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.

Last week and we did VE Day in Cambo & Otterburn schools, at South Shields on Thursday with the wonderful Devil's Porridge over the weekend. Today it's VE Day again with Age Concern in Amble.

Fixtures list 2025

12 May - VE Day, Age Concern in Amble

16 May – Late Shows Ouseburn

16 – 25 May – Scottish tour

17 – 18 May – Blyth Battery

31 May – Auckland Palace

01 June – Carlisle

07 June WWII at Bamburgh

13 June – F/S at Heugh

14 – 25 June – Scottish tour

26 June (eve) Bloodaxe podcast

28 – 29 June – Linlithgow

04 July - WoH

12 - 19 July – Hundred Years War Tour

21 - 22 July – Glencoe tour

23 July – WoH.

25 July – Gibside

29 July – Gibside

31 July – WoH

26 – 27 July – Caerlaverock

06 – 14 August – JS away

18 – 24 August – WoR

23 August – Elemore Music festival

26 August – 06 September – Scottish tour

31 August – Swarland Show

08 September – Howick – Hotspur

13 September – Battlefield Trust walk, Otterburn

14 September – WWII at Cresswell

19 – 27 September – Jacobites

27 September – Yarm Railway

01 October – NCC

04 October – Battlefield Trust Walk - Hexham

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

18 – 19 October – NELSAM

29 October – Newcastle in the Civil Wars – Ryton

30 October – 01 November – Portpatrick


2026

30 June – 05 July – Boudica Tour

06 – 09 July – Monmouth tour

13 – 21 September – Glyndwr Tour

2027

October – William the Conqueror tour