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    SAVE THE DATE!! Saturday, June 28, 2025! Become part of the fantasy at the 2025 4th Annual Enchanted Valley Fairy and Pirate Festival! This year's Mid-Summer story? Why, it's the talk in every port and portal! Let the Games begin at The Enchanted Valley Mermaid and Pirate Wars!! More to come as the date approaches!! Fairies, pirates, otherworldly creatures, and the like will be making their way to AGOSC's Enchanted Valley Fairy and Pirate Festival on Saturday June 28 , 2025 at Good Will #4 Grove, Pottsville, PA. 17901. There will be costumed beings of all kinds, interactive theater, story telling, music, games, dances, activities, a petting zoo, vendors, food trucks, refreshments, and so much more!! Come join the fun dressed as a fairy, pirate, or other magical being! Or not! There will be something for everyone!! The Enchanted Valley Fairy and Pirate Festival is a family friendly event for all ages. Proceeds benefit the Actors Guild of Schuylkill County and the Kelsey Theater. The co-ordinates for the Festival location are: 40.700198, -76.201580 Alternately, use 777 Water St. to get you to Water St. This is not the address of the event. Continue past Mary Queen of Peace Apartments all the way up Water St. (this section of Pottsville is called Jaloppa) until you reach the end of the paved street. Continue on dirt road until you reach the fork. At the fork, bear left. On the left, you will pass a black gate. Continue to the Yellow Gate on the left. You have reached the Portal for the Enchanted Valley Fairy and Pirate Festival. Enter, Friend. facebook
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    Dec 30-31, 2024 PEEPS Fest Did you know the fan favorite PEEP is made right here in Bethlehem? At the end of every year, the sweet marshmallow PEEPS are celebrated at the two-day PEEPSFEST at the iconic SteelStacks. Rated among the best New Year’s Eve drops in the nation by USA Today Readers Choice awards, PEEPS fans from all over the country come to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the 400-pound, illuminated PEEPS Chick Drop at 5:35 p.m. at this super family-friendly event. Make the end of 2024 sweet with fun activities such as ice skating, photo ops, fireworks, and live entertainment. You can find other unique New Year’s Eve traditions in the Keystone State here. When: Dec. 30-31 Where: Bethlehem Cost: $5
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    Bigger than a ships kitchen! wahoo!
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    With the shellac, you can sneak up on the firmness you want. I usually do 3-4 good soakings to get it where i want it. so 1 or two might be enough for your taste. its just a spray bottle and acts like windex or some thin fluid like that. The idea is to soak it not coat it with a layer. I think some people mix it far too thick.
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    Old TownTrade Faire Greene County Fair Grounds 120 Fairground Road, Xenia, OH, United States Inside living history event Xenia Expo Center. March 1. 9-5 pm March 2, 9-3 pm Admission is $4, and Children under 12 are free. Facebook Group https://reenactingschedule.org/event/old-towntrade-faire/
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    By all means. after breakfast the fire should be available until about 4pm when we start the stewpot. There may be more than one available also.
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    Meals included with registration fee From the stew pot... Friday Supper: Potato Soup w/green onions or leeks, garlic/milk/butter/sourcream/vegi broth Sides: Pork (Ham), bread (sourdough, or similar)/butter, green salad (romain, cucumber,tomato, dressing) Saturday Breakfast: Sailor's Bergoo (oatmeal) w/optional Toppings: Raisins, Molasses or Maple Syrup, walnuts, berries if in season Sides: Apples, bananas Saturday Supper: Lobscouse (Beef Stew) w/cubed beef,carrots,onions,potatoes,corn,pease,broth sides: bread (french or similar)/butter, green salad (romaine, cucumber, tomato, dressing) Sunday Breakfast: Sailor's Bergoo (oatmeal) w/optional Toppings: Raisins, Molasses or Maple Syrup, walnuts, berries if in season Sides: Apples, bananas If theres still budget after purchasing ingredients above, we'll have something for lunches. possibly bread cheese fruits
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    Even after the initial full scale effort, you always discover other items that become obvious and necessary after an event. We've all been there!
