I agree. I suspect the sentiment was common and said in many ways by many - it's just who history chooses to atribute a quote to is the one remembered

Do you mean


Those entrusted with arms... should be persons of some substance and stake in the country.

William Windham

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jermleenats - just joined and ressurected a thread with waffle - same new user name on lots of other forums

acecat999 wrote:you do know that ww2 gas masks can be full of asbestos?
you'd have to be some form of stupid to get a kid to wear one

I'm assuming that is addressed at me

I know nothing about it - not my period - I saw an article that I thought might be of interest to some people on the forum

How stupid of me

Just in case it interests anyone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27391955

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Last post - resurrected dead thread with a wikipedia quote - same user name has joined lots of other forums at the same time

Take a look at the Winchester Pipe Roll mentioned above and you will see that cattle and oxen are treated as two entirely different beasts. This was normal practice but it was not new, since the Romans took exactly the same view. Latin vacca is a cow, taurus is a bull and bos is an ox (either sex)....

Thread on the subject

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Will

I'm not with them - but the Paladins are a good bunch

http://www.paladins-of-chivalry.org.uk/

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Very Nice - How long before he back-straps them.

"A rare World War I water carrier is being restored by a group of military historians in Kent.

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Living History Group has almost completed its work on the 108-gallon (409-litre) horse-drawn tank."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17743100

Assuming the MR bows are to be used from the ship - is there a possibility of a longer effective range being practical from a ship than on a battle field due to lack of cover / obstruction ?


Will

Neither mine nor re-enactment so happy to delete if inappropriate - but thought it might interest some of you

It is a video of a chap casting a pewter stool in the sand on a beach

http://likecool.com/Hexagonal_Pewter_St ... -Gear.html



Will

Andy Kirkham - normally at TORM - makes authenti pliers and tools

Hi

You could try - http://www.ancestral.co.uk/band.htm

You can't go wrong with the Padded Armour Company

http://www.deborahloughcostumes.com/pad ... armourhome

I have just had a very nice C12th Gamby from them

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1st time poster advertsing London Escorts - 3rd one down