Oct 122009
A Day Out In May - The Party At the Palace 1503

First to enter the Palace gates are the newly weds, King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor of England.

Next to come, the Men, Women and Children.

Finally enter the Knights

In full armour, bearing flags and banners, weapons and sheilds, they stride on foot and horseback.
Four great families of Scotland, the Lindsay, Campbell, Douglas and Hamilton [...]

Oct 102009

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The next time
you are washing your hands and
complain because the
water temperature isn’t just how you like
it, think about
how things used to be. Here are some facts
about the 1500s:
They used to
use urine to tan animal skins, so families
used to all pee in
a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold
to the tannery…….if you had to
do this to [...]

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