Just a day to go till the courtyard outside the Royal Armouries in Leeds is transformed into an encampment full of gambling Roundheads, oppressed civilians, cooking goodwives and slovenly officers… The Royal Armouries website has all the details, plus directions and museum information. Our displays will take place between 10am and 5pm on both Saturday…
See the full gallery on Posterous Caption: re-enactors Michael Molcher, Ian Handley and Danni Sheldon enact a scene from this weekend’s English Civil War display at the Royal Armouries (photo credit: image by GAVIN FREEBORN) Youngsters visiting the Royal Armouries this weekend could find themselves signing up to join The New Model Army ……
As part of the Sealed Knot, the world’s oldest and Europe’s largest re-enactment society, we regularly join thousands of other English Civil War enthusiasts to re-enact the period. The ‘Knot’, as it’s known, has been around for more than 40 years and regiments stage events from small historical encampments to major battles. And now you can…
The Yorkshire Evening Post has already given us some nice publicity about our forthcoming event at the Royal Armouries on 25th and 26th September – even using a great photo from our event at Temple Newsam earlier this year! Don’t forget to spread the word, we’re very excited and preparations are well underway – hope…
Clarence Dock in Leeds may be more used to the footfall of shoppers, but it’s set to sound with the footsteps of history — as the English Civil War comes to terrifying life! Cannon will boom, muskets will fire and the sights, sounds and smells of the 17th Century conflict come to life with an…
Our annual August Bank Holiday event promises to be a fantastic long weekend of historical and battlefield fun – this year’s venue is the stunning Basing House, near Basingstoke! This event marks the re-opening of the property after a year-long re-development project. Two magnificent Civil War battle re-enactments will tell the story of the long…
A busy week this week for the regiment – more on that soon. But so far a lot of the images we’ve had on here have been stills which, although they look lovely, don’t really convey the scale of one of our large battles. But one of our members filmed a couple of videos at…
Extraordinary news reported in today’s Independent of mass graves discovered in York, which are believed to be filled with the bodies of Parliamentarian soldiers from the seige of York in 1644 Fascinating to think that these could have been men from the very army that we re-enact, and humbling too that such a pronounced link…
The boom of cannon will dominate this major event at the fantastic Hylton Castle in Sunderland this weekend. See more than 1,000 soldiers engage in battle over a weekend of activities and fun for people of all ages! Visit the historical camp from 11am, see pre-battle displays of arms and armour from noon, and then…
As we prepare for next weekend’s big event at Hylton Castle in Sunderland, here’s another gallery of us earlier this year at Temple Newsam in Leeds, courtesy of Dawn. http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649