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Despite being a ‘jolly hot’, weekend, English Heritage and the Victorian Association delivered an outstanding experience for the people of the Southcoast. The collaborative efforts of the reenactors and organisations involved, together with the setting of Fort Brockhurst made this weekend unforgettable. Spectators witnessed highly detailed weapons demonstrations from muskets to heavy Cannons. Loud bangs…
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The Season has begun, and The Fort Cumberland Guard was present at Fort Brockhurst. One of a number of forts built in the 1850s and 1860s to protect Portsmouth and its vital harbour against a French invasion. Largely unaltered, the keep, the parade ground, gun ramps, moated keep, washrooms and armoury can all be viewed.…
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