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Whatever Happened to the Jutes? – A.J. Sefton
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Whatever Happened to the Jutes? August 13, 2015. History of England in ten minutes. Chapter 1. Why Sherwood Forest is so Precious. Eamonn Griffin: The Challenge of Historical Fiction. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. The Bat...
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Why Our Drinking Habits are Still in the Dark Ages – A.J. Sefton
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Why Our Drinking Habits are Still in the Dark Ages. April 30, 2015. It was beer that brought me to Burton-upon-Trent. My other half landed a good job here in 1996, with the brewing company, Bass. I followed a few months later, we bought a house and two years after that, our daughter was born. So Burton is a very special place to us. How far forward have we moved in terms of alcoholic beverages? Well, my chosen drink for summer is the fruity Pimm’s. But in my bar is also beer, wine and mead. This slidesho...
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Why Sherwood Forest is so Precious – A.J. Sefton
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Why Sherwood Forest is so Precious. July 29, 2015. Summer is all about picnics and enjoying the English countryside. It is also an added bonus that I can use these lovely days as a mode of research. Unfortunately, the English landscape has changed beyond recognition since the Anglo-Saxons roamed here. But all is not lost. Brushing Up: Dark Ages Dental Care. Whatever Happened to the Jutes? One thought on “ Why Sherwood Forest is so Precious. February 19, 2016 at 10:17 pm. Reblogged this on Gwynedd Blog.
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How Dark Ages Crime and Punishment has Progressed – A.J. Sefton
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How Dark Ages Crime and Punishment has Progressed. May 19, 2015. Henry was a ruthless and all-powerful leader, who believed that he had been appointed by God as did all English kings which allowed him to execute at will. Anyone who crossed him had their life snuffed out, even those closest to him. But he was not the first monarch to act this way, it is just that the others were not quite so glamorous. And The Dark Garden. Well, not very. Milking the Puddings: What was Sweet in the Dark Ages. You are comm...
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Milking the Puddings: What was Sweet in the Dark Ages – A.J. Sefton
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Milking the Puddings: What was Sweet in the Dark Ages. May 16, 2015. May 16, 2015. Full moon in May means rice pudding in our house. It is the Buddhist festival of Wesak, or Buddha Day, and rice pudding symbolises Buddha’s first meal following his Enlightenment, which was a sortof rice pudding. Depicted the folk looking after the sheep. So the people of the Dark Ages were a bunch of farmers, obviously. Most of the ‘recipes’ from this time are not the traditional sort – written. They...You are commenting ...
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Brushing Up: Dark Ages Dental Care – A.J. Sefton
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Brushing Up: Dark Ages Dental Care. July 3, 2015. July 3, 2015. I had to make an emergency trip to the dentist yesterday. Not for me, but my daughter, who has a brace to straighten her teeth. A piece of wire was cutting into her cheek and therefore had to be fixed. Fortunately, it was quite a simple process even though it was quite painful. Far preferable to a decayed tooth. Toothache is the worst pain ever. But how did the Anglo-Saxons in Dark Ages England cope with their smiles? Why Sherwood Forest is ...
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