A congratulations and thank you to our members who contributed in a huge way to this event.
This last weekend we had our first society regional event: The Nottingham Robin Hood Pageant. A fun weekend with a gathering of numerous re-enactors. We had birds of prey, we had jousters on horseback we had villains and heroes and many many merry men. We were, however, down on numbers for our set pieces. It's not expressly impressive when a fight meant to represent the uprising of the people of Nottingham against the evil soldiers fighting for King John becomes a handful of fighters.
Of the 60 members of the wider society, we are apart of (Historia Normannis) who were signed up to go, we had about 40, some of whom were non-combat. About 10 of that number were from our group at Keele. Most of us were only looking to be there for the one day, two of our new members had signed on to come and simply mix with the members of the public to see what a show was, only as Saturday rolled to a close, many people were heading home, an urgent call to arms was needed. About 7 of our merry band remained, 2 of whom were new members who bravely volunteered to kit up and fight for the people's entertainment.
It was a very good day, our brave new members (Lewis and Ali - pictured) got to really see what a show was like and Keele proved their dedication and worth once again. In the meanwhile, the rest of Keele Re-Enactment had their first steel weapons training of the year, with great success, perhaps the most successful first steel training had by the society.
Starting this weekend we will be on steel full time, people are welcome to still come along to Give It A Go events, our amazing Training officers will be on hand to give advice, training, and support. And so our army advances!