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    In conjunction with the Gloucester Talls Ships Festival... Free 3 Day event Calling All Dastardly Airship Pirates, Salty Dogs Daytime Events 25th, 26th, 27th May 3 Days of Markets, Entertainment, Activities and Music We Brethren are going to take over the city of Gloster!!! Ar' you with us!!! On the Bank Holiday weekend, 25 & 26th May, 2024, the Gloucester Tall Ships festival, we are going to hold our own Steampunk Pirate Festival across the city over four or more locations. We'll have the usual mix of music, mayhem, mirth and markets, and bring some well need Steampunk shenanigans to the whole weekend. We are not part of the the Tall Ships Festival but I guess a lot of our attendees will want to visit the ships and get photos taken with Jack Sparrow and bring our own unique style of craziness to the whole weekend. Throughout the City https://www.steampunks-of-gloucestershire.com/calendar-of-our-upcoming-events/pirate-festival
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    Piratey fun for all the family. Music, stalls, rides and music ...oh...and rum lots of rum Facebook Instagram
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    Running on the third Saturday of the month, this walk has stairs and cobbles. Find your sea-legs and sail into the past! Beneath the eerie cry of the gulls, we walk along the river from Dead Man’s Hole to Execution Dock, via ancient smugglers’ taverns where press-gangs dragged men off to sea. Exploring a salt-encrusted, maritime world that was the making of Britain’s empire, we step off the beaten track to discover a long-forgotten way of life – a time when rum-soaked buccaneers chased Spanish treasure ships, and Royal Navy crews fought criminal captains in the Golden Age of Piracy. Venturing through streets they knew and perhaps glimpsing the ghosts that still linger to this day, we walk from Tower Hill to St Katherine’s Dock. Then following the Thames, we eventually finish at London’s oldest riverside pub, where you’ll be able to enjoy a drink in wonderfully atmospheric surroundings. A family-friendly stroll – guided by Dan Parry, former BBC documentaries producer and author of the National Maritime Museum’s biography of Blackbeard – this is the most authentic pirates walk in London! In the beginning, there were stories of gold. Daring men, who lived, drank and fought beside London’s crowded wharves, sailed to the Caribbean in search of treasure. For some of them, we know their names, where they lived and what they seized along the way. Sailing as buccaneers, they had royal approval for their attacks on ships and towns. They included men like John Limbrey, who inspired the likes of Captain Morgan and later Blackbeard, and who commanded the Merchant Royal, laden with gold and silver that today would be worth $1.5 billion…if it were ever rediscovered. Later, such men were outlawed by the state and regarded as pirates. Captain Kidd, seized in Boston, was dragged back to London to be hanged at low tide on the banks of the river. We’ll take a look at Execution Dock, where Kidd met his end, as did many others, and where his body was swamped by three high tides before it was cut down. Other thieves stole riches closer to home. Before secure docks were built, ships lined up on the Thames waiting to unload. By 1800, thousands of river pirates, night plunderers, light horsemen, scuffle-hunters and mud larks were routinely raiding whatever they could find. We’ll take a spy-glass glance at all these renegades. We’ll discover how they became pirates, we’ll look at the risks they took, and encounter the people who pursued them. Along the way, we’ll meet the only man who stole the crown jewels, and maybe witness the ghost of the sinister Hanging Judge Jeffreys. Join us, and discover the dark side of the empire…! Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) Guided by https://www.walks.com/our-walks/pirates-press-gangs-and-execution-dock/
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    Running on the third Saturday of the month, this walk has stairs and cobbles. Find your sea-legs and sail into the past! Beneath the eerie cry of the gulls, we walk along the river from Dead Man’s Hole to Execution Dock, via ancient smugglers’ taverns where press-gangs dragged men off to sea. Exploring a salt-encrusted, maritime world that was the making of Britain’s empire, we step off the beaten track to discover a long-forgotten way of life – a time when rum-soaked buccaneers chased Spanish treasure ships, and Royal Navy crews fought criminal captains in the Golden Age of Piracy. Venturing through streets they knew and perhaps glimpsing the ghosts that still linger to this day, we walk from Tower Hill to St Katherine’s Dock. Then following the Thames, we eventually finish at London’s oldest riverside pub, where you’ll be able to enjoy a drink in wonderfully atmospheric surroundings. A family-friendly stroll – guided by Dan Parry, former BBC documentaries producer and author of the National Maritime Museum’s biography of Blackbeard – this is the most authentic pirates walk in London! In the beginning, there were stories of gold. Daring men, who lived, drank and fought beside London’s crowded wharves, sailed to the Caribbean in search of treasure. For some of them, we know their names, where they lived and what they seized along the way. Sailing as buccaneers, they had royal approval for their attacks on ships and towns. They included men like John Limbrey, who inspired the likes of Captain Morgan and later Blackbeard, and who commanded the Merchant Royal, laden with gold and silver that today would be worth $1.5 billion…if it were ever rediscovered. Later, such men were outlawed by the state and regarded as pirates. Captain Kidd, seized in Boston, was dragged back to London to be hanged at low tide on the banks of the river. We’ll take a look at Execution Dock, where Kidd met his end, as did many others, and where his body was swamped by three high tides before it was cut down. Other thieves stole riches closer to home. Before secure docks were built, ships lined up on the Thames waiting to unload. By 1800, thousands of river pirates, night plunderers, light horsemen, scuffle-hunters and mud larks were routinely raiding whatever they could find. We’ll take a spy-glass glance at all these renegades. We’ll discover how they became pirates, we’ll look at the risks they took, and encounter the people who pursued them. Along the way, we’ll meet the only man who stole the crown jewels, and maybe witness the ghost of the sinister Hanging Judge Jeffreys. Join us, and discover the dark side of the empire…! Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) Guided by https://www.walks.com/our-walks/pirates-press-gangs-and-execution-dock/
