Children at Brandeston Hall School, Suffolk (17+18/09/2011):
- The first thing we did was my favourite. It was throwing
the javelin. The spears were real and it was hard to get
them on the target because you had to have strong arm and
a good aim.
- The chain mail was so heavy and if you combined it with
the helmet, sword and shield it was like holding up a whole
wall ...
- At the camp we learned how to fight with spears. We were
shown how to us it in battle and how fast you had to be. The
pace was amazing ... I thought the characters in the camp
were good, even though they must have been exhausted. It was
awesome!
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West Stow visitor comments (25+26/05/2011), Crafts
of the Anglo Saxons:
- This was really fun! I want to come back again
(Kaleb, aged 10).
- The Girls had a lovely Saxon birthday party, the re-enactors
in the village were the icing on the cake (mum with 3 girls
who had a party that day).
- Hi and thank you from OZ.
- Great day out for all the family, re-enactors brought life
to the village and a smile to the children thank you.
- We enjoyed the slave market.
- Group were very informative thank you.
- Amazed! Kids loved visiting a Museum and want to
come back!
- The spear dance was great.
- Slave auction was cool wish they still did it could sell
my Brother!
- Wow what a great family day out in a living Museum.
Re-enactors were just great!
- I really enjoyed looking round and doing the things.
- Never knew so much about Saxon Warriors.
- This was really fun. I want to come again
(Kate, aged 10).
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (17/4/2011):
- I feel I'm back in time ... that's phenomenal isn't it?
The East Anglian Daily Times (16/4/2010):
- From writing in runes to the Saxon way of warring
you are sure to learn loads about our Anglo-Saxon
ancestors!