Biker, Happy Joan of Arc Day!

[TurboGirl]

Ohhh I used to make crystalized ginger a lot, firstly for the sweet but then for the syrup as much as anything else, it's a grand warming winter hot cordial for colds and coughs and Brill for basing alcofolic cocktails on I just like chewing on it now and again. And again. And again actually I've not used it for a season since a problem with weedol... As the pond wildlife had dramatically reduced, I was worried root systems in there might have been compromised too, I do miss the kick up the ar5e it gave though

 

[Goatboy]

Ohhh I used to make crystalized ginger a lot, firstly for the sweet but then for the syrup as much as anything else, it's a grand warming winter hot cordial for colds and coughs and Brill for basing alcofolic cocktails on I just like chewing on it now and again. And again. And again actually I've not used it for a season since a problem with weedol... As the pond wildlife had dramatically reduced, I was worried root systems in there might have been compromised too, I do miss the kick up the ar5e it gave though

Hmm taste brings back so many memories. Must say crystallised ginger and crystallised violets always remind me of my Gran Along with Candied Angelica. Ginger is nice though, good for the tummy and the syrup is great on ice-cream. Also rosehip syrup, use to make heaps of that, again great on icecream and good for winter colds. Will have to make some this year.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Ah it's nice to see Fanny and Johnny cooking again.

 

[TurboGirl]

I've got an 8m rugosa hedge out the front I dry it too, it has the maddest effect on other ingredients eg in stews, kinda seperates the flavours im afraid the blooming weedol did for the angelica before its seeds matured and killed the 1st year plants stone dead. Its actually been kinda macabrely interesting to see the effect on different plants but I lost most of the annual and biannual herbs. Ah well lessons learned

 

[Goatboy]

Biker! Happy Battle of Deptford Bridge Day!

Mornin' Pa! Well read on with interest for this isn't a tale of a huge blinking Viking standing guard over a bridge it's a tale of taxes and rebellion. As on this day in 1497 - Battle of Deptford Bridge - forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat Cornish rebels led by Michael An Gof.
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 (Cornish: Rebellyans Kernow) was a popular uprising by the people of Cornwall in the far southwest of Britain. Its primary cause was a response of people to the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII on the impoverished Cornish, to raise money for a campaign against Scotland motivated by brief border skirmishes that were inspired by Perkin Warbeck's pretence to the English throne. Tin miners were angered as the scale of the taxes overturned previous rights granted by Edward I of England to the Cornish Stannary Parliament which exempted Cornwall from all taxes of 10ths or 15ths of income.
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 is the main inspiration for the name of Cornwall's Rugby League team, The Cornish Rebels.
The primary cause of the rebellion was Henry VII's tax levy, but the unrest of the Cornish preceded the event. Strong Arthurian tradition among the Cornish suggests that the people may have viewed the ascendance of the (Welsh) House of Tudor following their success in the Wars of the Roses to the throne as a fulfilment of prophecy. The popular theory appeared true at first with Henry appointing loyal Cornish men to high posts in his court, even naming his first son Arthur. However, as a result of a widening language and cultural gap, popular support for the Crown would not persist.

In reaction to King Henry's tax levy, Michael Joseph (An Gof), a blacksmith from St. Keverne and Thomas Flamank a lawyer of Bodmin, incited many of the people of Cornwall into armed revolt against the King.
An army some 15,000 strong marched into Devon, attracting support in terms of provisions and recruits as they went. Apart from one isolated incident at Taunton, where a tax commissioner was killed, their march was 'without any slaughter, violence or spoil of the country'.
From Taunton, they moved on to Wells, where they were joined by their most eminent recruit, James Touchet, the seventh Baron Audley, a member of the old nobility and an accomplished soldier. Despite this welcome and prestigious acquisition of support, An Gof, the blacksmith, remained in command of the army. Audley joined Thomas Flamank as joint 'political' leader of the expedition.

The Battle of Deptford Bridge (also known as Battle of Blackheath) took place on 17 June 1497 on a site in present-day Deptford south-east London, adjacent to the River Ravensbourne and was the culminating event of the Cornish Rebellion. Henry VII had mustered an army of some 25,000 men and the Cornish lacked the supporting cavalry and artillery arms essential to the professional forces of the time. After carefully spreading rumours that he would attack on the following Monday, Henry moved against the Cornish at dawn on his 'lucky day' - Saturday (17 June 1497). The Royal forces were divided into three 'battles', two under Lords Oxford, Essex and Suffolk, to wheel round the right flank and rear of enemy whilst the third waited in reserve. When the Cornish were duly surrounded, Lord Daubeney and the third 'battle' were ordered into frontal attack.
At the bridge at Deptford Strand, the Cornish had placed a body of archers (utilising arrows a full yard long, 'so strong and mighty a bow the Cornishmen were said to draw') to block the passage of the river. Here Daubeney had a tense time, before his spearmen eventually captured the crossing with some losses (a mere 8 men or as many as 300 depending on one's source). The 'Great Chronicle of London' says that these were the only casualties suffered by the Royal forces that day but, in view of the severity of the later fighting, this seems most improbable.
Through ill-advice or inexperience, the Cornish had neglected to provide support for the men at Deptford Strand bridge and the main array stood well back into the heath, near to the top of the hill. This was a mistake since a reserve force charging down from the high ground might have held the bridge bottleneck and made the day a far more equal contest. As it was, Lord Daubeney and his troops poured across in strength and engaged the enemy with great vigour. Daubeney himself was so carried away that he became isolated from his men and was captured. Astoundingly enough, the Cornish simply released him and he soon returned to the fray. It would appear at this late stage, the rebels' hearts were no longer in the battle and they were already contemplating its aftermath and the King's revenge.
The two other Royal divisions attacked the Cornish precisely as planned and, as Bacon succinctly put it: being ill-armed and ill-led, and without horse or artillery, they were with no great difficulty cut in pieces and put to flight. Estimates of the Cornish dead range from 200 to 2000 and a general slaughter of the broken army was well under way when An Gof gave the order for surrender. He fled but only got as far as Greenwich before being captured. The less enterprising Baron Audley and Thomas Flamank were taken on the field of battle.
By 2pm, Henry VII had returned to the City in triumph, knighting deserving parties on the way, to accept the acclamation of the Mayor and attend a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's.
In due course, severe monetary penalties, extracted by Crown agents, pauperised sections of Cornwall for years to come. Prisoners were sold into slavery and estates were seized and handed to more loyal subjects. The remaining rebels that escaped went home ending the rebellion. An Gof and Flamank were both sentenced to the traitor's death of being hanged, drawn and quartered. However they "enjoyed" the king's mercy and were allowed to hang until dead before being decapitated. They were executed at Tyburn on 27 June 1497. An Gof is recorded to have said before his execution that he should have "a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal". Thomas Flamank was quoted as saying "Speak the truth and only then can you be free of your chains".
Audley, as a peer of the realm, was beheaded on the 28th June at Tower Hill. Their heads were then displayed on pike-staffs ("gibbeted") on London Bridge.
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[Biker]

