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Battle of Fulford, 18th Sep 2005
Sep. 18th, 2005 08:24 pmRather than a professional display, like Holderness put on in 2004, this year the Fulford Battlefield Society decided to stage a childrens' event involving the local schools. I went along in kit to help out & ended up being cast as Tostig.
We lead our half pint army of Vikings from the Park & Ride site up to the parish playing field on Fordlands Road, which the thick of the battle probably passed over. Or under, now. Chas Jones provided the commentary and the kids played out the course of the battle with cardboard shields they had painted the day before and boffers from Jorvik. Towards the end, they started getting carried away and I had to hold the lines apart with my spear. One little tyke threw himself at me and laid into my shield like a minature beserker - totally fearless! I had to restrain one of them who wanted to massacre the defeated York contingent & sod historical accuracy.
Scary, scary nippers.
We lead our half pint army of Vikings from the Park & Ride site up to the parish playing field on Fordlands Road, which the thick of the battle probably passed over. Or under, now. Chas Jones provided the commentary and the kids played out the course of the battle with cardboard shields they had painted the day before and boffers from Jorvik. Towards the end, they started getting carried away and I had to hold the lines apart with my spear. One little tyke threw himself at me and laid into my shield like a minature beserker - totally fearless! I had to restrain one of them who wanted to massacre the defeated York contingent & sod historical accuracy.
Scary, scary nippers.
