Histo-Rik Sowden
@historicechoes.bsky.social
Heritage professional, public and living historian, reenactor and historical interpreter. Man of many hats. Probably not a time traveller. Probably. He/Him.
A fab day with Up An' At 'Em History at #Blaenavon for all things early #WW2 and #HomeFront - looking forward to a splendid day with great folks!
August 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A fab day with Up An' At 'Em History at #Blaenavon for all things early #WW2 and #HomeFront - looking forward to a splendid day with great folks!
It ended up a bit different (though it turns out the furca - marching pole - makes chatting to folks and showing things tricky!). I do enjoy a bit of first century Roman :)
August 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It ended up a bit different (though it turns out the furca - marching pole - makes chatting to folks and showing things tricky!). I do enjoy a bit of first century Roman :)
In case you're near the capital tomorrow and want to get your hands on some history, why not join me in Greenwich Park for their #Archaeology Welcome Day where I shall be #Roman all over the place...
www.royalparks.org.uk/wha.../archa...
www.royalparks.org.uk/wha.../archa...
August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In case you're near the capital tomorrow and want to get your hands on some history, why not join me in Greenwich Park for their #Archaeology Welcome Day where I shall be #Roman all over the place...
www.royalparks.org.uk/wha.../archa...
www.royalparks.org.uk/wha.../archa...
It's been a fabulous day at the majestic Laugharne Castle for Cadw presenting a #Tudor tournament with Up An' At 'em History - I sadly lost today, so am feeling a bit blue...
June 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's been a fabulous day at the majestic Laugharne Castle for Cadw presenting a #Tudor tournament with Up An' At 'em History - I sadly lost today, so am feeling a bit blue...
Having a lovely day supporting a Primary History Workshops #WW2 workshop...we are keeping the kids in line (by providing exciting hands-on activities) with a fab afternoon to look forward to!
#Learning #PrimarySchool
#Learning #PrimarySchool
June 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Having a lovely day supporting a Primary History Workshops #WW2 workshop...we are keeping the kids in line (by providing exciting hands-on activities) with a fab afternoon to look forward to!
#Learning #PrimarySchool
#Learning #PrimarySchool
I don't know if you did, but thank you for thinking of me!
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don't know if you did, but thank you for thinking of me!
Off to Leicester this weekend for the #Siege380 event...but what should I wear? Tis such an issue when one has a larger c17th wardrobe than a modern day one...
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Off to Leicester this weekend for the #Siege380 event...but what should I wear? Tis such an issue when one has a larger c17th wardrobe than a modern day one...
Looking back over last year's #Tudor tournament at @nationaltrust.org.uk Igtham Mote in preparation for next month's outing at Cadw's Laugharne Castle - note to self, make sure to break his spear early on, it is quite the advantage of reach!
May 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Looking back over last year's #Tudor tournament at @nationaltrust.org.uk Igtham Mote in preparation for next month's outing at Cadw's Laugharne Castle - note to self, make sure to break his spear early on, it is quite the advantage of reach!
Almost ready to head to the Bosworth Battlefield tomorrow for a day of #Vikings with some histories and stories, shield walls and spears. From Lindisfarne to Stamford Bridge it should be a lot of fun!
May 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Almost ready to head to the Bosworth Battlefield tomorrow for a day of #Vikings with some histories and stories, shield walls and spears. From Lindisfarne to Stamford Bridge it should be a lot of fun!
I am a very lucky sausage - not only do I deliver loads of school workshops, but I get to bring the past alive at amazing museums and fabulous historic sites across the country!
Its #InternationalMuseumsDay today so please consider supporting your local museums - which is your favourite?
Its #InternationalMuseumsDay today so please consider supporting your local museums - which is your favourite?
May 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I am a very lucky sausage - not only do I deliver loads of school workshops, but I get to bring the past alive at amazing museums and fabulous historic sites across the country!
Its #InternationalMuseumsDay today so please consider supporting your local museums - which is your favourite?
Its #InternationalMuseumsDay today so please consider supporting your local museums - which is your favourite?
It's #Victorians at Cadw Blaenavon Ironworks, with a fabulous site and lovely folks - including the delicious Ragged Victorians - it's well worth a visit!
May 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's #Victorians at Cadw Blaenavon Ironworks, with a fabulous site and lovely folks - including the delicious Ragged Victorians - it's well worth a visit!
Fun day teaching year 3s about #RomanBritain, with many recruited for the Legions...
I got to take part in the Making Marvellous Mosaics session too - and made a mini Marcus! What do you think? Should I stick to the day job, or is there a possible career in mosaic making ahead?
I got to take part in the Making Marvellous Mosaics session too - and made a mini Marcus! What do you think? Should I stick to the day job, or is there a possible career in mosaic making ahead?
May 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Fun day teaching year 3s about #RomanBritain, with many recruited for the Legions...
I got to take part in the Making Marvellous Mosaics session too - and made a mini Marcus! What do you think? Should I stick to the day job, or is there a possible career in mosaic making ahead?
I got to take part in the Making Marvellous Mosaics session too - and made a mini Marcus! What do you think? Should I stick to the day job, or is there a possible career in mosaic making ahead?
