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Festival Programme
Saturday 29th - DAYTIME Time Traveller Coach ToursVarious Times
Mend and Make Do 11am - 3pm
Heritage Walks11.30am & 2pm
Back To Our Past and Festival Family Art Workshops11am - 4pm
WW1 Tearoom 11am - 3pm
Army Assault Course11am - 3pm
Vintage Rally11am - 1pm
Saturday 29th - MORNING
FILM FESTIVAL Children’s MatineeGold Rush with Charlie Chaplin - 10:30am
Friday 28th - AFTERNOON
LUNCHTIME TALKGallipoli: In their own words1.30pm - 2pm
Friday 28th - EVENING
Festival Concert7.30pm - 9.30pm
Saturday 29th - AFTERNOON
Great War Fashion2pm - 3.30pm
FILM FESTIVAL The Phantom of the Opera3pm
Saturday 29th - EVENING
Festival Ceilidh 6.30pm - Midnight
Sunday 30th - DAYTIME
Sunday 30th - EVENING
Monday 31th - DAYTIME
Time Traveller Coach ToursVarious Times
WW1 Tearoom 11am - 3pm
Army Assault Course 11pm - 4pm
An evening with Fiona Harrison - 7pm
Kilted Gordon Highlanders - 11am - 4pm
Monday 31th - AFTERNOON
Gretna Events
To help plan and enjoy your time at the festival...
...use the colours codes below to identify the location.
Eastriggs Events
Living History Display 11am - 4pm
Cooking Challenge2pm - 4pm
Sunday 30th - AFTERNOON
Living History Display Noon - 4pm
FILM FESTIVALThe General with Buster Keaton - 3pm
Teatime in Wartime3pm - 5pm
A game for girls?Exhibition - AnnanFriday and Saturday11am - 4pm
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We are putting on a series of events to lift the spirits, including old style music hall and variety, a classic bus offering tours of the famous Munitions Factory, a stylised WW1 tearoom, great live music, heritage walks, educational workshops and much much more.
Whether you are interested in WW1 and the amazing social history of Eastriggs and Gretna and the world famous Munitions Factory or are just looking to be entertained;
If you want to Pack Up Your Troubles in August, you know where to come. Do join us!!The Gretna, Springfield and Eastriggs Commemorations Project. Another great festival supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Major Festivals and Events Strategy 2014-2017.
Come and join the good folks of Gretna and Eastriggs as we celebrate our 100th birthday.
For festival tickets and information contact
Midsteeple Box Office on 01387 253383 or visit our website
EASTRIGGS SOCIAL CLUBSingapore Road, Eastriggs DG12 6QN
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BAXTER HALLAnnan Road, Eastriggs DG12 6PZ
ST JOHN’S CHURCHDunedin RoadEastriggs, AnnanDG12 6QE
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EASTRIGGSWartime Ration Cooking Challengewith celebrity chef John CrouchMonday 31st August, 2pm - 4pmCelebrity chef and author John Crouch is put to the challenge of cooking-up a delicious meal using a typical wartime ration.
Come along for an entertaining afternoon of culinary fun.
Teatime in Wartimewith celebrity chef John CrouchSunday 30th August, 3pm - 5pm Look back to WW1 to create mouth-watering teatime dishes. Delve into the history and development of each dish with John and gain a better understanding and appreciation of food from a century ago.There will be plenty of delicious food to sample!
Mend & Make Do Saturday 29th August, 11am - 3pmInspired by wartime ‘Mend and Make Do’ ethos, drop into the Devil’s Porridge Museum to chat with crafter Sue Simmons and help us to create a festival rag-rug. Learn the techniques for recycling worn out clothes into eye-catching rugs that furnished a typical wartime home. Admission to museum required.
Lunchtime TalkGallipoli: In their own wordsFriday 28th August, 1.30pm - 2pmJoin Jules Wooding as she brings to life the first-hand accounts of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli in 1915. Using rare photos and letters from the collection of Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life, this talk will offer a unique insight into life during one of World War One’s most hard-fought campaigns.
