Today three of our residents went to The Royal Armouries in Leeds. From a disabled point of view it was an excellent visit. We park our mini-bus in the disabled car park which was very near to the entrance. On entering we found it was free ! We got a programme for the day and on it there were various interpretation of how things were in history. These were:
1. The Somme: Before The Whistle - it was 07:20 on 1st July 1916. In ten minutes time the whistle will blow and the Battle of The Somme will begin.
2. Elizabethan Sword Master - using Shakespears Romeo & Juliet the interpeters highlight sword & buckler and rapier & dagger techniques from 16th century manuals.
3. To Kill a King 1649 - A Royalist officer who witnesses the execution of his king, recounts that terrible day and relates his attempts to give flee persecution.
4. Mastering Arms: 18th Century Swordsmanship - demonstration of self defence techniques with civilian small swords, single sticks and quater-staffs.
5. The Valley of Death 1854 - the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson immortalised events of October 25th 1854 when 666 riders of the Light Brigade made the heroic charge against almost the entire Russin army, was it a terrible blunder ?
6. The Witchery of Archery - a tale from pages of Maurice Thompson's classic book on hunting with the bow and arrow.
Every interpretation was excellent and even though I was in my wheelchair I could see them perfectly.
At 12:30 we decided to get something to eat and as we were on the 3rd floor we went to the cafe. There we all had carrot & leek soup with a roll. It tasted very good and was plesantly hot. It cost only £3.30. The only problem was my wheelchair couldn't fit under the table.
As an event I would recommend this as the only other problem was that the lift doors shut very quickly and sometimes closed before we got into the lift.
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