On Saturday/Sunday May 18th/19th 1974 at the Rocheway Youth Centre, Rocheway, Rochford, Essex, will be held the annual PRESENT ARMS, with wargames, trade stands, model competitions and the M.A.F.V.A. National Championships. Enthusiasts admitted free on Saturday; Public on Sunday 10p. (5P children). The Loughborough Student Charities Appeal, in their KARNIVAL '74, featured the Loughborough University Chess and Wargames Society attempt to set a record for the longest wargame by fighting a World War II game from 1 p.m. Saturday 23rd February until 5 P-mo Saturday 2 March. It is not known whether they succeeded! York has been chosen as the setting for a weekend of Military History from 31st May-2nd June 1974. It begins on Friday evening 31st May with a talk and discussion on the Military History of York, by Peter Wenham M.Ao, Head of the Department of History at St. John's College in the city, and author of several books on the history and warfare of York. He will escort the group on Saturday let June to the battlefield sites of Stamford Bridge (1066 - at which Harold defeated his brother Tostig and King Harold Hardrads of Norway) and Marston Moor (1644). Also included are visits to the Green Howards' Regimental Museum at Richmond, the regimental collections at Imphal Barracks in York (West Yorkshire Regiment) and the Castle Museum, Finally a visit will be made to the Arms and Militaria Fair taking place in York that weekend. Special prices have been prepared and a detailed programme and booking form is available from the Department of Tourism, De Grey House, Exhibition Square, York Y01 2HB. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter #146 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1974 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com