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johncas wrote:Ebay all my stuff is original got them off ebay at cheap prices paid £50 for an edwardian frockcoat and under £20 for a victorian waistcoat try ebay you can get a bargin

Thanks for reply.
Original post was 6 years ago but E-Bay was the route i went in the end for kit.

Sorry the idea never got off the ground.

Hello I'm trying to organise a multi period day at http://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/ and wanderd if there where any WW1 & WW2 groups who would be intersted? So far i have a 15th C group, 16th C group and the village is 17th C i may be getting some Romans to throw into the mix as well. The date needs ...

Hello Dusk, were a group based in Poole Dorset, we train weekly. Admitidly we are a group focused on viking-pirate-and english civil war. But we do ave a threeery experianced medieval reenactors in our group, i my self am trying to push the group into a more medieval direction aswell. Hope this hel...

Just been advised not to buy a gun cabinet before i get the Ok to the FAC? Surely if i dont own a cabinet at home they wont issue a FAC? Admittedly the rifle will be for club use at present since cant find any permisions near me taking on new shooters. So i could store the rifle at the club in there...

Dont have sky So no chance to see if it's as bad as you folk say.

What channel is this on and when?

What i miss? Was it a TV program?

I hear that a shotgun licence is easier to get than a FAC?

That can’t be right?

I’m looking at getting a .22 rimfire for rabbit hunting and possibly a black powder pistol for 17th Century re-enactment. I presume both would come under a FAC but which is the easier way to get the FAC? Are the police more forgiving if I asked for one for a 17th Cent doglock or would they accept a ...

I belive these folks are Dorset based but dont know anythng about them since no longer do Medievil:

http://wessex.webs.com/

There used to be a group known as the Dorset Levy a few years back but i'm i affraid i dont have there contact details.

Finally got my Vic Kit together:

I presume it would be blue pinstripe trousers as in the picture with the jacket and grey or navy waistcoat then black top hat or bowler? How much colour mixing could you do and still be authentic. Could you get a way with a loud Paisley Cravat and waist coat of differnt colour or best to stick to so...

I presume tweed flat cap would be totally wrong?

Oddly enough i was just thinking do i go tie or cravat.
Although was thinking navy to go with the jacket and presumbly grey top hat since black would look odd.

Just got a jackets and bidding on dress shirt and trousers

So something like these would be pasable?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230794801505? ... 1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230794820109? ... 1423.l2649

I usually do 17th Cent but have one event which is the Victorian Christmas at Portsmouth dock yards so need some ideas for cheap Victorian kit. The kit doesn’t have to be 100% authentic but just look the part since most of the other people there will be in modern stage costumes but I don’t want to b...

Thread revival! :rock: Just wandering if there where any monks still wearing robes in the Victorian era? Reason being although I do 17th Century (1642) we do one event at Portsmouth dockyards that is Victorian Christmas and don’t see the point buying lots of Victorian kit which may never get used ag...

I know Oat cakes have been eaten by peasants and royalty over there years but I'm after a genuine medieval oatcake recipe to make on a hot plate with Scouts in June but all I can find is peoples adaptations of various oat cakes they have liked best on Google searches. Does anyone know of an authenti...

Just bought myself a ProQ Cold Smoke Generator since fancy having a go at cold smoking since cant have a hot smoker in the communal gardens but was wandering would they have hard smoked cheese in 1642 since would like to do some authentic cold smoked things for my living history village which is bas...

Bit before your time being pre-civil war but theres the 1642 living history village in Gosport and we are always after new blood

http://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/

Only a few dates left in October to come and visit us.

Senilis Pravus wrote:

IanS wrote:All depends on what period in history you are doing?

If medievil you can wear plate gauntlets.

If 17th Cent your stuck with thick gloves.

Which is why I posed the question in this period specific forum, good sir.

D'Oh Sorry forgot which category I was posting in.

All depends on what period in history you are doing?

If medievil you can wear plate gauntlets.

If 17th Cent your stuck with thick gloves.

According to the films it can. "$5 love you long time"

Sounds like a nice recipe
But I was thinking more of turning them into Jerky.

Hi Martin & Cap Reech Thanks for the reply. Out of interest I presume it would have been beef jerky on the boats rather than rabbit or Venison? On another note just got a couple of venison steaks and wandering what would be a good spice mix for them. Was thinking keeping it simple and just using Sal...

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