Tall Paul

Well, I am setting off for Pinewood Studios at some ungodly hour of the morning on Wednesday, for a costume fitting, Filming end of September/Start of October, so wish me luck.

I suppose this one qualifies.

The Logo of the UK Pirate Brotherhood.

I came up with this when it struck me that the space in the pre 1801 Union Jack that would eventually be occupied by the St Patrick's cross, could be filled with cross-bones.

Then I prettied it up for the web forum

BTW, Although the site is geared up for British pirate enthusiasts, and is perhaps the poor English cousin to this site, I am more than happy to welcome input from anybody who has something to say.

This is a message for anyone in the UK who is interested in Pirates and Pirate Re-enactment, who is not a subscriber to the UK Pirate Brotherhood forum.

The 2009 Pilgrimage to Execution Dock is taking place on the 15th of February this year.

The Pilgrimage to Execution Dock is an annual social gathering for pirate re-enactors in and around London.

We gather in costume and visit some site of Pirate, or Maritime interest, before making our way to The Prospect Of Whitby Pub at Wapping, the site of Execution Dock, where, amongst others, Captain Kidd was hanged.

There we drink a toast to those who have danced the Hempen Jig.

This year we have arranged to put on a fund raising display for the Cutty Sark.

The Cutty Sark, built in 1869 is the last surviving 19th Century Tea Clipper.

In May 2007, whilst undergoing a major renovation, The Cutty Sark caught fire. fortunately, most of the timbers had been removed for preservation, but the damage to her superstructure was extensive.

She is due to reopen to the public in 2010

Cutty Sark website

If you would like more information, visit the UK Pirate Brotherhood Forum or contact me by email admin@ukpiratebrotherhood.co.uk

This is an opportunity to meet up with other pirate enthusiasts, to have a fun day out, and to help raise funds for a fine old ship.

For some reason, I have not been receiving the usual notifications about posts in this thread.

I come back here to see the name of Robert Downey Jr being banded about!

I just spent several days at Chattham docks (Where the Victory was Built) Watching Mr Downey Jr working through a fight scene for the new Sherlock Holmes movie, (Based on the Graphic Novel, not the Books, hence the action scenes.) I must confess, I was impressed by his commitment to the action. And The Idea of Downey as Peter Blood struck me.

He is old enough to play someone who has seen active military service before "retiring" to become a country doctor.

and once again, he has the lightness of touch that a Swashbuckler needs.

At the moment, Mr Downey is high on my wish list of Actors to play Peter Blood.

I still hold by my original suggestion of Colin Farrell.

At the very lest, he should be able to play an irishman convincingly

My vote would be for Colin Farrell or Hugh Jackman, They both have the physicality that the role needs, and they are both capable of the lightness of touch that makes a good swashbuckler.

I wasn't sure what to make of this at first, but it is terribly cute, although the pink-haired Violet Beauregarde-wannabe gave me a good case of jibblies.  And there's something about the captain's prosthetic face that I find extremely cool, probably because of the "pirate wonderland" feel it lends the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsJyfN0ICU

(On a side note, does anyone know where this came from?  It looks like a television special for the junior section.)

And, for those utter romantics (though, like me, you may be a bit confused at the insinuated romance between Kevin Bishop and Keira Knightley):

Video comes from "Lazy Town" and is shown on Nickjr. I enjoyed the POTC VS. LAZYTOWN MASHUP.

If you enjoyed the Lazy Town song. and don't mind something a little bit PG rated, there is always this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWnxsVcNL2wYou are a Pirate! RAUNCHYY!!

It is the song from the original Icelandic version of the show, but subtitled with the Icelandic lyrics interpreted as English. (Just watch it and it will make sense.)

Another favorite video on youtube is the title sequence from "The Pirate Movie" (1982) with the song VICTORY (Beastly pirates are we) set to a montage of pirate movie clips

Unfortunately the sound quality in this clip is dreadful. But someone has attempted to reconstruct the title sequence, but without the titles, substituting alternative clips where they could not find the original. The sound quality is much better.

