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By: 12th October 2016 at 14:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Be careful with the arrows you could have some ones eye out with them!
By: 12th October 2016 at 14:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Not, if you did in the Services what you were told and "kept your head down!"
By: 12th October 2016 at 20:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I was told by my senior NCO "If you see me run,run after me but don't effing well trip me up!"
By: 12th October 2016 at 20:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Friday 14th October is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, AD1066. The outcome of this Battle and its effects are with us to this day.For those who are interested, a Service of Remembrance for King Harold and all who died with him in the shield wall will be held at Battle Abbey on Saturday, 15th Oct. followed by a battle re-enactment which, if nothing else, will be enthusiastic.
A service of rememberance for a man who led through fear and violence. What a laugh. Mark it with a ceremony as it is important historically but a service of rememberance! Give us a break. They follow it by recreating their deaths!
Very funny when you think about it.
By: 12th October 2016 at 20:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What a thoroughly unpleasant and inaccurate comment. We expect nothing less from you.
By: 12th October 2016 at 21:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How is it inaccurate?
If you care to explain and I'm wrong then I'll happily concede but Harold did use fear and violence to consolidate power and they are recreating the battle are they not?
A service of rememberance for this seems as odd as the overblown service for Richard III which was bizarre
By: 14th October 2016 at 17:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There is an alternative perspective in John's beloved Torygraph letters page which perhaps explains why some are happy to have a service of rememberance
SIR – No doubt we shall be subjected today, as in 1966, to the celebration of what was arguably the lowest point in English history. Those who take part in this should study the seven centuries before October 14 1066, when an unelected earl invaded the most advanced civilisation north of the Alps.In the months before the Battle of Hastings, King Harold II had raised three armies to counter the expected invasion, an indication of the military organisation of the time. He had continued his everyday governance, had his coinage issued by 45 mints, and had taken his army from the South to York in four days to defeat the vast Norwegian army of Harald Hardrada, thus effectively ending the “Viking age”.
However, the professional core of his army was depleted, and he had to return with his horsed soldiers to London, gathering his fourth army en route and waiting in London for more men. His army consisted of the Housecarls (trained professionals); the trained militia; and the fyrd (lightly armoured volunteers). The element of surprise in York did not materialise at Hastings. There followed five years of resistance, William’s slaughter of thousands in Northumbria, and final defeat.
It is wrong to describe the period before 1066 as the Dark Ages. This civilisation was seen by William’s chroniclers as superior to their own. The developments in agriculture, building, administration, coinage, education, literacy and law deserve far more recognition, especially given that the Norman conquest led to decades of land deprivation, the loss of women’s rights, excessive taxation, wars in Europe and civil wars at home – all under the harsh rule of a foreign military elite.
After more than 60 years of interest, I continue to be surprised by the achievements of this period.
By: 14th October 2016 at 18:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Many thanks for that. I could've written it myself word for word. The writer must be a disciple of Stenton. Do you know if Harold's death was recorded in the In Memorium column ? I couldn't get a Telegraph to-day.
As representatives of the EFS we took flowers to Bosham Church wherein - with good evidence - lie the remains of Harold and the nine year old daughter of Knut the Great, accidently drowned in the mill stream that still flows by the church. Bosham church formed part of the estate of Earl Godwin, Harold's father.
By: 15th October 2016 at 08:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What is the EFS?
By: 15th October 2016 at 09:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How is it inaccurate?If you care to explain and I'm wrong then I'll happily concede but Harold did use fear and violence to consolidate power and they are recreating the battle are they not?
As did every leader 950 years ago.
By: 15th October 2016 at 10:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What is the EFS?
English Forum Scoundrel ?? :D
By: 15th October 2016 at 11:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If anybody ever goes to Bosham to commemorate King 'Arold - careful where you park ; )
Took these pics whilst still working 'Dahn Sarf'
We just missed getting a pic of the richard head who had parked his porche there :D
By: 15th October 2016 at 13:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Despite the fact that there are tidal warning notices every six inches or so.
King Knut - he of the tidal knowledge, needs to be permanently on duty.
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By: John Green - 12th October 2016 at 11:02
Friday 14th October is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, AD1066. The outcome of this Battle and its effects are with us to this day.
For those who are interested, a Service of Remembrance for King Harold and all who died with him in the shield wall will be held at Battle Abbey on Saturday, 15th Oct. followed by a battle re-enactment which, if nothing else, will be enthusiastic.