Civilian

As a society we perform and display a wide variety of living history activities both as display pieces and as "have a go" activities for the public. Some of the activities that commonly happen on camp include:

Authentic Medieval Cooking:

On an open fire to authentic recipes of the time we show how the diets of people of medieval England differed dramatically with their social standing. How tastes in food have radically changed over 500 years but can still be traced through to its medieval origins.

Candle Dipping:

Using bees wax and authentic methods and materials we both show and inform the public about many aspects of the craft and related information about the economy of light before electricity.

Various Fabric Crafts:

Everything from preparing the raw wool to finishing a garment and everything in-between. We show how wool was treated and washed before being carded, felted or dyed. Tablet looms, drop spinning and great wheel spinning is a regular camp activity along with garment preparation and the ever present medieval activity of clothing alteration and repair. As well as this there is a wealth of knowledge about changing styles of dress of the period and how this is related to social standing.

Medieval Games:

Both the table top variety and the more adventurous field games are played on camp, from soldiers dice games to the higher status games of backgammon the public are invited to have a go if you want to wager a few angels on the roll of the die. We also explain the medieval origins of football or kingy and how they were both a pass time and a training ground for combat.

And of course all of these activities are taught and explained at regular meetings off-season to anyone who wishes to join the society.