no problems- it is a group I used to be leader of , and anything I can do to bring the standards back up......

i have passed on the details of this great book, which I have a copy of to the fellow concerned. up to him now

agreed, the blacksmith I was researching for - (wieland forge) wasn't prepared to make a pair based just on the photos they sent. good man

thanks, this backs up my research and gives extra info. it was for a TV company doing Tudor food who wanted some nippers made we will have to disappoint them

Hi - anyone got any information on the origins of sugar nippers and images especially late tudor? I have found piccies of Victorian ones. but not Tudor.

thanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-18580332

Have a look at this article - most odd !

looks fantastic - is she longer than the Sea Stallion built by the Roskilde centre?

natural/manila hemp is still available, and the best way to buy it of you need a fair amount it is by the roll - 220metres that is, avaIlable in 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, but the size is variable due to the nature of construction - try http://www.ropesdirect.co.uk/. I have used natural hemp for guy ropes, as ...

my archaologist mother has advised me that if the area is called "butts close" then this is most likely to be the archery practice area - butts lanes tend to be on boundaries.

interesting, and relevant, I will be amending my talks on archery to suit - thanks for the input

could well nbe a reneactorism or a general assumption - but then I have not read the original document

I have always assumed that any road or lane name which has Butts in the title refers to archery practice as proscribed by law. However, I have just seen reference to Butts in the 1577 manor court rolls for tarleton and hesketh bank (our village) - this refers to the butts as being strips of land on ...

Sir, I do indeed formally withdraw my challenge about the grabbing. However, I also note with some concern that you also mentioned my good wife was a filthy tudor, and as we all know, it is only filthy in the muddieval period. I therefore deny your request for choice of weapon, and challenge you to ...

[quote="Medicus Matt" Damsel? You're a filthy, arse-grabbing strumpet, masquerading as a demure two-door lady.[/quote] Sir, I must defend the honour of my good lady - although she has made a reasonable job so far. she only grabs my *rse and no others. I demand satisfaction with the weapon ...

great event in a cracking location. much appreciated, scrummy food too !

just finished, linky - http://www.facebook.com/update_security ... m.barnacle

had to turn over from this last night, it got to the stage where there was just too much human waste and blood and gore, and very little of how things were improved. Not at all sure Versailles would have had animals running free in the passages and hallways. what do others think?

also facebook group West Lancs Living History Society

All Wabbits very acceptable

Well, we have been thinking of this for a while - basically getting together like minded people in our area socially at first, to discuss forming a new group dedicated to living history, and traditional crafts, but also with a strong interest in drinking tea and eating home made cake. Time periods -...

sounds interesting, am most keen

Hi Bad Viking, Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. I am really pleased with the Tudor Rose on Kate's box - I do the artwork and created the box designs - which are still evolving. We are currrently making stock for my wife's stall (Lucy the Tudor) as fast as we can for ILHF and TORM - I am wo...

Thank you

been to see the film, some great sets and settings, music, and clothing. dodgy death for the lionheart - died 3 weeks or so after a crossbow bolt injury as a result of gangrene from poor doctoring. Also not sure where the tank landing craft came from. otherwise good fun, if a bit slow at times, and ...

Anyone see the first of this series last night? apart from wanting to know how to be a student, I thought Monty Don's presentation was just great, gently paced, no recaps to speak of, and the promotion of traditional crafts. at last a decent programme on a Friday night. Thatching next week. Also gla...

just got this book at the Works/remainder shop in Southport, an A2 size collection of reprinted battle maps from 1547 - battle of Pinkie Clough, right to the Boer War 1899 - 1902. original price £50.00, paid £7.00. ISBN numbers - Cloth coat edition ISBN -10 :1 84724 206 5 or ISBN -13: 978 184724 208...

lucky you! hoping to see them again soon!

went to see this group on Sat night, very impressed, especially with the collection of instruments, and a fraction of the 800 early instruments they have - anyone else heard them? well worth hearing they are

Lucy has recently made two linstocks based directly on some of the more "ordinary" Mary Rose finds. They are in either ash and oak, machine turned, and then hand carved. It was not a case of just go to the lathe and make one. She is a member of the Mary Rose speaking group, and has seen ma...