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Ardleigh: Troops are boosted

From the archive, first published Thursday 20th Jul 2000.

An extra 500 members of a historical re-enactment group could be coming to Ardleigh for the eagerly-awaited Millennium Spectacular this weekend.

Originally just 1,000 members of the Sealed Knot Society were due to turn up to recreate the siege of Colchester, but it looks likely to bring more troops.

Jill Hamblin, one of the organisers, said other preparations for the event were already underway and tickets were selling well.

Mrs Hamblin added Sealed Knot members will now be camping at Redbury Farm, Ardleigh., rather than in Langham as planned.

This is due to minor problems with the route re-enacters would have been marching from Langham to the battle site in Ardleigh.

Converted for the new archive on 19 November 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

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