Spirit of WW1 EventsThe Devil’s Porridge MuseumAll the following events are FREE
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Back To Our Past & Festival Family Art WorkshopsBaxter Memorial Hall, Annan Road, Eastriggs DG12 6PZ
Saturday 29th August, 11am - 4pmCome along and be transported back in time to the days of cream teas, jumble sales and sing-alongs.
Enjoy homemade refreshments then rummage the clothes rails before sitting down to make some old-school peg dolls and paper planes. Stay on for vintage singer Fiona Harrison, who will sing a selection of wartime classics from 3pm.
Fantastic Family Trees: 10am - 12noonPicture Yourself: 1pm - 3pmArtist and illustrator Ruthie Redden leads two creative workshops for all ages. Explore your roots and discover more about your heritage by creating a decorative family tree illustration to take away.
Picture Yourself invites children to imagine themselves a century ago and create a paper figure as part of a commemorative mural. The more children we have bigger the completed mural will be! All materials provided.
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Time Traveller Tours by Classic BusTravel back in time and discover the Eastriggs of WW1 on our classic bus tours.Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th
10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm
Start from The Devil’s Porridge Museum Devil’s Porridge, Annan Road, Eastriggs DG12 6TF
Starting out from the Devil’s Porridge Museum, you’ll explore the village before having exclusive access to the old HM Factory Gretna site to see what remains of the factory complex today.
Booking advisable, contact the Devil’s Porridge on 01461 700021 to secure your place.
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Take this rare opportunityto go beyond the security
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ALL SAINTS CHURCHAnnan Road, Gretna,DG16 5DH
GRETNA SOCIAL CLUB & RAYDALE PARKDominion Road, Gretna DG16 5AP
An evening with Fiona Harrison
Music & Song from the early 1900’sSunday 30th August, 7pmAll Saints Church, Gretna DG16 5DH
An evening of music from the early 1900s, accompanied with light refreshments.
Vintage RallyRaydale Park Football Ground, Gretna DG16 5AP
Saturday 29th AugustVehicles to arrive: 9am - 10.30amShow time: 11am - 2pmJudging from: Noon - 1pmThere will be a rally drive from the site at Gretna to Eastriggs and back for all vehicles wishing to take part, leaving Raydale at 2.15pm.
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GREAT WAR FASHIONWhat ordinary women wore in extraordinary times.
Saturday 29th August, 2pm - 3.30pmRichard Greenhow Centre, Gretna DG16 5AQ
Join author and costume historian Lucy Adlington for this inspiring insight into the lives and aspirations of women in the First World War, as revealed through their clothes. With fascinating first-hand stories and a beautiful display of original workwear and
fashions, as featured in Lucy’s books ‘Great War Fashion – Tales from the History Wardrobe’
and ‘Fashion: Women in World War One’.
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Come and see ourDrill Display12:45 and 2:45
Guided Heritage Walks Saturday 29th August, 11.30am & 2pmRichard Greenhow Centre, Gretna DG16 5AQTake a gentle walk round the Gretna Garden city heritage trail and learn some history from the information boards explaining the life and times of HM Factory Gretna.
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Kilted Gordon Highlanders 1914-18
Demonstrating their uniform, equipment, weapons and life of the soldiers.Monday 31st August, 11am - 4pmRichard Greenhow Centre, Gretna DG16 5AQ
During WW1 Scottish regiments were at the forefront of some of the conflict’s fiercest fighting, and it was the kilted Gordon Highlanders whose bravery – and kilts! – struck terror in the hearts of the Germans. Photos by Scotland’s Festival of History.
WW1 Tearoom During the festival visit our World War One themed tearoom serving teas and snacks.Saturday & Sunday, 11am - 3pmRichard Greenhow Centre, Gretna DG16 5AQ
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Army Assault Course
Saturday & Sunday 11am - 4pm
Put your body to the test against our specially
designed army assault course with high walls,
balance beams, tunnels and much much more.
