Almost 375 years since the notorious ‘Bolton Massacre’, Roundheads and Cavaliers will again descend on Bolton on 7-8 July for an exciting FREE event featuring thrilling battles and fascinating ‘living history’. Click here for more details…
Step into our encampment in the grounds of Bolton School and you’ll step back in time to 1644 – but who will you meet there…?
“A fit souldier must fight the Lords Battels, both before the fight, in the fight, and after the fight,” says Musketeer Michael.
“As a musketeer serving God and Parliament, my job is to arm my brave brothers in this miserable time of Warre, as we prepare for the upcoming attack by the royalists.
“My fellow musketeers carry muskets, and these shoot lead musket balls. I melt lead and cast these deliverers of death. The lead I need I get from lead ore, from the battlefields, but also from church roofs, from window frames and even from the coffins of the rich folke!
“And if our musket balls or gunpowder run out? Our officer will give us a new order, which we will follow by turning our spent muskets around to club the enemy most fiercely about the head until they fall like wheat before the Lord’s scythe.
“So come to Bolton and watch me cast musket balls, talk about the fascinating history of muskets and musket balls, and the origin of such phrases as ‘X marks the spot’, and ‘Flash in the pan’. If you can’t find me, look and listen, I might be in your master’s house – stripping it’s lead!
“We will prevail, make our way prosperous, and have good success. Huzzah!”
Come along and meet Michael at The Storming of Bolton at Bolton School, Chorley New Rd, Bolton BL1 4PA on 7-8 July, from 10am to 4pm with battle in the afternoon!