Gemma Bagshaw's Blog – July 2011 Archive (3)

What an amazing experience the Festival of History at Kelmarsh was! Spanning 2000 years of history, you could see everything from the Roman Legion's battle tactics, through the Medieval Jousting tournaments, to 18th century Redcoat troops!!! and finally to the World War Two display which included an airfight between a Spitfire and a Messerschmitt. Well worth the visit (and maybe booking in for two days as there is no time to see everything in just one!)

Despite the torrential…

Here is the video of the demonstration from the 33rd Regiment of Foot. Enjoy!

http://lutube.leeds.ac.uk/hy10gmb/videos/5558

I would just like to say a massive thank you to Kevin and Matthew for organising such a wonderful conference!

I have learnt so much over the two days there, and am hoping to go through all the notes I took over the next few weeks to try and put everything I heard into context. Every paper was thoroughly enjoyable and without doubt inspiring! Well done to everyone who contributed a paper! I have been converted to 18th century and military history and cannot wait to get started…