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- Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:10 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: 1380 townswoman-help needed!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4428
Re: 1380 townswoman-help needed!
possibly a breach of copyright going on here? Massive breach of copyright. This intellectual property belongs to Sarah Thursfield ( http://www.sarahthursfield.com ) as far as I know not some random polish website. You do not pay £7 for the hard copy, if you are you are paying some third party who h...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:44 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Vikings in Cheshire
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2557
Re: Vikings in Cheshire
Hello there! Although not a Viking myself I can recommend Viking Chester as a good group, very active in and around the City. Here they are stirring up trouble at the Midwinter celebrations in the city surrounded by numerous other groups/mops. https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Cheating with air drying clay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6302
Re: Cheating with air drying clay
I have used air drying clay for making board game pieces and it works okay for that. I did stick them in the oven at a low heat to make sure they were really dry. Unfortunately the issue is when they get wet again in the rain they start to soften and the terracotta colour comes off on everything. I ...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:46 am
- Forum: Book, Film, TV & Music Reviews
- Topic: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth Goodman
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9899
Re: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth Goodman
The same word was also applied to a privy, but the connection between the two things is not clear. Maybe it was an early version of the Americanism "bathroom", which does not mean a room with a bath - simply a coy way of saying toilet without actually mentioning it. Or indeed Water Closet (WC), the...
- Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:56 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Samhain Welsh Medieval Society
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1557
Samhain Welsh Medieval Society
My name is Chris Baglin and I am the chair of the curiously named Samhain Welsh Medieval Society, we are having our AGM on the 22nd of this month. That's November, or Samhain if you will. If you are North Wales/Marches based we would be interested in hearing from you, why not get in touch here or PM...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:12 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Nine Mens Morris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10427
Re: Nine Mens Morris
Hello, folks Games is what I does. Or at least one of the things I do, branching out now. Yes Morris (3 men and 9 men) is suitable and there are some others, for a Saxon such as yourself I would recommend Fox and Geese (Halatafl mentioned in the Icelandic sagas). There are two good makers I have bou...
- Thu May 09, 2013 8:29 pm
- Forum: Music and Instruments
- Topic: The Minstrels' Court, Saturday 15th June, Chester
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3806
Re: The Minstrels' Court, Saturday 15th June, Chester
Looking forward to it, Tom. Hope it's as good as last year!
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:15 am
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: medieval oatcake recipe?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18980
Re: medieval oatcake recipe?
Thanks.
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:52 pm
- Forum: Music and Instruments
- Topic: For Sale:Sopranino Shawm
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3683
Re: For Sale:Sopranino Shawm
pm sent.
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:08 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Help-my sword needs a name!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5900
Re: Help-my sword needs a name!
And lo! The leader of those men of the North, the mighty warriors who defeated the foe at Cattraeth, held aloft his mighty sword and cried "This is my blade, the bane of the Gododdin, renter of the Danes, whose edge shall never dull, whose hilt shall never fail, and whose shall hence forth be known ...
- Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:51 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Welsh costume in the 14th century
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9874
Re: Welsh costume in the 14th century
Yes, noticed there were none of these chaps when Bolingbroke landed.
- Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:23 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: medieval oatcake recipe?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18980
Re: medieval oatcake recipe?
Do you happen to have chapter and verse of that Froissart provenance?
- Tue May 01, 2012 8:39 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Need help with Bread
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30811
Re: Need help with Bread
The Hairy Bikers were in Spain tonight watching someone making spelt bread, you could watch it for some tips on the iplayer.
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:54 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Medieval Board games
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7155
Re: Medieval Board games
@ Clarenceboy Still haven't finished the shove groat board, had a baby since we last spoke but I have bought a slate floor tile from Topps (£6). Not overly polished and gives good travel, as you can see from this test film http://youtu.be/FiZajNwLmnM just needs some lines scored and a backstop. Job ...
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:40 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Getting 'properly' into it
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11986
Re: Getting 'properly' into it
I've never managed to find anything to support the claims of Kubb's medieval origins. Yes, it does bear a passing resemblence to Kayles but I suspect that a lot of the claims are marketing dope. I can't find any references to it beyond the present era, and I can't find a credible source that puts it...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:58 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Medieval Board games
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7155
Re: Medieval Board games
So far I have designs for: 3, 5, 6, 7 or 9 man's Morris Quirkat Fox and Geese Fox and hounds Tafl, English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh variants Tables (backgammon) All your games are very cerebral. How about an action game? I'm hoping to make a shove-groat board before the end of the month (our first...