Unusual hobbies

Deskpilot, I used to enjoy field shoots, there would be a bale of straw, with a drawing of an animal thereon, and it was what they called, “Instinctive” shooting, nothing on the bow to give you an advantage, just the bow, and a good eye, similar to a sniper, range, wind etc had to be taken into account, as they were some distance from the spot you had to stand at to shoot.
I believe that big game hunting in the States is a big hobby, but they use Broadhead arrows, trouble is, they are very good at penitration, but mostly they are wounded, and the hunter follows the animals tracks, until he finds the animal either collapsed, or dead.
Don’t like the idea of that.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Lincoln, did the same thing in Singapore when I was in the RAF. Also played golf, but our target was about 6″ in diameter on a pole stuck in the hole. Had to really make sure nobody was standing in line of sight.

the last school,my Grandson attended, has confined History to the backburner.
Lincoln .7

For which, of course, whomever is responsible should be hung, drawn and quartered!!:mad:

Possibly, inasmuch as the Romans formed a box, with their shields, when attacked, they opened a section of the box, to let the enemy in, and were quickly dispatched by further Romans inside the box. I have two small Terracota oil lamps,(Roman) and one has a couple of Romans, ie, a male and a female, having sex,:eek: “Infamy, infamy, they have all got it in for me” Good old Frankie Howard.
No, I have not been to the museum, but would if I could, I bet there are many interesting items there.
As stated elswhere on another Post, the last school,my Grandson attended, has confined History to the backburner. Sad realy, because kids will have missed out on so many things of interest.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

I would say, that that is where todays modern riot Police got their “BOX formation, with their shields from.
They say History has a habit of repeating itself.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

That’s an interesting thought. You may well be right. It certainly does, but do we ever learn from it?

I guess you know why the English archers at Aginecourt stuck up two fingers that day?.
Jim.
Lincoln. 7

Indeed!:D Have you visited the Agincourt Museum at Agincourt? I have been a few times and it has grown over the years from a verry insignificant parochial shed to a large and very well designed and fascinating museum. Robert Hardy has been several times and helped with the development.

Nice story, Lincoln. I believe that the actor Robert Hardy was involved in those longbows, he being something of an expert. He is/was a member of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers and has written 6 or 7 books on the longbow.

No, I didn’t know that, but I do know, that the archers of the day, were forced to spend hrs, shooting longbows, every day, in fact, I think it was a LAW, that they did. I pulled one once, and it was a traditional one, my Hoyte had a 50lb pull on it, but the Longbow was a bit of a struggle. They must have been made of sterner stuff in those days, indeed, Romans used to train 13 hrs a day, in full combat gear, no wonder they ruled so many Countries. I would say, that that is where todays modern riot Police got their “BOX formation, with their shields from.
They say History has a habit of repeating itself.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

I guess you know why the English archers at Aginecourt stuck up two fingers that day?.
Jim.
Lincoln. 7

Nice story, Lincoln. I believe that the actor Robert Hardy was involved in those longbows, he being something of an expert. He is/was a member of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers and has written 6 or 7 books on the longbow.

Back to archery, when I was stationed at Stamford, I was sent to Burleigh House, they were doing repairs to the roof of the house, and in the roof, they found hundreds of English Long Bows, most of which were in perfect order. There were also weapons, I remember in particular a “Mace” would give anyone it hit, a right headache, never did find out where they ended up.I was told however it would probably have been a weapons store, as it was on the A1, and would have been ideally sited should they be needed for battles North or South in the U.K.
The house was a regular tea stop, and often fished in the Lake there, and Lord Burleigh would often sit and chat. I happened to be there the day, when builders were extending the kitchen, and when they knocked an end wall down, they found a wine cellar, filled with bottles of wine, I think it was VINTNERS of London who came up to see what condition the wine was in, it turned out they tasted like vinegar, so his Lordship ordered a pit be dug, and all the bottles smashed and buried, however the chap kept one for himself, and passed it on to me. I still have it, it looks as if it were made yesterday, but in fact dated to 1703, the Pontil, still has sand within it, where they stood the bottle on to let it cool down, guess it must be worth a few bob now to a collector, it’s in pristine condition, with no “Sickness” whatsoever.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

I gave all my gear to the O.I.C of Trinity House Gt Yarmouth, for his Grandson, in exchange for a rare piece of lighthouse equipment, minus the Broadhead arrows for obvious reasons.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

🙂 – exchanging one fairly unusual hobby for another!

