To that end we have researched, and continue to do so all that would have been the daily  lives for these people. The food, clothes, songs, dances, and games, the sewing of clothes, the wild plants to gather, the herbs that will cook, and those which heal, the customs and the beliefs. These are all the things that bring the people of the past to life.                                    

It is with this knowledge that we entertain and educate the public, whilst at the same time learning and having fun ourselves.

What to modern women seem to be chores, to us become fun as we sit around together preparing the food, cooking over huge open fires, or sewing buttons on, making kilts, cleaning the pots, always singing and chatting as we do.

We include the children of the regiment in the camp life, for they too would have played their part as they travelled with their parents. Boys would have been keen to prove that they were worthy of following in father’s footsteps, fetching wood, and the all important water, acting as runners with messages, and training to be drummers. Our lads are taught the rudiments and drum calls of the Napoleonic period by our senior drummer who has had over 10 years of Napoleonic Drumming experience. He also plays with the British Airways Pipe Band, with whom he has travelled extensively. The girls are taught the songs and dances so that they can join in with the fun, they are also taught which wild plants are safe to eat, these would have meant the difference between starvation and survival whilst on campaign, and how to sew, for this skill would have earned them money! For by the time they were 13 they could have been married!

And talking of marriage, one of the fun demonstrations we do is of a Georgian military wedding and the true tradition of the best man. If you don’t know what that is then perhaps you’d best ask, especially if you are about to fill that particular post!

And then there are the games, from marbles to dice, from cards to slippery pig, where two opposing teams have to get a slippery pigs bladder (ball) past each other from one end of the field to the other the only rule being, THERE ARE NO RULES!  there is something for everyone.

There is no way that we could include every thing  we do on this page, and all that we have learned, there is just too much. But perhaps you would like to see us in action.

If you would like to know more about the unit, or are interested in coming along to see what we do, then please contact us via the details below. 

Tel: Ian or Liz  01622 884849

or

                                                         Tel: Dave and Wilma 01708 447367

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                                                               Tel: Sue (unit secretary) 01634 306422