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From a 16thC book that I've lost the title and date of( 1530-1550ish) it's an English-Latin phrase book for travellers, the idea being when in furren parts(!) you find the priest and point at bits of the book whilst shouting ME NO UNDERSTANDEE JOHNNY FOREIGN, aaah the British abroad. From the secti...

My favourite 17thC name is "Praise Be To God Barebones", after who the Barbones parliament is named.

Ben Johnson has some good forenames in "the Alchemist"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(play)

my new career as a cub reporter

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sorry to be so slow. "Hungerford Household" and "Tudor Group" would be a good place to start.

http://www.larsdatter.com/doctors.htm Not a single apron!! There are medieval picures of monkish surgeons and they have exactly the same sort of plain chasuble as other working Monks. The problem is nobody wanted to have their picture painted other than in their "Sunday best" !! The statutes of the ...

that's true, at public events there is a spectrum of traders those who make and sell their products those who buy and sell things that "look" historic" those who do both. In these hard times if you want to sell to the PUBLIC as opposed to re-enactors you need to have a line of pocket money items tha...

Victorians go here:

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I'm afraid we have a terrible market at TORM. For several reasons, I think 1). There were plenty of visitors on the Saturday, so no complaints there, but many were not spending (or reducing spending) due to the economic climate. I suspect there is some sort of pecking order when it comes to spending...

John Waller wrote:Never read it but I would suggest seeking out The Compleat Angler by Issac Walton. Or that book by JR Hartley

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Searc ... eat+Angler

In order to inherit her family's fortune?

gregory23b wrote:Loads of books about medieval medicine, the philosophy and practice. Try the Wellcome foundation for a book list.

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Ha. I'm surprised they lasted long enough to be painted. The pigs would have et'm

A bloke wearing a badge!!

Possiblly slightly posher than a dirt farmer.

Hi Will Styles bookbinder and Jolly Box Man here. I agree about the slip case. What you need is a book box (no not a Jolly Box), made out of card and backed in leather or book cloth depending on your budget. This should be tightly fitting, so made to measure. I have just made one to contain a lovely...

Looks good I would suggest that you add removeable hoops (like in a covered wagon). It would give you extra exhibition space and room to hang the sign. And the sign should be? A huge version of one of your products but be prepared for someone to buy it off you!! You many find that some events have r...

Hi all, I will have a couple of trading friendly tents available for hire at Kelmarsh, a 12ft sq officers tent and a past tents traders tent which is 12ft by 6ft plus a 6ft awning. They can be up from Thursday morning and will stay up until the Monday morning. Pm me for rates and any questions. You...

Not sure how long Fashion Shows go back. However there is evidence that dolls were dressed up in the latest fashion as a marketing tool, maybe as early as the 16thC. I'm not sure whether this is your best forum for this. There are several historicial costumier groups where you will get a better answ...

Didn't spot this until the ending of the item. It is quite possible that a screw thread could have been made in the 16thC. They date back to Roman times for grape juice and olive oil presses. However I dont have the "feel" that it is 16th or 17th C. Since the screw thread is not really necessary for...

No more like a chafferer

What a good idea.

I can say that I will be interested in everything and may not be available when something interesting is on is there a way to download article to list at a more convenieint time?

Traders - the first 6ft table is free AS LONG AS YOU BRING SOME VICTORIAN ASPECT OF YOUR TRADE TO THE EVENT Victorian Festival at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 28/29 July 2012 Charles Dickens was, no doubt, one of the brilliant minds of the Victorian era and was certainly admired b...

We have now created a Yahoo group to talk about the details of the festival. Anyone can join !!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VictorianFestival/

I had a word with the organizers yesterday and we had a very constructive meeting. I can't say much more at the moment because I have to write up what we agreed at the meeting and see if their perception is the same as mine. We certainly agreed about the "Fringe benefits" which will be a lot of fun ...

450 Martini wrote:My Group does 1870's/1880's British Army (58th Foot) and boer commando and we are midland based, contact details are on the website.



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I am meeting with the event sponsors tonight so I will have more details to post over the weekend I hope.

I'm talking to someone about the possibility of including some Victorian re-enactors in and event based in the Midlands over the weekend of 28/29th July. Contact me if that's of interest to you. Apart from some very specific and well researched roles there is no cash involved on this first occasion....

Looks like its time for application approval. I have an automatic questionnaire that goes to all my applications: How did you find out about this site? What is your interest in Living History? What is you interest in the History of Medicine? Any application that does not give a reasonable reply gets...

I can't see why we would import leathers from such a distance given that we exported leather to France and the cost differential would not have been worth the journey given the more expensive cargoes that were on offer. I was referring to the finish on the Morocco leather which I still understand wa...

PS the bookbinding leather that we call Morocco is probably 18thC? But I could be wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Moroccan_alliance for the Morocan/Barbary company 1860? but earlier trading voyages started in 1551? a true jounal of the Sally Fleet http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=1710959 you cant afford that copy but there are print on de...

It rather depend what sort of cloth merchant you were and when in the medieval period. If you organised the production of cloth you would be a "Clothier" ( a proto-capitalist) although this could mean on a large or small scale. Many Clothiers ran their own dyehouse so presumably this was where the c...