressing up box Cavalier or Roundhead, we’ve got a costume for you! Try on the gear and see what suits you.

We aim to make the Heritage festival as accessible and friendly as possible.

If you have any concerns please speak to a member of staff or a festival volunteer - they will be recognised by purple festival t-shirts.

As the festival takes place in Cathedral Square and around the Cathedral, most of the terrain is smooth and fully accessible. Into the gardens, the ground is flat but onto grass. Adverse weather may affect the firmness of the ground in the gardens but won’t affect the hard-standings.

The main performances or re-enactments will take place in the main arena on Cathedral Square in front of the Guildhall. There are also performances on the far side of St John’s Church and into the Cathedral Precincts. Pathways reach across the whole of the city centre making access throughout the day easier.

Viewing platform There will be a designated viewing area next to the main arena for any visitors with mobility/accessibility requirements. To access this area, please contact any member of festival staff.

Peterborough during WWI St John’s Church Local historian, Any Cole, will be in St John’s Church over the weekend along with the current exhibition including photographs of veterans from this country and Burma (Myanmar), and memorabilia.

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General enquires 01733 864 663 museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

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Support us

Donations really do help.

Vivacity is a charitable organisation committed to enriching lives by inspiring residents and visitors to Peterborough.

Your support plays a vital part in helping us to continue to provide, champion and develop our services in the city.

Whether you’re an individual, business or partner organisation, there are lots of ways you can support Vivacity.

You can make a donation in the buckets over the weekend, or donate online via our website vivacity-peterborough.com/donate

£2 Will bring heritage to life for 37,500 people! The Heritage Festival relies on donations and support alone.

£20 Will help look after our flock of Soay sheep for a week so this ancient breed is preserved in Flag Fen’s prehistoric landscape.

£50 Will keep the volunteers’ kettle on for a year, helping to allow the doors of Longthorpe Tower to stay open.

£100 Will allow us to display a rarelyseen object from our collection for all to see.

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