It's #Vikings with Primary History Workshops today, so lots of object handling, storytelling, games, runes, and most important of all is lists of hands-on fun!
May 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's #Vikings with Primary History Workshops today, so lots of object handling, storytelling, games, runes, and most important of all is lists of hands-on fun!
We have completed two of three runs of @thekeyofdreams.co.uk and before I reset ready for the third and final show this month I thought it right to introduce, very briefly, two important characters among our cast and in our stories...
April 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We have completed two of three runs of @thekeyofdreams.co.uk and before I reset ready for the third and final show this month I thought it right to introduce, very briefly, two important characters among our cast and in our stories...
On Tuesday I was lucky enough to be invited to take a journey through the #Brumhole to talk with folks from other Birminghams across the world to promote Joe Lycett's #TheUnitedStatesOfBirmingham
Always lovely to promote Aston Hall, and it was just a lovely day!
Always lovely to promote Aston Hall, and it was just a lovely day!
April 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
On Tuesday I was lucky enough to be invited to take a journey through the #Brumhole to talk with folks from other Birminghams across the world to promote Joe Lycett's #TheUnitedStatesOfBirmingham
Always lovely to promote Aston Hall, and it was just a lovely day!
Always lovely to promote Aston Hall, and it was just a lovely day!
Stronghold Reenactment will be visiting Avoncroft Museum of Buildings for a #MedievalMayDay so join them at my sometimes-workplace on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May - tickets available on the door, or order in advance (also the tearoom does amazing cake).
avoncroft.org.uk/product/may-...
avoncroft.org.uk/product/may-...
April 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Stronghold Reenactment will be visiting Avoncroft Museum of Buildings for a #MedievalMayDay so join them at my sometimes-workplace on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May - tickets available on the door, or order in advance (also the tearoom does amazing cake).
avoncroft.org.uk/product/may-...
avoncroft.org.uk/product/may-...
I'm gearing up for a return to Wales for a fortnight at Treowen with the #KeyOfDreams - we've three runs this time (I think there are a couple of last minute tickets available still), and I'm looking forward to meeting up with some really fab folks!
April 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I'm gearing up for a return to Wales for a fortnight at Treowen with the #KeyOfDreams - we've three runs this time (I think there are a couple of last minute tickets available still), and I'm looking forward to meeting up with some really fab folks!
It's food with a sixteenth century bent at Hasland Village Hall for Chesterfield 'museum on the move', with Up An' At 'Em History - lovely and tasty stuff!
April 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's food with a sixteenth century bent at Hasland Village Hall for Chesterfield 'museum on the move', with Up An' At 'Em History - lovely and tasty stuff!
It's the last #ThreeLittlePigs storytelling and buildings day for this month at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings and it's a beautiful day with a great school.
Up the windmill this afternoon!
Up the windmill this afternoon!
April 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It's the last #ThreeLittlePigs storytelling and buildings day for this month at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings and it's a beautiful day with a great school.
Up the windmill this afternoon!
Up the windmill this afternoon!
What was a Yeoman Warder of Henry VIII doing at Raglan Castle? Now there is a very good question - what does a unique castle in Wales have to do with the Tudor dynasty - and why was it raining on the day I was there?!
April 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What was a Yeoman Warder of Henry VIII doing at Raglan Castle? Now there is a very good question - what does a unique castle in Wales have to do with the Tudor dynasty - and why was it raining on the day I was there?!
It's our field to loaf school workshop today, so exploring every stage of bread making at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings.
Lovely!
Lovely!
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's our field to loaf school workshop today, so exploring every stage of bread making at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings.
Lovely!
Lovely!
It's some photography for Stronghold Reenactment's Medieval May Day at Avoncroft Museum which is going to be a lot of fun! Lovely to be in period kit in period places!
March 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's some photography for Stronghold Reenactment's Medieval May Day at Avoncroft Museum which is going to be a lot of fun! Lovely to be in period kit in period places!
Needs a little touching up, some looking/pulling, and much worrying that the colours are somehow not right...but another world is mostly painted, ready for a #Viking workshop next week!
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Needs a little touching up, some looking/pulling, and much worrying that the colours are somehow not right...but another world is mostly painted, ready for a #Viking workshop next week!
It is #InternationalDayOfHappiness today, so here are two things that have brought a smile to my face - my freshly painted buckler (no doubt end up much less pretty after use) and a note I was given from a pupil at a school I visited. No prizes for guessing the subject though...
March 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It is #InternationalDayOfHappiness today, so here are two things that have brought a smile to my face - my freshly painted buckler (no doubt end up much less pretty after use) and a note I was given from a pupil at a school I visited. No prizes for guessing the subject though...
It has been a lovely weekend for some shopping - two reenactment markets means more spending than is wise, but plenty added to my Roman impression, plus material for a new tunica and cloak, along with more medieval kit, some pocket fillers, and even a new rapier hanger.
New armour not pictured...
New armour not pictured...
March 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It has been a lovely weekend for some shopping - two reenactment markets means more spending than is wise, but plenty added to my Roman impression, plus material for a new tunica and cloak, along with more medieval kit, some pocket fillers, and even a new rapier hanger.
New armour not pictured...
New armour not pictured...