I was just reading a reprint of the 1900 Baedeker Guide to London, as you do, when I got to its description of the contents of the armouries in the Tower of London. It states that on display are (or at least were in 1900) a couple of suits of armour that were made for the 1839 Eglinton Tournament, one of which was worn by the future Napoleon III.
The tournament took place at Eglinton Castle, which lies on the outskirts of my home town - Kilwinning - hence my interest.
The castle ruins that can be seen today belong to a rebuild of the late 18th, early 19th Century. There was a much older castle on the site - seat of the Earls of Eglinton. It was burned down in the 16th Century, and took the form of a typical medieval Scots fortress. The new castle was built in grand gothic style - similar to those at Inverary or Culzean.
The Victorians had a great love for all things medieval. Just take a look at the decoration for the post fire Houses of Parliament, or for the Earl of Bute's Cardiff Castle. Arthurian figures with big Victorian mustaches abound.
It comes as no surprise, then, that the 13th Earl of Eglinton decided to stage a re-enactment of a medieval joust in the grounds of his castle in 1839. There was a great deal of excitement about the event, and the nearby railway line was even opened in advance of its planned date to accommodate the crowds.
Sadly, the typical weather of the region - relentless rain - made a bit of a damp squib of the occasion.
Now, once upon a time, the BBC's Blue Peter programme used to do a report on the tournament every year - back in the golden era of Valerie Singleton and her co-hosts. It was always a thrill for me as a child to see mention of this local landmark on national television. Sadly the story was always told from the studio in White City, using art work. The presenters never came up to Kilwinning to report from the location itself.
The castle fell into disrepair when the family fell into straitened circumstances (due to death duties) in the mid 1920's.
It was then used by the commandos for training in WWII, which was when it was reduced to the state in which you see it today.
🎆THE HACK GEEKS🎆
ReplyDeleteHave you ever wondered if it's possible to hack things the way hackers do it in the movies??🤔
Yeah its possible!!!
"AS LONG AS IT'S TECHNOLOGY, IT CAN BE HACKED"
HACKING IS THE UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO OR CONTROL OVER COMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR SOME ILLICIT PURPOSE. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO HACK BUT IT ALL REQUIRES THE USE OF TOOLS(Softwares and Hacking Devices)
Do you wish to make some cash, are you trying to recover some lost cash, well we can help you with our bitcoin mining machine.
We at THE HACK GEEKS give you the best hacking service there ever is.
We understand the Issues of scammers all over the internet and that's why we give you a solid prove of our services.
We have got the top hackers in hackerone that are always ready to hack for you anytime ,anywhere, any device, organisation, federal agencies, university, college you just think of it.
We can help:
*To Hack, Clone or Track a Phone📱📲
Such as: Cloning of phones
Spying on kids, wife or husband.
Tracking of user location & daily routine.
*To Sniff, Erase or Change a file in a Company, Organisation or in a Federal agency📖📃
Such as: Changing of grades in a university.
Changing of identity.
Deleting of files such as criminal records and evidence.
Changing of files and evidence in federal facilities.
Stealing of files and document from companies and organizations.
*To retrieve lost BitCoin💰
*Mining of BitCoin💰 to raise funds
*To hack an Email or any Social Media account?💞
*To Transfer funds without been detected?💵💷
*To increase your credit score?🔝
*To Hack Credit/Debit card?💳
*Obtaining black Credit/Debit card.💳
ALL THESE ARE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
We are relaible and dependable and won't expose our service to you to anyone.
Contact:
🎆THE HACK GEEKS🎆
thehackgeeks@gmail.com
We look forward to hacking for you.