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    Running on the third Saturday of the month, this walk has stairs and cobbles. Find your sea-legs and sail into the past! Beneath the eerie cry of the gulls, we walk along the river from Dead Man’s Hole to Execution Dock, via ancient smugglers’ taverns where press-gangs dragged men off to sea. Exploring a salt-encrusted, maritime world that was the making of Britain’s empire, we step off the beaten track to discover a long-forgotten way of life – a time when rum-soaked buccaneers chased Spanish treasure ships, and Royal Navy crews fought criminal captains in the Golden Age of Piracy. Venturing through streets they knew and perhaps glimpsing the ghosts that still linger to this day, we walk from Tower Hill to St Katherine’s Dock. Then following the Thames, we eventually finish at London’s oldest riverside pub, where you’ll be able to enjoy a drink in wonderfully atmospheric surroundings. A family-friendly stroll – guided by Dan Parry, former BBC documentaries producer and author of the National Maritime Museum’s biography of Blackbeard – this is the most authentic pirates walk in London! In the beginning, there were stories of gold. Daring men, who lived, drank and fought beside London’s crowded wharves, sailed to the Caribbean in search of treasure. For some of them, we know their names, where they lived and what they seized along the way. Sailing as buccaneers, they had royal approval for their attacks on ships and towns. They included men like John Limbrey, who inspired the likes of Captain Morgan and later Blackbeard, and who commanded the Merchant Royal, laden with gold and silver that today would be worth $1.5 billion…if it were ever rediscovered. Later, such men were outlawed by the state and regarded as pirates. Captain Kidd, seized in Boston, was dragged back to London to be hanged at low tide on the banks of the river. We’ll take a look at Execution Dock, where Kidd met his end, as did many others, and where his body was swamped by three high tides before it was cut down. Other thieves stole riches closer to home. Before secure docks were built, ships lined up on the Thames waiting to unload. By 1800, thousands of river pirates, night plunderers, light horsemen, scuffle-hunters and mud larks were routinely raiding whatever they could find. We’ll take a spy-glass glance at all these renegades. We’ll discover how they became pirates, we’ll look at the risks they took, and encounter the people who pursued them. Along the way, we’ll meet the only man who stole the crown jewels, and maybe witness the ghost of the sinister Hanging Judge Jeffreys. Join us, and discover the dark side of the empire…! Tower Hill underground station, London (meet by the Tower Hill Tram coffee stand) Guided by https://www.walks.com/our-walks/pirates-press-gangs-and-execution-dock/
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    https://editions.covecollective.org/place/execution-dock Execution Dock Execution Dock was the site of a scaffold in Wapping, London, in the modern borough of Tower Hamlets. It was historically used to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers. The last executions were in 1830. In London Labour and the London Poor edition: Phase 1 Of the Mud-Larks. (Volume 2): "Execution Dock to the lower part of Limehouse Hole, there are 14 stairs or landing-places, by which the mud-larks descend to the shore in order to pursue their employment. There are about as many on the opposite side of the water similarly frequented." Coordinates Latitude: 51.507217800000 Longitude: -0.127586200000
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    I ran across this site and the pictures just ooze with history... https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/08/watermens-stairs-in-wapping/ Watermen’s Stairs In Wapping May 8, 2016 by the gentle author Wapping Old Stairs I need to keep reminding myself of the river. Rarely a week goes by without some purpose to go down there but, if no such reason occurs, I often take a walk simply to pay my respects to the Thames. Even as you descend from the Highway into Wapping, you sense a change of atmosphere when you enter the former marshlands that remain susceptible to fog and mist on winter mornings. Yet the river does not declare itself at first, on account of the long wall of old warehouses that line the shore, blocking the view of the water from Wapping High St. The feeling here is like being offstage in a great theatre and walking in the shadowy wing space while the bright lights and main events take place nearby. Fortunately, there are alleys leading between the tall warehouses which deliver you to the waterfront staircases where you may gaze upon the vast spectacle of the Thames, like an interloper in the backstage peeping round the scenery at the action. There is a compelling magnetism drawing you down these dark passages, without ever knowing precisely what you will find, since the water level rises and falls by seven metres every day – you may equally discover waves lapping at the foot of the stairs or you may descend onto an expansive beach. These were once Watermen’s Stairs, where passengers might get picked up or dropped off, seeking transport across or along the Thames. Just as taxi drivers of contemporary London learn the Knowledge, Watermen