History Live! Weekend. Time travel with a Victorian Engineer

Date/Time
Date(s) - 17/08/2019
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location.
Royal Armouries Fort Nelson
Portsdown Hill Road,
Fareham,
Hampshire,
PO17 6AN.

Event Description

History will come to life with colourful characters from the Fort’s past in a series of special History Live! Weekends throughout August.
Meet costumed characters from the Fort’s past and find out what it was like to live and work here.

The Fort has played its part in conflicts from Victorian times through to the First and Second World Wars. Join us at Fort Nelson and find out more about its fascinating history.

During the Napoleonic Wars a French invasion had been thwarted by England’s dominant sea power. But with the election of Napoleon III, as the first President of France in 1848, it looked like a French invasion may again be a possibility. The British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston appointed a Royal Commission to look into the defence of England. Its findings were ‘alarming’. With the French building new ironclad ships and investing in massive artillery pieces, the defences of England looked decidedly old-fashioned. What to do?

Step back in time with our Victorian engineer to 1860 and discover the British government’s solution to this thorny problem. Would the construction of a ring of forts around the naval base of Portsmouth protect it from attack? Or would the whole project just be a huge waste of money? Join our engineer to find out.

Event Contact Information

Website Address: https://royalarmouries.org/event/history-live-weekend-5/
Contact Telephone Number: 01329233734