What an education this thread is (... sometimes ) Many's the time I drove/rode/cycled through Deptford and never knew a battle had taken place there. Of course I knew the infamy of Blackheath and knew Greenwich very well, I was born and grew up about a mile from each.

Thanks son for a most interesting read for a Tuesday morning before work.

Delabole slate mine eh? I nabbed a load of slate from that very place when I used to Holiday each year in Tintagel Loved that whole region.

Have a good day kids and don't think I haven't marked the drinks bottle either, and forget trying to top them off with water, we've been cut off, I sorta forgot to pay the bill. It's sand baths again for the rest of the month. Sorry kids. blew the cash on the ponies again. Pa

 

[Goatboy]

Not sand baths again Pa! Huon's rash will come out again and the smell is awful. And Bob gets very grumpy, but then with Pedro being pretty dopey that's five of yer dwarves right there!
Nice to have filled yer braincase Pa, I always like to learn at least one thing a day. Today's lesson for me I fear is not to annoy Bob, Huon and Pedro as they'll gang up on me and finish me off whilst yer oot!

 

[Goatboy]

良い午後アーロン バイカーの父。私はいくつかの素敵な日本の女性も分かってきた砂むし温泉への家族旅行の写真を発見した ！

 

[TurboGirl]

No, I can't fathom that one! Is it a No.13? Ir a '5 dollar, cook you lonnnggg time'?!

 

[Goatboy]

Maybe the lady on the right is a wicked spellcaster which would make her a Sand-Witch, bidom, tish!!! (And with the umbrella stick in a Club Sand-witch!! Oh I'll get me coat...)

 

[Biker]

Maybe the lady on the right is a wicked spellcaster which would make her a Sand-Witch, bidom, tish!!! (And with the umbrella stick in a Club Sand-witch!! Oh I'll get me coat...)

I'm speechless. I shall take solace from this awful pun in the comforting oblivion of downing vast quantities of alcohol... oh bu99er! I just remembered I don't drink. Looks like it'll have to be the French Foreign Legion then!

 

[TurboGirl]

I do think we should consider starting, brother... the copious quantities of mind bleach we've had to swallow over the years with your unruly offspring, eh?!

 

[petrochemicals]

It's now 65000 posts, a week ago it was 55000, some sado people, nothing better to do, putzes!

 

[TurboGirl]

It's now 65000 posts, a week ago it was 55000, some sado people, nothing better to do, putzes!

Gosh thats an awful lot of researchers into sociopathic deviancies, who are probably thinking a similar thing about us posters

 

[crosslandkelly]

On this day in 1973 - The stage production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" opened in London.

The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and a book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through to the early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror.

Produced and directed by Australian Jim Sharman, the original London production of the musical premiered at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) on 19 June 1973 before moving to several other locations and closing on 13 September 1980, running for a total of 2,960 performances and winning the 1973 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. Its 1974 debut in the US in Los Angeles had a successful 9 month run but its 1975 Broadway debut lasted only 3 previews and 45 showings despite gaining 1 Tony nomination and 3 Drama Desk nominations. Various international productions have since spanned across 6 of the world's continents as well as West End and Broadway revivals and 8 UK tours.

The musical has since developed a cult following and was also adapted into the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which today has a worldwide cult following and has the longest-running release in film history. The musical was ranked 8th in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals".



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I was a weirdo back then too. So I thought the rest of the family might enjoy this.

 

[Goatboy]

Oh the fun I've had at Rocky Horror nights. And the parties afterwards. Could tell a few tales. Cheers for posting up Unc, put a smile on my face that did. (Slopes off to hide the photo album quiet like!!!)

Oh Pa did I upset your inner balance with my bad puns? You know I lone puns.

 

[Goatboy]

I see Auntie Rub's been off communing with nature in tooth and claw again!

 

[petrochemicals]

Oh the fun I've had at Rocky Horror nights. And the parties afterwards. Could tell a few tales. Cheers for posting up Unc, put a smile on my face that did. (Slopes off to hide the photo album quiet like!!!)

Oh Pa did I upset your inner balance with my bad puns? You know I lone puns.

Worried! :BlueTeamE

 

[TurboGirl]

Worried! :BlueTeamE

SCANS, now, please!! because nothing could possibly be worse than what is going through my head right now

 

[crosslandkelly]

I see Auntie Rub's been off communing with nature in tooth and claw again!

Hahaha, but gravity is still winning. Sorry Girl to rub.