Creative Midlands Heritage

Creative Midlands Heritage

Edward III & The Earl of Warwick

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 11:26 PM PDT

In 1346 The young Earl of Warwick, Lord of Sutton Coldfield, attended King Edward III on a military mission to France. On arrival at Le Hague, they were met by 100 Normans. He immediately embarked with 6 archers and one esquire and after they had killed approx 60 of these Normans, the landing by the King was unopposed. A principal Commander with the Black Prince, he led the 'van' at the Battle of Cressey. Many strong armed lads from Sutton Coldfield drew a bow that day, helping to win for England lasting honour.

He attended the Black Prince again in France, gaining high renown for his valour at the Battle of Poictiers, where the King of France was taken prisoner, he personally took prisoner the archbishop of Sens, gaining an £8000 ransom. The Earl of Warwick was the original founder member of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.

In 1369, Edward again sent an Army to France. Although the French forces outnumbered the English 7-1, they did not attack, and the English commanders delayed sufficiently long enough for a lot of the soldiers to contract the Plague prevalent in France at this time, and began to starve through lack of provisions. Hearing of this, the Earl of Warwick hastened with some picked men to Calais.

The French, no sooner had they heard that the Earl of Warwick had arrived, immediately ordered a full retreat, leaving behind tents and provisions for the English!!! The Earl blamed the English Commanders, he immediately followed the French and lay waste to the isle of Caen. However, he contracted the plague and died.

disused railway lines and tunnels Silverdale/Keele

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:46 AM PDT

Walking around Silverdale came across this disused railway complete with track and sidings on a little research using google and bing maps noticed a couple of good long tunnels































Hope this is of some intrest to someone on here thanks for looking :D

Former mmu campus Alsager

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:23 AM PDT

Noticed these buildings had become disused so decided go for a closer look and bumped into security but was allowed to take a few shots around the campus



























Word was they were going to knock all these buildings down to build homes on but i think now they will be renting the buildings out and the recreational grounds and pitches will be rented to AFC Football club

Thanks for looking...:cool:
Posted by Creative Midlands at 8/28/2012 12:18:00 pm

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