June2018 – fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe

Frontline – Part 6 – June 2018

October 21, 2018October 11, 2018Posted in Adventures, Event, Fuji, FujiX-T2, people, photography, uncategorised, UncategorizedTagged adventure, B&W, fraggle, Frontline, FujiX-T2, June2018, photography, re-enactors, UK33 Comments

These are some more photo’s of re-enactors taking part in WW2 and their vehicles.

I loved this next chap, thought he really looked like he’d stepped out of a movie

and this lady was spot on with her costume and hair do

mustn’t forget the Germans!

channelling Clive Owen?

This vehicle is (acccording to Phil, who knows these things) a Hanomag SDKFZ 251 Ausf C. Called “Magda” she is a half-track armoured fighting vehicle built on an OT-810 chassis, badged to the Panzergrenadier Divison Großdeutschland. Designed and built by the Hanomag company during World War II. The concept was to allow panzergrenadiers to keep up with panzers and provide infantry support as required. In practice, there were never enough of them and most panzergrenadier units had to make do with trucks. She was brought in by the Northern World War 2 Association, and I believe all the WW2 re-enactors belong to that.

They also brought along an American M24 Chaffee Light Tank. This appeared during the latter stages of World War 2 and saw considerable service in the Korean War that followed.

Not sure what type of jeep this is but I do like the motorbike fastened on the front.

That’ll do for today, stay tooned for our finale next time, when they all go into battle.

Frontline~ Part 3~ June 2018

October 10, 2018October 6, 2018Posted in Adventures, Event, Fuji, FujiX-T2, people, people, photography, uncategorised, UncategorizedTagged adventure, Event, fraggle, Frontline, FujiX-T2, June2018, people, photography, re-enactors, UK31 Comments

As well as the medeival lot, we also found some Tudors (at least I think this chap is)

and some (not very convincing) Romans

Some of the people who came to see the show also dressed up in style

my favourites were this couple I saw walk past me

it wasn’t a great photograph as you can see so I ran after them and asked them if I could take their photo

how cute are they? 🙂

also spotted this chap,

and this lady

Stay tooned for the American civil war next time!

Frontline~ Part 2~ June 2018

October 7, 2018October 4, 2018Posted in Adventures, Event, Fuji, FujiX-T2, people, people, photography, uncategorisedTagged adventure, Anglo-saxons, Event, fraggle, Frontline, FujiX-T2, June2018, Northmen, photography, re-enactors, UK, Vikings35 Comments

PART 1 HERE

On we go with some more pictures of the Vikings, or Northmen if you prefer, some more anglo–saxons I think. (Sometimes it’s hard to tell which are which). For the captions you need to have watched the TV series Vikings, sorry if you haven’t. (Really you haven’t ?? Have you been living under a rock?? Great TV programme, watch it now and then come back 🙂 )

Don’t shove so hard! It’s only pretend!!!

This game is a development of the popular Roman game of duodecim scripta, also known as tabula or alea, which was also played in Germany and Scandinavia in the Roman Iron Age, where it appears to have been known as katrutafl. Several wooden boards for this type of game are known from the Saxons’ Germanic homeland, and metal fittings for boards of this type have been found from the Viking Age in Germany and Denmark. The only known surviving British example of a tabula board was found in Gloucester; dating to the eleventh century.

That about wraps up the Vikings and Anglo-saxons, stay tooned for another journey into the past next time!

Frontline Event- Hardwick Park – June 2018

October 4, 2018October 2, 2018Posted in Adventures, Event, Fuji, FujiX-T2, people, photography, uncategorised, UncategorizedTagged adventure, Event, fraggle, Frontline, FujiX-T2, June2018, landscape, photography, UK36 Comments

The Frontline event is a 3 Day event, Friday being a free Living History event for the local community, and Saturday – Sunday a full Living History multiperiod event with arena battles/displays throughout the day. Phil and I went on the Saturday and it was a great day out. Lots of daft buggers dressed up in anglo-saxon/Viking/German/USA civil war & Roman gear/ plenty of re-enactment battles and a perfect day for photography.

We’ll start with the medieval lot. They learn crafts such as cooking, bread making and butter churning, ale brewing, naalbinding, embroidery and spinning as well as training in combat, which may include axe, sword, spear or Dane –axe and also formation and shield wall skills. We sadly didn’t see their combat display as Phil was drooling over the German military displays, but I did get pictures of their more homely pursuits.