Armed Forces Day 2022 - a 1940's celebration

On Sunday 26th June, we hosted a wonderful 1940's themed celebration for Armed Forces Day 2022.

With amazing help from many fabulous suppliers and exhibitors, we filled Barnstaple's historic Pannier Market building with music and fun!

We want to thank the hundreds of people who attended and help to celebrate our Armed Forces Community and an especially big thank you to the following who helped to make the day so special:

Barnstaple Pannier Market - always so supportive in enabling events to be hosted in their beautiful and historic building
Barnstaple Town Centre Management - incredible support for so many events and projects across the town
AW Services and Photographic - outstanding audio and visual support!
M & R Marquees - possible the hardest working team we know!
FlyBar - true experts and amazing service!
Wings N Things - fantastic hot and tasty food!
The Binge Box - astonishingly yummy snacks from a forces family-owned business!
Steve McTigue aka Winston Churchill (Steve is a Falklands Veteran and fabulous actor!)
Laurel and Hardy in Devon - absolutely joyful!
Will, Nigel, Pip and Peter who brought their stunning vehicles to show
Michael and Sarah who brought an incredible range of vintage handcycles which were greatly enjoyed by kids and adults
1146 (Barnstaple) Sqn Air Training Corps who were an amazing help in setting up as well as hosting an incredible range of displays including their astounding new flight simulator
Sean Floyd aka 'His Nibs' with his stunning array of hand-crafted pens
Paints and Pixels aka Tony Byrne with a beautiful range of aviation-themed art
The Voice
North Devon Council
North Devon Gazette