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- Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:33 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Textile conservation crisis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6947
For those seeking amunition to help fight the corner for textile conservation, you could highlight the recent conservation award given to Perth Museum and Art Gallery for the conservation of a 17th century doublet and the excellent educational opportunity it has provided. For those who work at the T...
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:32 pm
- Forum: 1603-1715
- Topic: Scottish 17th century doublet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2395
Scottish 17th century doublet
I thought people might be interested to know that a genuine 1620s doublet that was handed in to Perth Museum (in a plastic bag!) and underwent an extensive programme of conservation won an award last night at the Conservation Awards in London. The original doublet, made of white silk, can be seen at...
- Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:56 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: New re-enactment group in Edinburgh
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9265
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:39 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: New re-enactment group in Edinburgh
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9265
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:07 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: New re-enactment group in Edinburgh
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9265
Hmmm - Zauberdachs, Lady Wolfshead - should we out ourselves as CoSM members? D'oh! Darn, and there was me hoping to stay quiet! :wink: Yep, I too have been absorbed into the Company of St Margaret. Little do they know the bizarre and unusual things I will get them to eat in the name of "awfentik" ...
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:24 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Making cheese
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5662
Had another go at making cheese again this weekend. This time went for two pints of milk as I wanted a larger quantity and, after waiting a little longer than 1/2 an hour for the rennet to re-act, it worked really well. Does anyone know where I could get a cheese mould from in order to try making ha...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:41 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
As promised, feedback from NTS on next year's event. The dates are not yet set for Bannockburn 2008 but Alison is meeting with the Director of Visitor Services in the next couple of weeks and will let us know as soon as she knows the dates for 2008. In my reply to her I let her know that there would...
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:37 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:56 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Separate hoods in the dark ages - a re-enactorism?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1899
An article on the Orkney hood:
http://www.archaeologyonline.org/Docume ... eyHood.pdf
The hood is beautiful and a real work of art. It resides in the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh but occasionally goes back to Orkney for exhibitions.
http://www.archaeologyonline.org/Docume ... eyHood.pdf
The hood is beautiful and a real work of art. It resides in the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh but occasionally goes back to Orkney for exhibitions.
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:58 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Wild Food and Herbs on Tewkesbury Fields
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4547
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:40 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Wild Food and Herbs on Tewkesbury Fields
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4547
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:38 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
I think it would be important to stress that the some security would still be required if the camping was extended to Thurs-Mon. I have nearly finished the proposal for NTS but I'd rather PM it to people for comment than post it on an open forum. So, if you would like to read it, please PM me. Cheer...
- Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:37 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
But it would need then to coincide with a local or national bank holiday - are there any that occur in both Scotland and England at the same time? Not necessarily, we used to take extra days off to travel to Templecombe and Tintagel and they weren't on bank holidays. All we're suggesting is that ca...
- Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:52 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
if it was over say four days, as a festival type thing that might be attractive, not just in terms of trading but the event itself. ecws events at extremes of britain (eg powderham, etc) tend to have the campsite open for seeral days either side of the actual event, so that people can spend longer ...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:19 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
Thanks. So can I assume that we'd want a more formal check done of weapons next year?zauberdachs wrote:I think there was a quick check on the first day.Lady Wolfshead wrote:I know nobody checked the authenticity of my kit and that the group I was with checked their weapons for burrs but was it done formally.
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:30 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
Just been reading through the previous thread and wanted to check what happened this year regarding authenticity and weapons checks. I know nobody checked the authenticity of my kit and that the group I was with checked their weapons for burrs but was it done formally. Just needing a simple answer, ...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:41 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:52 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
:lol: good luck with this. If anyone wants to see the virtually identical chat from last time round: http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/posting.php?mode=reply&t=4033 Don't seem to be able to access this, however I'm a firm believer in "if at first you don't succeed ..." so would still like to try. I...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
What about changing the dates? There's not much on there for the rest of the year and a later or earlier date might get both more MOPs and re-enactors. The weekend after Bannockburn is the start of the Scottish school holidays, so how about then or later in July? Certainly worth proposing but I'd u...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:14 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
1) Commanders Meeting to take the form of a full walk-through with outline script. It worked very well in 2005, and I see no reason not to do it again; after all, it costs precisely nowt! 2) Two battles each day. Methven and Berkeley were exceedingly cool events, largely (from my POV) because we go...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:49 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
Actually, the consensus seems to be that Robert and Alison made a good fist of running things on the day (congratulations!), so they don't really need to do that much, just address a few issues, That was sort of my point, they did a good job so offering to take it off their hands might look a bit u...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:36 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
- Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:13 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:31 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:28 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
Definitely agree with having a beer tent over going to any local pub. Bannockburn needs a communal area where English and Scottish groups can mix together, that way if anyone or group decides to get stupidly patriotic, others can sit on them - in a friendly way! :) On the point of traders, it was ve...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:05 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
How about we put up a list of what we would like to see for the next Bannockburn and submit that to NTS? Good idea. :) A beer tent - we do, after all, need somewhere communal for the evenings. Keeping the tartan ban Better communications - people need to know in advance when the event is Better pub...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:43 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
You seem to have missed my point. I didn't say I wouldn't come back. Fair enough. I had the impression that you wouldn't be back next year but might consider it after that. if you want us back you'll have to take our views seriously. I do wish to take your (everyone's) views seriously because what ...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:30 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
Fox, If we could also stage decent events at Falkirk, Brander, Methven (good start last year!), Loudon Hill, on the Solway, in Tynedale, and so on, then the public would better understand their own history, and also come to realise that for every outstanding victory for the Scots, there were 2 or 3...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:55 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
This year, for the first time, NTS managed to hold a tartan-free event... That's blantly untrue; some previous Bannockburns have also been tartan free. I have seen tartan and/or plaids for at least 4 out of the 5 Bannockburn events. The one year that I'm not sure about, the main culprits for wearin...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:51 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Battle of Bannockburn 2007
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87435
To improve things can I suggest that: 1. People give up on the idea that it has to be strictly 14th century - if kit is out by 100 years either way it will still look good and still there won't be any tartan. 2. Better advertising - I'm happy to turn up in kit to advertise the event. I'm happy to p...