Tastes Of HistoryOct 10, 20214 minVaguely 'Historical' CostumeWe think it is great for children to dress up but many of the products for sale are, to the trained eye, rather dubious. What follows is...
Tastes Of HistoryAug 6, 20214 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part FiveThe Gunners' Equipment In Part One, where we established the background to building our replica cannon. In describing the firing drills...
Tastes Of HistoryJul 7, 20215 minHow to: Make a simple Egyptian, Greek or Roman costumeThis “How to:” guide is for those readers wishing to recreate simple yet effective historical costume. It is primarily aimed at teachers...
Tastes Of HistoryJan 19, 20218 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part FourProjectiles In Parts One to Three of this "How to:" series we established the background to and how we went about building our scale...
Tastes Of HistoryNov 25, 20205 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part ThreeThe Gun Carriage In Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable....
Tastes Of HistoryOct 5, 20204 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part TwoThe Gun Barrel The core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound...
Tastes Of HistorySep 27, 20206 minHow to: Build a replica Cannon Part OneThe Background History Part One of this series begins with a very brief look at the history of a typical naval gun in use with the Royal...