http://www.wwiireenacting.co.uk/forum/v ... =1&t=52743 NOTE I AM NOT PUTTING THIS LINK on for any other reason but for others to see. I have not voiced my opinion on this on the pozzi forum, I won't on here. Its merely to excersize the point, far worse things happen than on the daft battle idea at Tutbury 
Aye, on the Tutbury thread. There were after all only a few reeanctors there, plus some vehicle owners, being a small and new event.
I sort of resented the fact that the purpose of being there was just for public entertainment.
Dave, that's kind of the point of public events. Public entertainment. They've paid to get in on their day off and have fun. The trick is to educate them at the same time.
Well I've read the post and most seem (except one) of the opinion that it wasn't quite what they expected but as you've said dave new event and lots of potential for development.
Only person I can see that commented adversly is Keith and he paid to get in, much as the blaggers did with kidlings in tow. I don't think thats bad in the grand scheme of events. Theres events out there without a daft battle that have had faaaaaaaaaaaaaar worse comments. Anyway you've learnt from it, you don't like that, you guys could always make a group decision on no silly battles incase your asked again
yup... I think when asked if we'll do battles... then we should "say sure, but no silly or cross-period ones." before we even arrive. That way we're not putting the organisers in an awkward place.
Would stop you guys being in that awkward predicament too
I sort of resented the fact that the purpose of being there was just for public entertainment.
Dave, that's kind of the point of public events. Public entertainment. They've paid to get in on their day off and have fun. The trick is to educate them at the same time.
Agreed.
Otherwise we're just camping out behind some ropes in uncomfortable kit.
To me it quite selfish (and not in that i want to show off), in that i grew up with ww2 being part of folklore and what you played in the woods, you grew up on it. Teaching in schools recently showed me a lot of children have no idea when it was or who fought and its certainly not the stuff of their adventures... setting fire to cars is more exciting.
*If* by doing a show and for the *millionth* time tlak about bren guns (and it begins to bore even me after the first day) to a kid i can get them to be interested (even if just to play some more wwii computer games) or even better still read a book about it then it was worth it.
Because that kid will potentially one day be a wwii wargamer, or airsofter, or re-enactor.
Without entertaining the public and getting new people interested we will progressively have a wwii skirmish scene that just gets older and dies out.
SPR, BoB and the current glut of console games have made WWII accessible again, we need to jump on this and hook in th eyoungsters and the interested adults.
To that end i think it was daft of me not to have some PBI cards made up.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I think my point was that that show was just purely public entertainment - there was nothing for me. Yes, I am selfish too! Showing kids guns doesn't cut it for me (heh, I don't even know much about them!) - not one youngster (or even many adults come to that) were interested in what people wore or what life was like then or who we represented or anything that even remotely constitutes 'education'. So, that was the failing for me.
Still, it was an enjoyable day nonetheless, just not what it had the potential to be.
http://www.wwiireenacting.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52743 NOTE I AM NOT PUTTING THIS LINK on for any other reason but for others to see. I have not voiced my opinion on this on the pozzi forum, I won't on here. Its merely to excersize the point, far worse things happen than on the daft battle idea at Tutbury
last year at the sheffield historical weekend in norfolk park, towards the end of the ww2 battle, i guy dressed as a brit airborne major shot a surrendering wounded jerry, the guy on the tannoy doing the voice over was like " there is a wounded german surrendering...... BANG !... well the majors having none of that i am glad to say.........) . i admit i was shocked.
Still, it was an enjoyable day nonetheless, just not what it had the potential to be.
To be honest our display was very rushed and the event had never been run at the site before.
I got the impression that the non-ww2 displays took the organisers rather by surprise.
So it's got plenty of space to grow!
Aye, that we had ANY display was a bonus (thanks to you!). So to be truthful expectations were just of a bit of a walk about and so in that respect we achieved more than that, so all good.
Now, in contrast, the NYMR event has a huge bundle of living history to it for the reenactors benefit, plus the public get entertained (and educated ) too!
Heh... but I won't be at NYMR ... I think I'll be at the Battlegroup South event at Tuddenham.
Polska walczy!
nice....... 
Looks ace, Wladek! 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Ta. The belt and pouches are a bit of a 'hotch potch' but no body makes them. German WWI pouches are close, but expensive so meh, at a later date. Oh and the boots are wrong, but again it costs a load for right ones.
Role on the 1939 game 
I have no idea myself... but it does look cool
Very orange!
Very orange!
He may have returned from guarding Morska Wola in Brazil 1938?
I thought the polish army wore an olive drab wool uniform?
They do in 'escape from colditz!'
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I thought the polish army wore an olive drab wool uniform?
They do in 'escape from colditz!'
This is the summer uniform, which might be a tad 'reproduction' oranger then the originals, but is close.
I do have a wool one on the way, but that has to me made for me.
Oh and the Summer uniform was supposed to be worn till august, and then the wool one, but as September 39 was very warm they kept using it. Plus the 'second line' troops were issued it mainly as they couldn't afford the wool... or something.