Well, I’m progressing with my ‘unusual’ hobby and have now positively identified all 199 people commemorated. Not as easy as I would have hoped as many of the names are recorded incorrectly, you know the kind of thing, John becomes Jack becomes Henry and so on.

Finding out just how the Memorial came to be is proving difficult too. There should actually be a Faculty, a sort of Ecclesiastical planning permission, applied for and held by the Diocese. None such exists and it appears never to have existed. It seems the incumbent of the time and the local people just went ahead and organised it all on their own and seem to have left no record of how, what, when and who.

Ah well, it’s all part of the chase.

Regards,

kev35

Have you a rough idea as to when it was erected Kev, I think it would go without saying, you have searched the Parish records?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Did you just lose interest or did other interests crowd out time for archery. I did a bit many years ago but the club closed for lack of support.

No Charlie, I never lost interest, and went on to save enough money to be able to buy a HOYTE recurve, also then,and a nice set of sights,and also, but now banned, a nice set of aluminium shafted Broadhead arrows. I gave all my gear to the O.I.C of Trinity House Gt Yarmouth, for his Grandson, in exchange for a rare piece of lighthouse equipment, minus the Broadhead arrows for obvious reasons.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Well, I’m progressing with my ‘unusual’ hobby and have now positively identified all 199 people commemorated. Not as easy as I would have hoped as many of the names are recorded incorrectly, you know the kind of thing, John becomes Jack becomes Henry and so on.

Finding out just how the Memorial came to be is proving difficult too. There should actually be a Faculty, a sort of Ecclesiastical planning permission, applied for and held by the Diocese. None such exists and it appears never to have existed. It seems the incumbent of the time and the local people just went ahead and organised it all on their own and seem to have left no record of how, what, when and who.

Ah well, it’s all part of the chase.

Regards,

kev35

Did you just lose interest or did other interests crowd out time for archery. I did a bit many years ago but the club closed for lack of support.

One unusual hobby of mine, which I was introduced to, when I was at the main train plant at Doncaster, and a club run by the Fitters was Archery, you would never get away with it today, but we sent a team of Archers to a local Pub. The pubs dart team used their normal dart board, and we Archers used a full sized target board, but made up to be a replica of a dart board.which was placed at the furthest end of the room.
In those days, recurve bows were just becoming available, as were fiberglass arrows, both of mine obtained from Lillywhites of London, possibly still there?.
We never had Sights, or counter ballance weights, as they have these days.
I used to feel sorry for the pubs team, they hardly ever won :diablo:
Jim.
Lincoln .7

hampden98. The last model I remember making, was balsa wood, tissue covered, then doped, and it was fitted with a “Jet X” engine.It was a D.H. Vampire
Prior to that a glider, a Minimoa, which I “Lost” when it got carried away on thermals, often wonder where it ended up:confused:
Jim.
Lincoln .7

A credit to you and your model making skills, it’s so good, that with a different backdrop, one would consider it to be the real aircraft, how long did it take you to complete the diorama?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Thanks for the positive comments :-). Took about 12 weeks to do both dio’s. See here.
http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/about35414.html

I collect 1950s and older aircraft engines. Its a bid odd . thats what the wife tells me anyway. some propellers and parts are mixed in the collection. 1 airplane in a lot of pieces is there also. I like what your doing on the war memorial. sound like a great and rewarding research project.

I build models

A credit to you and your model making skills, it’s so good, that with a different backdrop, one would consider it to be the real aircraft, how long did it take you to complete the diorama?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7