According to that esteemed organ The Barnsley Chronicle, a planned World War 2 re-enactment event at Elsecar Heritage Centre has been cancelled by the Council.
The reason is reported as being that some people taking part would wear Nazi uniforms.
A council spokesman said "A similar event held in 2010 generated a number of complaints from the public and local residents."
Personally I don't understand why anybody would want to spend their weekend walking around Elsecar dressed as Heinrich Himmler or Churchill but everybody to their own.
The re-enactment event at Elsecar was, like the school children at Silkstone, an educational experience that was providing a living history display. And anything that reminds us of the horrors and evil of the Second World War and acts as a warning to what can happen when the far right gain power should be welcomed.
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