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Living History Display Haydn Easy & Gillian Jones illustrating Life on the Home Front during WW1Sunday 30th August, Noon - 4pm Monday 31st 11am - 4pmRichard Greenhow Centre, Gretna DG16 5AQ
Depicting a typical small house with many period details, information and artefacts showing how families coped whilst the men were away fighting at the Front.
ASC Workshop/Garage and MotortricycleConcentrating on the important work of the Army Service Corps. Their many duties included keeping the troops supplied with food and ammunition, transporting soldiers and equipment in all fields of battle. The lightweight Motortricycle would have been a handy vehicle to call upon for quick transport.
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A game for girls?An exhibition about Scottish women’s football from World War One to the present day.Friday 28th August – Saturday 31st October Open 11am – 4pmAnnan Museum, Bank Street, Annan, DG12 6AA
Women’s Association football was first played in Edinburgh in 1881. Although further matches were played in Scotland throughout the 1880s and 90s, it was during World War One that the women’s game was propelled into the public consciousness like never before.
This exhibition looks at the rise, fall and resurrection of Scottish women’s football from the factory teams of World War One to its place on the international sports stage today.
A TRIP BACK TOTHE GOOD OLD DAYS
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Friday 28th August 7.30pm - 9.30pm.Richard Greenhow Centre, Central Avenue, Gretna DG16 5AQ
Superb music from the Scottish Academy of Music, Fiona Harrison, vintage singer, and the Annan Town Band.Enjoy music and song from 100 years ago, take part by dressing up in the audience but be prepared to be ‘heckled’ by our compere!! This will be an evening’s entertainment to remember!!
Drop in family activities
Opening Event - Thursday 27th August 7pm - 9pm
A museum open evening to celebrate the new “A game for girls?” exhibition. Light refreshments served. All welcome.
Free drop in family activities associated with an exhibition about Scottish women’s football from World War One to the present day.
Drop in family activities will include:• Table football • Design a football strip• Dress up as a World War One footballer• Kicking – a football gallery trail• Quizzes and colouring sheets.
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Festival CeilidhA community ceilidh and barbecue to bring Eastriggs and Gretna together for our 100th birthday celebrations. Saturday 29th AugustBarbecue: 6.30pm–7.30pm | Ceilidh: 8pm–MidnightEastriggs Social Club, Singapore Road, Eastriggs DG12 6QN
Get your kilt swinging to Two Left Feet the best ceilidh band in the region. Please book your ticket in advance, pack up your troubles and “Smile! Smile! Smile!”.(Ticket price includes one serving of food; additional items can be purchased separatel) packup2015.co.uk
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FionaHarrisonVintage Singer, Entertainer and Costume Artist!Specialising in music from the 1880s to the 1960s, Fiona will sing a series of timeless classics from the period.
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Free Classic Film FestivalThe munition girls laughed with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and screamed at Phantom of the Opera.Re-live these film thrills now and enjoy Alistair McEwan’s amazing ad lib musical accompaniment in three separate performances.
Children’s Matinee - Gold Rush with Charlie ChaplinSaturday 29th August at 10:30am. The Devil’s Porridge Museum.
The Phantom of the Opera - ALL WELCOME
Saturday 29th August at 3pm. St John’s Episcopal Church Eastriggs.
The General with Buster Keaton - ALL WELCOME
Sunday 30th August at 3pm. Eastriggs Social Club.
A number of festival events are taking place at The Devil’s Porridge Museum.
No trip to the Pack Up Festival weekend would be complete without a visit to
this superb new visitor attraction.
Discover the remarkable story of the greatest Munitions Factory on earth and the extraordinary lives of the Munitions Girls who worked there.
ADMISSION COSTS APPLY
01461 700021 [email protected]
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