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| Café in medieval tithe barn at Boswell |
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| Malcolm tries on the armour |
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| I don't like this armour |
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| Battlefield hill |
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| view of the battlefield |
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| we walked around the battlefield |
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| peasants |
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| archers |
Today we went to the battlefield where Richard III lost his life to Henry VII - the battle of Boswell Field. There were people dressed up to show what the encampment would have been like before the battle. the archers gave a display but wouldn't let us have a go! :-(
Malcolm did try on some armour but found the chain mail really heavy and hard to breathe in. No way could he have got it off without help. We are now experts on Richard III - but will we ever get any quiz questions so we can show off our knowledge??
The medieval tithe barn in the café was originally standing across the river from my family home outside Sandiace Church but was taken down in the 1970's and eventually re-assembled at Bosworth.
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