History in Action (Corby) Reviews
Description:Event held at Kirby Hall, Nr. Corby, Northamptonshire Tel: +44 (0) 1536 407507. 11/12 August 2001. The re-enactm ... more
History in Action (Corby) ... re-enactment event of the year: This spectacular annual event, the world's biggest, boasts more than 3,000 performers, with dramatic and colo
Newest Review: ... with honour. A killing machine without compassion. And it’s heading your way! The banners fight with the wind, but will not fall. The soldiers seem unaware of either wind or crowd. Their eyes look forward; cold, unsmiling... almost unseeing. You are of no importance to them... no match, no threat, no menace. The crowd in which you wait are only a little less well trained, ... more
... protected, or armed, than the crowds that the forefathers of this Roman Legion would have slaughtered. Your attention wavers from the gleaming precision that moves in from of you, to the huddled child who peers, transfixed, over your arm, to the flimsy green ...moreCustomer History in Action (Corby) Reviews (1)
by - written on 21/05/01, updated on 06/06/01 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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You know something is there, beyond your sight! Something malicious, malevolent, threatening... But you can only wait. And listen. What is it that you hear? A myriad of sharp, metallic clicks of metal touching metal. Cold, brusque, and unrelenting in the distance. Growing louder - surely closer – yet still unseen. Could it possibly be...? You strain your ears and eyes. Every nerve in your body focuses on the horizon. Every muscle tautens. Another sound becomes discernible. A rhythmic beat that neither pauses nor fades. Steady, predictable, unfaltering. It surely is...? You squeeze the tiny hand that has just slipped into yours, vaguely ... Read the complete review
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