doctor syn

Went through this in 2003,when ECWS were doing a "Union of the Crowns" event in Berwick(& people didn't want to buy new swordbelts)I know the couple you mean in the Sydney series & it's a pity their left arms cover most of the details........But they're about the only ones I've seen 'til the 1630's.Will keep looking & see what I can find.

Steve

Cromwell's rise to power came after the ECW...Seriously,it's a bit like asking for one book on the ACW....I would suggest Antonia Fraser's biography "Cromwell:Our chief of Men" or anything by the late Brigadier Peter Young....If you want general military,Haythornthwaite's "The English Civil War:An illustrated military history" is a good starting point.

If there's anything you want on specific areas let me know,& I'll search the bookshelves for ideas.

Steve(unreconstructed Roundhead)

Now I know there's no historical basis whatsoever....BUT..what the hell were the HEIC soldiers wearing in this one?......In 1 they're referred to as marines....2,same uniform,HEIC......3,different kit,still HEIC...& the guards from no1!!

Steve

Evidently a lot of her had been removed for restoration..keeping my fingers crossed!

Steve

Looks like the upperworks are completely gone....hull exterior still there..Police treating as suspicious(BBC 2 minutes ago)...very fond memories of school trips to her & the Maritime Museum,Double Bugger!

Steve

Foxe,

I have a theory that there are only 6 copies of "Pyrates" ...which have circulated 'thro the re-enactment world for years..........

Steve

C'est la vie.....just one of those urban historical myths I would have liked to be true...good mood today,finally got a new copy of MacDonald fraser's "The Pyrates" to replace the one I lent out 20 years ago......

Steve

Suppose a compromise could be Defoe being the "Ghost writer"?....Dunno about the lack of knowledge...He wasn't a Royalist Cavalry man either...didn't stop "Cavalier" sounding right....guess I just want him to be involved!

Steve

Having read Defoe's "faction"..Journal of the Plague Year & Memoirs of a Cavalier....both of which were thought to be real memoirs...I have no problem assigning him the honours...seems fitting such a colourful character should write about such colourful characters..................

Steve

Know it got reviewed on US release last year...but for those in the UK,picked up The Sea Rover's Practice in the local Waterstones' today...lots of copies.

Steve

My technology's not up to that yet......other than the lack of pockets' only other difference is mine's got a white(ish) calico lining....comes in very useful for doing Bradstreet's armed Battoemen for F&I.

Steve

Yes.....was going to have pockets put in,but my seamster(male seamstress?),did a runner with some society money...such is life...when I catch up with him,we'll have more to discuss than the finer points of nautical fashion.....Foxe,Maybe we should list our groups/boards...We can't go on meeting like this!

Steve

Ok...My jacket,otherwise much the same...Doesn't have pockets at all!Have I committed an unforgivable sin?

Steve

Can definately recommend "Feeding Nelson's Navy"....apart from lots of fascinating detail,there 's a fair number of receipes both in original & modern forms.

May be TV rather than film..but does anyone else remember Robert Shaw as Dan Tempest in "The Buccaneer" tv series..now REALLY showing my age......

It was 'cos our horses were at the Pawnbrokers.....never mind,being Pirates at Peterborough Museum next w/e....variety is the spice of life!

I think the CHES piture may have been taken at Colchester last year..I was busy playing Highwaymen in the woods....and ,yes,it was hot...very hot...mind-numbingly hot...pity the poor large groups in the sun!

I'll be signin' Autographs later.....I think there were at least 6 books in the original series...vaguely remember reading them in the '60's

"Here's to the feet what 'ave walked the plank,

Yo,ho,ho fer the Dead man's throttle,

Here's to the corpses afloat in the tank,

And The Dead man's teeth in the Dead man's bottle"

For those who havn't seen it yet..Angus Konstam's now written "The Pirate Ship 1660-1730" in the Osprey New Vanguard series....good value in the U.K.....presumably the same in the Colonies

Greetin's from the old country, 'avin' a need to leave the country for me 'ealth,now the cursed stuarts 'ave returned,I've a mind to try me luck in the Carribean(In my dreams....),Or, in my other re-enactment kit,Since the Blessed Stuarts were defeated at Culloden, I'm awa' tae the indies.

Couldn't agree more...When I'm making the breakfast cup of tea I don't need someone looking down their nose at me because I havn't used flint & steel to start my open fire( mind you, if someone lets me put my kettle on their authenti-fire that's fine...)

Another first poster takes his life in his hands........Last Year I attended A large multi-period event in my normal 1745 Jacobite kit..Having noticed a Pirate group was attending I thought it would be interesting to have a look.....Yes...well....Costumes ranged from 1650-1750,Weaponry owed a lot to Fantasy..BUT,they enjoyed themselves!!...I'm sure both types can flourish..The Authentic at historical events & the "Generic" at the more entertainment orientated. Certainly in the U.K. historical groups have spent many years shaking off the "fancy dress" image,so I can understand why more conventional re-enactors may view such an approach as Heresy.We don't have Ren faire/SCA type events over here & all groups tend to be valued by their authenticity.