"The pierce and ping nation"

that is such a cool phrase.

applause.

We have (had) a vodka bar, yes in Sunny Ipswich! best one I had was black jack vodka, oh and mars bar vodka.

yep, but he wont be doing much archery nowadays. Well maybe with a crossbow possibly. Dur he is not shooting in that one. Adam why not Poll axe (head etc)? Gritty - yes mainly because they are photocopies, about third gen or so. ;-) I have a really funny spoof pic here done by Alan P of NIck Hemming...

Just thought, 'heavy enough' for luggage? mm linen sail canvas. Ships Chandelers might be even more likely, one in Covent Garden.

Yes cat this is the comfort zone.

Controversy free, well for now....



Result, my auntie Vicky has found me a gilding course, took me ages to find nowt. She does it, she is magic.

Moosie - I will pm you re other things as well as goldie looking things

Moosie interesting that oil gilding is supposed to be easier and water the harder, well I can do the oil mordants ok....you can do the water....how about that? the subtleties were water gilded as you can see. But more than happy to strike up a convo I certainly will want to bend your ear about some ...

excellent.

Cor Thanks Kate.

I want to live in Denmark.

I can also see at least one little kid who will be a vegetarian by now, look along to the left and the kid hiding his face...carrot muncher for sure.

hahahaha

very good mate

I meant that we still used to call them 'bill lines/bill men' even when they weren't strictly speaking, oh never mind I am too busy laughing.....

thanks bird

Yes Sorry, I actually got them off Scraggles' site. various photographers. So sue me. They are mainly colour photocopies of the bok pics by the looks, but what the hell. yay! Craigie baby, bill line, yes we called them that even when it was mixed as in the guy on the far right with his poll axe, whi...

Moosie - cheers. Erm no, just a soft bristle hog hair flat brush. As it was going on 'crude' work no need to worry about faulting or stuff plus you need to use smaller bits for three 3d work. As long as the brush is only used for that it is fine. But I use a tip for other bigger bits. Gilding is not...

"and no mortally wounded writhing people."

I did this at rockingham and a St Johnner ran over to treat me, I had my eyes shut but perceived a shadow opened them and saw him, I had to ask him to go away.

But yes more writhing.

I now have changed my definition of subtlety, my error is using it as a generic.

Gandi has the right of it.

I shall remember that, thanks.

Would my evnagelists still be subtleties Gandi, they are certainly inedible?

I know it as bread soaked in milk.

Albert Pierrepoint the famous hangman, his dad used to eat pobs every day.

Sounds like a subtle joke to me...or has the potential for it, the pie after the birds took off.

Well in theory they are food sculptures/things aren't they, how they are actualy contrived/explained etc is another matter.

So, yes to me I would say it was.

The unpainted book of St Matthew. This one may have ended up junked I can't remember if it was this one that got made or the next one.

Anyway i will find out when I get shot of the actual book.

My efforts for a St George's Day event run by L & M last year. They are the symbols of the four evangelists, made from Salt dough. Ox of St Luke Lion of St mark Eagle of St John Book of St Matthew I haven't got a coloured up picture of the book of St Matthew, when I get it I will post up. Quite ...

Indeed, pays to keep 'em peeled.

Alas the pics are probably 13 years old now. Nice to see things then though.

Still have the sallet and coat, although will be selling the coat this year, once my new one is made.

Grymm, that is (not knowing the technical term) an end line flourish, it appears on most of the recipe titles. Looks like a girt big comma basically. yes sve - serve. Common to contract stuff. htt - hit - it Ht - hyt - it. Pbt est - probatum est for example in medical recipes - proven to work. Blood...

ha he awakes.

We are waiting the next Gregory23bspawn 2.0, have been confined to barracks so couldn't do the fair.

Next one will be Cressing, Losely Possibly rest of year unconfirmed.

I will pm you my phone number if you like.

That is Steve Taylor, not sure why he was wearing it at all as you say what would be the point? Well spotted that man. Mind Steve Driscoll on the end is not wearing it too well either. Me, Steve Taylor, Mike Perry, Steve Driscoll fwiw. Those of us that were mainly archer types got to be in both shot...

yes most likely.

Still me though. grahhh!

Actually the shots of the bill line and archery were taken specifically for a publication at the time. They have been used in others by the same author.

Well spotted, you are moving up the evolutionary tree.

BR - oops

Lady C states her location as York...my apologies for assuming she was from Yorkshire.

So they say pobs in lancashire then??


Just as well you clarified the lye bit, I can imagine some not quite right consequences if the wrong term of lye was used.

"I am so very sorry that i caused so much offence!!!! "

see as you and dave use the same account, you could easily have passed it off as a Dave-ism

That was who I thought suggested it as it happens.

Lady C, Caudel makes sense, the drink that is as the recipe is a liquid one.



Pobs. wow, bread and milk. Albert Pierrepoint's dad used to have pobs. Never heard other than in his autobiog, until now.

He was a Yorkshireman. so the connection is clear.

j

three more of some old farts - literally in Mr P's case and Mr H's For a second it looks like the gun crew are trying to stop it rolling downhill, sadly they were a lazy bunch of gits and Mr P is actually lounging on the axley bit like an old tart. Mr Lewis in a fine Coventry Sallet, Mr Smith, now '...

Some years ago but a decent pic nevertheless, well i think so...ya boo sucks Rockingham I think See Craig, me wearing the old Fried Egg. two others to show my wider interests at the time. Next post will feature some old comrades. Actually there is someone in the bill line who has just sold his harne...

Black is a range of colours. Good blacks are stable and often composites of over dyes, cheaper blacks include: dark brown natural wools iron and tannin based blacks - these are the ones notorious for rotting cloth and chaging colour. Pure black as we see it is rare if not impossible, even then if yo...

The Pepys* cook book talks about broth a lot, often for restorative purposes.


*15thC in his library. "Stir it well"

Will have to re-read it.