Chesterfield Library at C750

A round up of the Library's activities for Chesterfield 750

Sat 14 May -Puppet Show, Chesterfield Library – 14 children attended plus parents – all had a really good time.

Sun 15 May - Battle of Chesterfield event, New Square – A really well organised event.

We were very pleased with our banner which was made by our local studies librarian.

Children’s activities went down well.

We were busy all day and spoke to well over a hundred people. We promoted the resources back in the library for future visits thanks to our Battle of Chesterfield bibliography (copies still available at the library).

Tues 17 May – The Battle of Chesterfield talk by Godfrey Holmes. We had 50 people in the audience and everyone really enjoyed the evening. Godfrey has a style of presenting all his own and really is a gem.

The Bellringers did it!

The Guikld of Bellringers rang the quarter peal of Chesterfield Bob Major between 14:15 and 15:05.

Congratulations.

Here's a link to the details.

The Aftermath

We had a fantastic time on Sunday. Manythanks to all those who supprted the event in any way. You did yourselves proud.

The next few posts will have a variety of subjects as we wind up the project...

Ibbottsons Apples

We're very grateful to Ibbottsons Fruit and Vegetables for kindly donating a box of "medieval" apples for our apple-bobbing game.

Alice and Annabel are pretty pleased too!

Come and have a go yourself, tomorrow, Sunday 15th May, from 11:00 in New Square.

Another banner...

This picture shows the banner for the Guildof Bellringers.

"The Guild of Bell Ringers will be attempting to ring a quarter peal of
Chesterfield Bob Major on the Crooked Spire bells between 2pm and 3pm.
This will involve 8 ringers concentrating on ringing a set pattern of
changes for over 45 minutes and requires a lot of skill and teamwork.
After 3pm the bells will continue to be rung, but in shorter pieces of
ringing! To find out more about ringing visit www.bellringing.org or
contact Sue via cgen2@derbyda.org.uk."

Look out, and listen out, for them on Sunday May 15th.

The Guild of Kalehal

Here's the Banner for the Guild of Kalehal Calow School.

Look out for them on Sunday May 15th.

Look at this banner...

Here's the banner from the Guild of Record Keepers (Derbyshire Record Office)

Wow! See their stall on Sunday 15th May.

More combatants... in 28mm scale

Her are some more images of the Wargames figures that will feature on Sunday 15th May.

Henry of Almain, nephew of king Henry III, the Royalisty commander.

Waleran de Manceux, John de Nevil and Peter de Gousil

John de Warrene and de Greystoke

Nicolas de Boltby and Henry de Percy

Another Update - Museum Stall on Sunday 15th

See here for our latest Update giving details of Chesterfield Museum's participation in Chesterfield 750.








At the Museum Stall in New Square on Sunday 15th, you'll be able to handle artefacts from the museum's collection of medieval history.

We're also delighted that, as a special feature for the day, the Museum itself will be open from 10:30 – 15:30.

Visitors can find out more about Chesterfield in medieval times as they are showing a new exhibition, “Cestrefeld – Medieval Town.” Don't forget that the museum's main exhibit is the 20' medieval builders' wheel!

See this BBC article about the wheel:



This link will take you to the Museum's website

Swords of Mercia

I think the Swordsof Mercia re-enactment group are getting quite excited about appearing at the event on Sunday 15th May.

Be there...

Friends Update 10

Our latest update is here.

See you on the 15th in New Square.

Apples for the Apple Bobbing

We're very grateful to Ibbotsons for their donation of a box of apples

for us to use in the Apple Bobbing game.

You'll find all the children's game upstairs in the Assembly Rooms on Sunday 15th May.

Face to Face with the 1266 Protagonists

The wargame re-fight of the Battle of Chesterfield is just one of the attractions on offer on Sunday May 15th in New Square.

Here's a preview of some of the combatants.

Some of the leading Rebels...

John d'Ayville (Terror of Yorkshire) and Baldwin Wake, erstwhile Lord of Chesterfield.

Henry d'Ireton, John de Clinton and Henry de Hastings were also amongst the Rebels in Chesterfield that day.



As well as Henry of Almain, nephew to King Henry III (who would have carried the royal coat-of-arms),

Warin de Basingbourne, John de Balliol and Peter de Brus were other Royalist commanders.



Thanks to Nigel Nicholson for these images. See them in the "flesh" on Sunday 15th May.

New Supporter

We're very grateful to have received financial support from yet another supporter.

Thanks to all the folks at Progression Accountancy.

Yet another banner

And this one is from the Guild of Chesterfield Garland Dancers

They'll be dancing in New Square on the 15th May!