Exhibits, guided tours and special events showcasing local and military history housed in a Grade 1 listed building, No.5 Magazine, Purfleet-on-Thames
Magazine No.5, Centurion Way
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Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre will be at the Orsett Show this Saturday (5th September).
We will be located in the Heritage tent, please pop along for a chat!
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We had a great evening with the Sea Cadets from TS Dragon this week.
It is always great to see interest in history from our young groups.
Come and join us on Sunday 13th September for our annual Battle of Britain Bike and Scooter show.
Bikes and Scooters £3 on the gate, Centre, tea bar and shop open to public on the day (entry by donation).
We look forward to seeing you all.
On Sunday 16th August at 11am, as part of Salute! at the Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre we will be celebrating the life and service of Polish Battle of Britailn pilot Flying Officer Franciszek Gruszka.
A don't miss event!
With forecast temperatures of 34 degrees escape the heat and experience 18th-century air conditioning at Magazine No.5, home of the Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre.
Open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10am to 3pm
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Built to keep gunpowder cool and dry, it's still one of the coolest places to be in a heatwave.
Gunpowder had to be cool.
History is cooler.
#museum #thurrock #daysout #coolplaces #Purfleet
A big thank you to Upminster Windmill for allowing us to bring a Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre stand along with our cars.
We had a great day and met some really interesting people.
Just over three weeks until the Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre's Salute!
Don't miss a very special day.
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Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre is pleased to be hosting its annual Gurkha and SALUTE Festival on Sunday 16th August.
If anyone would like to bring along a stall to the event to promote their charity, group or business, contact us at our website, purfleet-hmc.org/
A great evening with our new friends from Aveley Beavers and Cubs.
And well done to our latest volunteer Lilly for a wonderful talk on the 1940s kitchen.
Escape the heat and experience 18th-century air conditioning at Magazine No.5, home of the Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre.
Built to keep gunpowder cool and dry, it's still one of the coolest places to be in a heatwave.
Gunpowder had to be cool.
History is cooler.
Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre are pleased to welcome back Ken Slaney for another of his outstanding presentations on Sunday 19th July.
The Silence of the Past. A personal family story.
On Wednesday 17th June we will be holding a ceremony to unveil a plaque in what will always be Len's RAF Regiment bay.
All welcome, please arrive around 11:30am for the unveiling at 12 noon and refreshments afterwards.
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Did you or a relative work at Thames Board Mills? If so, this event is for you.
The Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre houses a large colection of artefacts and photographs from TBM.
Come along, reminisce and maybe meet old colleagues on August 9th at the Magazine.
Thank you to everyone who turned up on Saturday night for the Ghost & Folklore Walk. We had a great time & somehow the windy weather added to the atmosphere.
The next walk is in September, see below. We look forward to seeing you.
Tickets available at purfleet-hmc.org/walks
As part of the ongoing refurbishment of the Heritage Centre the Hornchurch Wing collection, which has been on display since 1997, has been curated and redisplayed.
purfleet-hmc.org/visit/the-h…
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The collection is the largest of original RFC Suttons Farm and RAF Hornchurch memorabilia, uniforms and medals on display in the country.
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ALT The Five Minute Clock from the RAF Hornchurch Operations Room during the Battle of Britain.
A great review of the Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre from @ianvisits
Read it here: ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro…
