Archery                                                                                                 Shieldmaiden

Bow Beginner  £5.00 per person (to cover lost / damaged arrows

Tailored to those who have never picked up a bow or have done it once or twice. All bows, arrows and other equipment (if needed) provided A general introduction to target archery, focusing on a good, safe shooting style to build from. Advice on selecting equipment and finding further training.

Techniques and improvements £2.00 (to cover cost of targets)
Tailored to those who have been shooting a while, but want to get better.
Archers to provide their own equipment

Archery on the battlefield  £1.00
Tailored to those shooting on a battlefield. Archers to provide their own equipment, including Blunt arrows (not just blunt heads shoved over sharps!) any padding they wish to wear and a helmet. Some blunts will be provided by myself. Session will cover use of battlefield blunts and techniques to hit your opponents at distance, 45o shooting, when flat shooting is an option, clout shooting, shooting in a block to command, receiving arrows. There will be no charge for this session. (again I am not sure about this - perhaps a nominal fee of £1 per person to cover the use of my blunt arrows and any targets or to off set losses in other sessions?)


Bill & Sword Training

Organised and run  by the Early Medieval Alliance,                       Carl Sparke

However, it will be possible to adjust the training to fit the requirements of the participants and may well end up being a purely sword session (depending on attendance) or a combination of re-enactment and WMA (again depending on attendance).

Black Powder,                                                                       Various

Safe transport handling and distribution of black powder, hands on training on use of cannon, hand cannon

Bookbinding                                                                          Dave Hewitt

Bookbinding practical classes. Duration - 4 hours.
Bring a book or blank paper.
£5 fee for simple materials which will send you away with a small "commonplace" pamplet. Bumps extra!
No restoration - it takes a long time to learn.
Facsimile books from my duplicates, £15-£60, machine made "laid" paper, Goatskin leather £12 per skin available to purchase. Maybe Jorge can bring some of his hand made paper?
If you want me to photocopy any from the following list onto "laid" paper so that we can make a book of it then it will be 75p per A4 sheet. For example 200 pages long = 50 sheets x 75p= £37.50.
http://tudortimes.org/CollectionofFacsimileBooksfrom1475-1640.htm

Butchery                                                                                 Martin Cowley

Martins Jerked Meat, have offered, to skin & butcher a deer for our education and edification. No dragons will be harmed in the preparation of this animal

Coinage

Fire Lighting

First Aid

A full day of First Aid Training -- targeted at the needs of the Re-enactor. This is a proper certificated course!

Content would be based on the HSE syllabus, but broadened to cover injuries and illnesses / conditions relevant to Living History camps and Re-enactments -- across all time periods.

Content is designed for situations where Event Organiser's First Aid cover is available but delayed -- for 'After Hours' injuries -- for during group training sessions -- and even for home use!.

It is planned that the content will include, as a foundation:-
Unconsciousness - causes & management
Management of Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Angina, etc.
Resuscitation - adult & child
Bleeds - external & internal
Burns
Fractures / dislocations / soft tissue injuries
Ballistic / blast injuries
Heat illnesses & Hypothermia
Record keeping

*** Every participant will be supplied with an A booklet of notes, backing up what has been covered.

***Attendance certificates will also be issued to paticipants.