History went wrong Post Embalm Corresperawat THE Battle of Evesham was fought with bicycle chargers,' cardboard ..

... THE Battle of Evesham was fought with bicycle chargers,' cardboard lances, bladder bludgeons, bags of flour and pillows. The result reversed history: the Barons best the Royalists by one point. For this was a re-enactment of the decisive battle of Aug ...

Published: Monday 09 August 1965
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 354 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

CHRONOLOGY AND CALENDAR OF THE WEEK. Saturday, Acoust 4.—Calais taken by Edward III., 1374 — Shelley born, 1792 ..

... CHRONOLOGY AND CALENDAR OF THE WEEK. Saturday, Acoust 4.—Calais taken by Edward III., 1374 — Shelley born, 1792.—Battle of Evesham, 1265.-Lord Burleigh died, 1598.—Lord Duncan died, 1804.—Last Quarter of the Moon at mins. past 9, afternoon.—Sun rises ...

Published: Saturday 04 August 1855
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 131 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AUGUST 43l [S:-

... AUGUST 43l [S:- A: Harry Lauder's 108th Birthday B: The 713th Anniversary of the Battle of Evesham . C: The day the better used car comes to Wolverhampton See The Express & Star' on August 4th or this week's ‘Ad News' for details of the used cars that ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1978
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 50 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

... —Special Sale of Pedigree Oxford Down Rains at Clrencester.—Deasingbain Farm Sale (Sleaford Station). — Fairs at Battle, Cirencester, Evesham, Penzance. Weird:moo' and Northallerton.—Barnet Fair day). ...

Published: Monday 30 August 1915
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Current Notes

... thanksgivings for victory„ and peace. In le.is it witnessed Epgllshmen slaying one another.' in the sanguinary little battle of Evesham; in 1347 it saw the surrender of Calais to England after being . ..besieged eleven months. In 916 . the German army had ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1916
Newspaper: Maidstone Telegraph
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Sales by Auction Current Notes

... thankl•givings for victory, and peace. In 165 it . witnessed Englishmen slaying one another in the sanguinary little battle of Evesham ; in. 1347 it saw the of Calais to England after being besieged eleven months. In :8916 the Germap .a.rmy had 'not reached ...

BANDING TOGETHER

... BANDING TOGETHER Evesham town silver band is discussing with other bands in the town the formation of a massed band for the service in Abbey Park this summer inaugurating the Battle of Evesham Festival. ...

Published: Monday 22 February 1965
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 34 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

AUGUST 4

... AUGUST 4 1265: Simon de Montfort killed in the Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, by ah army led by Prince Edward, son of Henry HI. 1347: Calais surrendered to the English in the Hundred Years War. 1894: The first mainline electric freight train ran. ...

Published: Monday 04 August 1986
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 73 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

h SIMON DE MONTFORT

... SIMON DE MONTFORT Scenes of pageantry filled the streets of Evesham (Worces.) yesterday, when the town and distinguished visitors honoured Simon de Montfort, who died in the Battle of Evesham 700 years ago. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Harry ...

Published: Monday 19 July 1965
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 82 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Concert finish

... is to be given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Evesham in October u a culminating event in the festival marking the 700th anniversary of the death in the battle of Evesham of Simon de Montfort. ...

Published: Tuesday 11 May 1965
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 42 | Page: 28 | Tags: none