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Circular Road South, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UE

A lovely avenue of trees and the corner of a park.

What have the Romans ever done for you? A “Roman Officer” telling the public about all those things that the Romans got up to in Britain’s oldest recorded town and Roman capital. Part of the 2009 Colchester Military Festival http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/9495706.Military_show_will_rise_from_the_ashes/r/?ref=rss on Abbey Field. The Abbey Field is used as a public open space and is managed by the Garrison.

Restricted image because I was not permitted to set foot onto the Colchester Garrison but I was grateful for the opportunity to grab a quickie under the watchful eye of the armed guard.

This is the Abbey Field Colchester during the finale of the 2009 Colchester Military festival. Here the 7th (Parachute) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery are providing the cannon effects for the closing bars of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture. Various re-enactment groups from other periods in history were providing Image The Abbey field is used a public open space maintained by the garrison.

This is the Abbey Field Colchester during the finale of the 2009 Colchester Military festival. Various re-enactment groups from various periods of history from the Spartans through to WW2 were assisting the 7th (Parachute) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery who were providing the cannon effects for an Image The Abbey Field is used as a public open space and is managed by the Garrison.

Here the Parachute Regiment Display Team the Red Devils http://www.reddevilsonline.com/about_us pay a visit to the arena of the 2009 Colchester Military Festival http://www.eventplan.co.uk/CMF09.htm on Abbey Field. The Abbey Field is used as a public open space and is managed by the Garrison.

Flypast by the Army Air Corps at the 2009 Colchester Military Festival http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/9495706.Military_show_will_rise_from_the_ashes/r/?ref=rss on Abbey Field. The Abbey Field is used as a public open space and is managed by the Garrison. For a closer look at the helicopter see Image

Flypast by the Army Air Corps at the 2009 Colchester Military Festival http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/9495706.Military_show_will_rise_from_the_ashes/r/?ref=rss on Abbey Field. The Abbey Field is used as a public open space and is managed by the Garrison. learn more about the aircraft at http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/aircraft/1531.aspx

Early evening sunlight on Abbey Field.

The military acquired the land at Barn Hill Farm, Colchester in 1899 and built the garrison which they named after the First (Goojerat) and Second (Sobraon) Sikh Wars of 1846 and 1849 respectively. The Garrison was first occupied by troops in 1900. In the 18th century troops were accommodated in local billeting or in temporary camps. A more permanent accommodation was erected for the French Wars, 1793 - 1815 but was disposed of after the war. The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856 saw hutted accommodation built on what was called Ordnance Field. Goojerat and Sobraon Barracks are now known as Blenheim Park.