Another Music video constructed from old movie clips which may be posted elsewhere on this forum,

Billy Connolly.

Nuff said.

ANOTHER Scottish Blackbeard ?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, but I am afraid that for me, Angus Macfadyen has firmly slammed that door shut.

Someone who would be OUTSTANDING in ANY pirate movie  -- Ray Winstone.

I always thought that Ray Winstone would make a good Henry Morgan.

Dramatic Quality notwithstanding, I still want to get hold of a copy as part of a study I am doing into the representation of pirates in cultural history, The Successful Pirate is credited with having a role in the public perception of pirates at the time.

From what I have been able to find out, it is a broad comedy/melodrama. How the central character is portrayed is relevant to my studies.

If you can help me to get hold of a copy, Ed, I would be very grateful.

As part of a project that I am working on, I am trying to find a transcript of the 1713 play by Charles Johnson, The Sucessful Pirate (or The Successful Pyrate. depending on what website you look at. )

So far I have had no luck tracking down a copy.

Can anybody tell me where I can beg, buy, or Download a copy of this script from? Or indeed if it is available in a modern, or recent, printing.

Any help in tracking down this text would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Paul Adams

One crew is under the command of Captain Shite and sails on the Fiddler's Green, the other is under my command and sails on the Fortune. Here is our flag, flown over each ship, and each commander's personal colors.

The Flag of The Cursed Few

Hold fast there Captain midnight.

To my Eye there is something familiar about them there Colours of Yorn....

I reckon that I have seen them Cutlasses elsewhere...........

Now where could that be?

Yes, Now I remember !!!!!

ON MY OWN COLORS ! ! !

The First Rule of Bein' a Pirate,

DONT GET CAUGHT ! ! ! !

seriously though Captain Midnight, those are nice looking colors I hope that they serve you well.

Hi, Paul:

My memory's pretty hazy (bloody rum!) ... but I do vaguely recall a giant insect (or am I confusing this film with the rather good Mysterious Island starring Kyle MacLaughlin?)

Cheers, Hester

I Don't want to appear rude, But please dont get me started on The Mysterious Island Mini series, A pale imitation of the 1961 Ray Harryhausen classic.

It is the curse of CGI that special effects can now be used to shore up a flagging story,

Whan Harryhausen introduced a monster, it usually served to move on the plot in some way, as well as provide some of the classic action set pieces of the films of my youth.

The giant beetle in pirates ofe treasure island is a case in point, it ws only there because they could do it, the film would be no worse if the scene were removed.

As I remember it, the Kyle MacLauglin Mysterious Island had A Giant Praying mantis, a rampage of Giant Spiders and Vinnie Jones as a Pirate (Still wearing the obligetory tricorn hat during the era of the American Civil War!)

I'm Sorry, Rant over.

Isn't this the one where Long John Silver gets his leg bitten off by a Giant beetle ?

Thanks for that Scrounger, Sig duly updated.

Pity that you wont be able to make it to the Pilgrimage.

For anyone who is interested in coming along to the pilgrimage, as per last year, we shall be meeting at 9am at the Tower of London.

If you have Pirate costume, come in kit. but anyone who does not have costume but would like to join us to see what the fuss is about, is more than welcome.

Whilst we are on this subject, I read somewhere, that during the 17th Century, grey and red, (I am assuming that this was a subdued maroon red rather than a bright military red,) were the commonest colours for Navy costume, and dark blue was only adopted by the navy when the cost of dyes in this colour became more affordable. (This would tie in with the Admiralty practice of keeping expense down at all costs.)

Anyone know anything about this?

Hello Gunner,

The Clink is a possibility, although I am not sure that everybody will want to pay the entry fee. Although the Nay-sayers could gather in the Starbucks, as per last year.

Going to the Clink would effectively mean retracing the steps of last year, I have no problem with doing that, but some of the participants had a problem with the long walk which that entailed.

Another suggestion is that we meet at the Museum of London, which has a fairly extensive 18th Century exhibit, but nothing particularly associated with Piracy. We could then take the Tube down to Wapping.

