Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
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Wars of Louis Quatorze - 17th/18thc
Flintlock and Tomahawk - American frontier history
Warfare in the Age of Steam (19th century)
Sabre and Bayonet - French Revolutionary wars
Blitzkrieg1939-41
Arthur and the Early wars of Wessex
Waterloo
Saturday, January 19, 2019
First ever UK miners strike - Kingswood 1738
1738; Colliers strike against a cut in wages. A week of mayhem against Bristol. A regiment of foot march into Kingswood to break the strike.
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Dummy board of a redcoat in 1738
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