once knew the all the names and order of the hundreds of stairs that lined the banks of the Thames, of which only a handful survive today. Arriving in Wapping by crossing the bridge in Old Gravel Lane, a short detour to the east would take me to Shadwell Stairs but instead I go straight to the Prospect of Whitby where a narrow passage to the right leads to Pelican Stairs. Centuries ago, the Prospect was known as the Pelican, giving its name to the stairs which have retained their name irrespective of the changing identity of the pub. These worn stone steps connect to a slippery wooden stair leading to wide beach at low tide where you may enjoy impressive views towards the Isle of Dogs. West of here is New Crane Stairs and then, at the side of Wapping Station, another passage leads you to Wapping Dock Stairs. Further down the High St, opposite the entrance to Brewhouse Lane, is a passageway leading to a fiercely-guarded pier, known as King Henry’s Stairs – though John Roque’s map of 1746 labels this as the notorious Execution Dock Stairs. Continue west and round the side of the river police station, you discover Wapping Police Stairs in a strategic state of disrepair and beyond, in the park, is Wapping New Stairs. It is a curious pilgrimage, but when you visit each of these stairs you are visiting another time – when these were the main entry and exit points into Wapping. The highlight is undoubtedly Wapping Old Stairs with its magnificently weathered stone staircase abutting the Town of Ramsgate and offering magnificent views to Tower Bridge from the beach. If you are walking further towards the Tower, Aldermans’ Stairs is worth venturing at low tide when a fragment of ancient stone causeway is revealed, permitting passengers to embark and disembark from vessels without wading through Thames mud. Shadwell Stairs Pelican Stairs Pelican Stairs at night View into the Prospect of Whitby from Pelican Stairs New Crane Stairs Wapping Dock Stairs Execution Dock Stairs, now known as King Henry’s Stairs Entrance to Wapping Police Stairs Wapping Police Stairs Metropolitan Police Service Warning: These stairs are unsafe! Wapping New Stairs with Rotherithe Church in the distance Light in Wapping High St Wapping Pier Head Entrance to Wapping Old Stairs Wapping Old Stairs Passageway to Wapping Old Stairs at night Aldermans’ Stairs, St Katharine’s Way
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    Welcome to the Pub!
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    Welcome aboard! and kudos for the unique name.
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    Finished some button holes...
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    4th Annual Myakka River Rendezvous LIving History Demonstrations Food Vendors Blacksmithing Black Powder Demonstrations Archery Knife & Hawk Traders Live Music Public Days February 1st, 2nd & 8th School Days February 6th & 7th Facebook Event https://crowleyfl.org/
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    Welcome Back!
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    From Jennifer at History Museum of Mobile: I just wanted to let you know that this year’s Colonial Day at Fort Condé will take place on Friday, April 5, 2024 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. We would love to have you all participate at the event this year if you are able. We provide lunch and refreshments to everyone who participates. In addition to the people and organizations that usually set up educational booths at the event, we also need Colonial and Native American Re-enactors both male and female that do impressions from 1700-1813. (French, British, Spanish, African, Choctaw, Creek, War of 1812, American, Civilian, Pirate, etc.) This one-day event is attended by over 1000 school children each year. Please call me at 251-301-0270 or email me at theeckj@historymuseumofmobile.com if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions. If you know of other local or visiting re-enactors that would be interested, please have them contact me. For those of you who represent organizations that set up educational booths at the event, we will be contacting you in the next few weeks to see if you are able to participate this year. https://www.historymuseumofmobile.com/colonial-fort-conde/
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    OK back to where I left off on the breeches... Completion of the legbands: I finished one legband before I thought of taking pics. So, I pinned the other one up on the outside of the leg for this guide. Basically, the legband is a bit longer than the circumference of the trouser leg. It's sewn on the outside of the leg 1/4 inch from the bottom (i do this step by machine because its covered up when complete). The extra length of the legband hangs off the front side and will overlap the leg slit to catch buttons on the other side of leg slit. Or an alternate method is you could add twine / ribbon / cotton lace thru the inside of the band and stitch the ends of the band at the leg slit (without the overlap). This way the tie goes all the way around the leg, and ties on the outside. Next, flip the legband over the raw edge of the leg. Then the other raw side of the legband is folded under 1/4 inch and attached on the inside of the leg, leaving an 1 inch band. This inside attachment is hand stitched. Once I finish this leg, its on to the buttons and button holes. I didnt plan pockets in these, but I'm still thinking about opening the outside seams and adding some. I almost prefer no pockets. Then there's no excuse to have hands in pockets. I much rather carrying stuff in the inside pocket of a coat or vest, or in my snapsack.
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    Happy BirfDay!
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    It's nice having a resource like youtube. Helped me get thru my first set of sleeves.
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    Thanks! If I can only get back to them again to finish...
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