Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2023, 07:52 PM
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Abbotsford
Snap shots of Sir Walter Scott's house.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2023, 07:23 PM
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ps
Sir Walter Scott!!!
Don't believe a word.
He never let the truth spoil a good story.
He had a hell of a bonnie house as a result.
Images follow.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2023, 07:22 PM
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Tullie House
That is an excellent article Jim, I can see why it intrigued you. Accurate too.
Peter and I should visit the museum.
The man at the center of Reiver lore is Brian Moffat who I introduced Peter...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd February 2023, 06:42 PM
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Loyalties
You can look no further than Newcastle, sometimes occupied by the Scots, sometimes the English, as an example of shifting loyalties... rather than divided loyalties - which, of course, constantly...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2022, 09:12 PM
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Reivers
Peter, this stuff is fantastic... thank-you.
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Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2022, 09:09 PM
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confusion over names
Graf von Königsmark: a German family who fought for the Swedish.
Koningsberg is a town in Russia.
Did Sir William Hope get the name wrong?
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2022, 09:15 PM
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hi-jack
Hey Lee. Can you move this post re- colichemardes to a new thread?
I should not have posted it on Peter's thread.
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2022, 08:31 PM
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Separated by a common language.
Apologies for hi-jacking this thread while it is drawing good attention.
This expression was usually applied to the Yanks and the Brits, but could be applied quite equally to our island's four...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd December 2022, 08:08 PM
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Reivers
This is great stuff Peter. The website above is superb. Seems we are not the only folk interested.
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Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2022, 07:23 PM
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Brian again
I note the incredible image of a whinger is on Pinterest courtesy of Mr Moffatt
https://fallingangelslosthighways.blogspot.com/?view=classic
I am so looking forward to visiting his museum
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Forum: European Armoury
29th November 2022, 08:22 PM
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Port wine
Hello Fernando; late in responding: I've been AWOL this weekend.
Graham's Port is available in any of our supermarkets and is an acceptable drop; but I visited a shop in Lisbon on several occasions...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 05:28 PM
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History
So long as the two countries were divided, the borders were policed by neither Scotland nor England; consequently, Reivers could reive in both countries and hide in the borders.
The Borders also...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 12:43 PM
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Blood of the Clans
For anyone interested in Clan warfare and all its details (such as dress and weaponry) I can seriously recommend this BBC 3 part documentary by Neil Oliver....
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 12:33 PM
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obdurate
I don't think they were recruit-able.
You suggested yesterday that only by essentially enslaving them could they be commandeered, but I suspect they fought to the death at every opportunity....
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2022, 12:28 PM
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Sorry Peter
I have dragged this thread in an irrelevant direction I'm afraid; sorry Peter.
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2022, 05:02 PM
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ornithology
It is a falcon killing a stork... don't ask me about the provenance or intention.
If anyone knows - please enlighten us.
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2022, 04:40 PM
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The Grahams
I'm a Graham; at least I was until my father married my mother.
Her family finally settled down to farming in Ford/Etal but her father ran off with the circus and became a lion tamer.
We were not...
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