Anyone going? I will be there for the weekend. And has anyone seen a list of events for the weekend with times etc?
Sorry, Paul - I shan't be going this year. Last years' events were so very memorable ; can't do everything, I guess.... ( BTW ; nice to see you on here again ! )
We will be around, mainly for the presentation of our RAF book, which will out on 16 September, the site of the airborne museum, should have the program on it
Yep im going, from 15th-20th, im staying with a Dutch friend and somehow he has managed to get us tickets to Arnhem town hall. That will be something mixing with the vets in there. I know Bill Fulton and hopefully he will be there again this year. Official Programm Market Garden 2005 Thursday 15 September 20.30 annual meeting Arnhem 1944 Veterans Club, Zalencentrum Lebret, Lebretweg 51, Oosterbeek. Information: tel. 06 51259461. Friday 16 September 09.30 departure of bus from Hartenstein sports park, J.J. Talsmalaan, Oosterbeek, for wreath-laying in Apeldoorn. 10.30 wreath-laying at Koning Willem III barracks, Apeldoorn (exclusively for Arnhem veterans and their family members). Information: tel. 055 3573711. 19.00 commemoration and wreath-laying, Airborne Monument, Airborne Plein, Arnhem. Information: tel. 06 51259461. 19.30 military tattoo, centre of the Ede town. Information: VVV Veluwe Vallei, tel. 0900 835893 20.00-22.00 social get-together for veterans, host families and invited guests, City Hall, Arnhem. Music by the West Arnhem Music Society. Information: tel. 06 51259461. Saturday 17 September 09.00 wreath-laying at the Airborne Monument, Oosterbeek, Information: Renkum municipality, tel. 026 3348353. 10.00 parachute drop by men of the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Parachute Regiment at Ginkel Heath, Ede, followed by wreath-laying at the Monument. Information: Ede municipality, tel. 0318 680107. 15.00 wreath-laying at the Polish Monument, Polenplein-Plac Polski, Driel. Information: Overbetuwe municipality, tel. 0481 362308. 17.00 wreath-laying at the Engineers Monument, Drielse Rijndijk, Arnhem/Driel. Information: tel. 0481 465069. 19.00 wreath-laying at the Airborne Monument, Bennekomseweg, Heelsum. Information: tel. 0317 317887. 20.00 Tattoo at the Raadhuisplein (Town Hall Square), Oosterbeek. Information: Kon. Harmonie Oosterbeek, tel. 0317 313702. Race to the Bridge, with old military vehicles, from Telefoonweg, Renkum to the John Frost Bridge, Arnhem, 14.00 - 16.15 hours. Display of vehicles at Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’, Oosterbeek, 16.15 hours. Information: tel. 06 21908715 / 06 53613181. Sunday 18 September 09.00 service at the Old Church, Benedendorpsweg, Oosterbeek. 09.00 service at the RC Bernulphus church, Utrechtseweg, Oosterbeek. 11.00 official Memorial Service and placing of flowers by children from the involved municipalities at the Arnhem Oosterbeek War (Airborne) Cemetery, Oosterbeek. Information: Airborne Forces Security Fund, tel. 026 3342861. 16.00 wreath-laying at the Air Despatch Monument, Van Limburg Stirumweg, Oosterbeek (200 m beyond the Airborne Cemetery). Information: tel. 026 4437642. Saturday 17 September - Sunday 18 September High Tea Festival, Park Hartenstein, Oosterbeek, 12.00 uur – 18.00 uur. Information: tel. 026 3342121.
Ham and Jam, I hope we can look forward to a wealth of pictures from that event. Too costly to cross the big pond.
Not cheap from your side thats for sure, you know its only costing me £48 return to fly from here to Amsterdam. I went to a VJ day event in Birmingham last Monday with a vet friend, I drove but enquired about going by train and Virgin would have charged me £90 if I had bought the ticket on the day so its cheaper to fly to Europe than to get the train 100 odd niles in your back yard. Andy
That was one of the things I noticed when travelling in Europe on an anniversary trip with my wife in 2000. The trains are a great way to get around but they are not cheap.
Sorry I haven't replied until now; I moved home in the UK in early July and have had broadband problems ever since - finally back on-line properly now. Anyway, thanks for the info Ham & Jam. Sorry you aren't going Martin - I am sure our paths should cross one of these days!?
Just back - an excellent trip and pleasing to see so many veterans again. Picked up some new books for the library and took plenty of photos, some of them on the website: http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/arnhem_plus_61.htm
Glad you had a good trip, Paul ; and very glad to see that - yet again ! - the all-important weekend was blessed with good weather.
