John Sadler - Military Historian

Time Bandits

Time Bandits is an established Living history/historical interpretation team, with myself and Bev Palin as partners, we cover eras from the European Bronze Age until the Cold War working for the community, for schools, museums & Galleries, heritage sites, film, TV & Media. we charge for our time but do often have funding available for specific areas. Currently working with Heart of Blyth and Ray Wind Farm Fund. We have and do work with Heritage Lottery Fund, Northumberland National Park Authority, Revitalising Redesdale and Holocaust Memorial Day, the Sir Stephen Middleton Charitable Trust, Hadrian's Wall 1900.

We do offer a series of regional history tours including Hadrian's Wall together with the Border Reivers.

A great day last Friday at glorious Heugh Battery. Off to Scotland leading another tour group from tomorrow

Fixtures list 2025

15 – 24 June – Scottish tour

26 June (eve) Bloodaxe podcast

27 June (evening) – Headway Arts, Blyth

28 – 29 June – Linlithgow

30 June – BRIC, Blyth

02 July – Newsham School

04 July - WoH

08 July – Blyth Library

12 - 19 July – Hundred Years War Tour

20 - 21 July – Glencoe tour

23 July – WoH.

25 July – Gibside

29 July – Gibside

31 July – WoH

26 – 27 July – Caerlaverock

02 August – Land of O&I

06 – 14 August – JS away

15 August - Hexham

16 August – VJ Day Blyth Battery

18 August – Stepney Bank

23 August – Elemore Music festival

25 August – Elsdon Show

31 August – Swarland Show

08 September – Howick – Hotspur

13 September – Battlefield Trust walk, Otterburn

14 September – WWII at Cresswell

19 – 27 September – Jacobites

26 September – Railway event

27 September – Yarm Railway

01 October – NCC

04 October – Battlefield Trust Walk – Hexham

04 October – Kohima lecture Carlisle

07 October – Age-UK Blyth

13 October – Eirik Bloodaxe at Ponteland Retired Gentlemen’s club.

18 – 19 October – NELSAM

27 October – Age-UK Bedlington

29 October – Newcastle in the Civil Wars – Ryton

25 October – Resistance, Stockton

30 October – 01 November – Portpatrick

05 November – Age-UK Ponteland

07 November – Age-UK Cramlington

21 November – Age-UK Morpeth

26 November – Age-UK Corbridge

28 November – Age-UK Ashington


2026

10 – 12 April – Morpeth Gathering

30 May – Auckland Castle

30 May Sunderland History fair

30 June – 05 July – Boudica Tour

06 – 09 July – Monmouth tour

13 – 21 September – Glyndwr Tour

2027

October – William the Conqueror tour