Are you subscribed to the UK Pirate Brotherhood Yahoo Group? If you are, it would probably be a good idea to suggest it there, and find out how many people would be interested in following the same format as last year.

One little bit of infomation that I forgot about the Blackley (spelt it wrong in previous post, but what do you expect from a Dyslexic) Queen Anne pistol Kit.

The fittings, (Sideplate, Thumbplate etc) are all cast in silver. which partly accounts for the price.

However, if requested, they will cast the fittings on brass or another metal.

And thank YOU fo an astonishingly quick response.

And the other picture which i messed up the code for.

Note the mixture of light and dark cheese in most of the pictures.

Suffolk cheese is ideal for long voyages in every respect but one: it is cheap, it is durable (by which I mean it's very hard), it doesn't go off easily. The downside to it is that it's apparently vile and nobody liked it - I've never eaten it myself, but apparently Pepys' servants refused to.

In his diary entry for 4th October 1661, Pepys wrote

", and so home, where I found my wife vexed at her people for grumbling to eat Suffolk cheese, which I also am vexed at. So to bed. "

There is an old saying in suffolk,

"Hunger will break through stone walls and anything but Suffolk cheese"

Large amounts of Suffolk Cheese were sent to London for use by the Navy, which is probably how it came to be in the Pepys' household.

Hard cheese was usually considered the food of the poor, and Suffolk Cheese was the worst of all. its low cost made it a nesseccery choce by the poor, and a popular choice for the Admiralty.

Chedder on the other hand, although tecnically a hard cheese, was made with cream, and so, was largly the preserve of the well off.

The quality of Suffolk cheese continued to deteriorate, presumably in order to increase the profits of Navy contracts, untill, it reached the limit.

On the 16th June 1759, the following item appeared in local newspaper, The Ipswich Journal.

"To Suffolk Farmers----The Suffolk Cheese being so badly made for some years past, the Lords of the Admiralty have thought it fit to exclude it from the Royal Navy for one year. By it being made better it is recommended for the future, it being no worse than two meal sleet leaving only the morning milk of which cheese is made or four meal, putting in all the morning milk on the day the cheese is made. It is hoped the dairymen will desist from making cheese from November till the beginning of May as it is of bad quality and has brought great odium to the country cheese."

There are a number of other Cheese references in Pepys, He frequently mentions eating bred and cheese before going to bed. and apparently, the valuables that he buried to protect them from the Great Fire of London, included a parmizan cheese.

On 2nd March 1663, Pepys wrote.

"There also coming into the river two Dutchmen, we sent a couple of men on board and bought three Hollands cheeses, cost 4d. a piece, excellent cheeses, whereof I had two and Commissioner Pett one."

Hollands cheeses were obviously highly thought of.

A quick review of Dutch artists of the 17th Century shows that cheese was a popular subject for the artists of the netherlands.

so Here are a few examples of what Pepys "Hollands Cheeses" would have looked like.

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Hello there Skavenger,

Have you taken a look at the Contemplator - Songs of the sea,- Website?

The songs all have a brief rundown of the history and background of the song, and a MIDI file so that you can hear the tune.

It is a long while since I last plunged into the world of Dr Seuse, but is there not a book called "Fox in socks" ?

yes Ed,

And if you hace no problem with the risk of clouting your opponent across the side of the head, you will probably win. And then we would be back to the "Inch of blood rule"

I am trying to recall where I read about the inch of blood, I am not sure If I remember it correctly, It may be two or even three inches.

Anyone out there who knows the answer to this?

Here in the UK, The main organisation for black powder firearms is MLAGB - (Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain)

I hope that this helps.

Does anyone know where you can find one that turns off? I see them on the antique gun auctions and such, but does anyone make new ones?

E J Blacklley & Son Here In England do a very fine Queen Anne pistol Kit.

They are quite pricy, and much more advanced than the Perdesoli Kits, But they do have a turn of barrel, (Note the spanner in the photograph.)