"The Battle of Towton - 1461" Topic
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| Warspite1 | 28 Sep 2020 6:05 a.m. PST |
I took a bit longer over this… link My visit last week to Towton, including the small Towton museum in the pub car park. The diorama is made up from 10mm wargame figures. Enjoy! Barry |
| Colonel Bogey | 28 Sep 2020 10:56 a.m. PST |
Nice pictures – thanks for sharing! |
| Warspite1 | 28 Sep 2020 11:07 a.m. PST |
@Colonel Bogey:
You are more than welcome.
I came away with a different impression of the battlefield than when I arrived. B |
Shagnasty  | 28 Sep 2020 1:48 p.m. PST |
Nice pics. We were there in '85 before the trail and museum and didn't get out of the town. The weather was right although it was rain rather than snow. I was very impressed that so many people died in such a small from non mechanical means. |
| Warspite1 | 28 Sep 2020 2:52 p.m. PST |
@ Shagnasty:
Think of it as a crowd control disaster, while wearing 60 or 70 pounds of steel armour, in the snow and freezing cold, with the muddy fields churned up and possibly ankle-deep.
Then some of them get shoved off the plateau and down towards the flooded Cock Beck.
After all of that… the arrows and edged weapons are almost a mere courtesy extra! B |
| clifblkskull | 28 Sep 2020 6:19 p.m. PST |
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| Green Tiger | 28 Sep 2020 10:04 p.m. PST |
I live nearby and have been many times but was unaware of the exhibition – will keep am eye out next time. |
| Warspite1 | 29 Sep 2020 4:56 a.m. PST |
Thank you both.
The museum is in the car park at the Crooked Billet but is not routinely open at the moment, due to Covid-19. I emailed and phoned ahead and arranged a strict PPE visit. |
| Green Tiger | 06 Oct 2020 5:44 a.m. PST |
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| Warspite1 | 07 Oct 2020 3:19 a.m. PST |
@Green Tiger:
Ask behind the bar at the pub, they can sell you a very useful battlefield map for £3.00 GBP There is also a map on the wall outside the pub, even if the museum is not open.
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