Lucy Worsley “recreates festivities “ “ customs , food and festive fun” ....tonight at 9 on BBC2 
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Baz posted:Evening Peasants
Milady to you 😂😂😂😂
Dead, beheadded, wed, shed, fed, died, survived.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Dead, beheadded, wed, shed, fed, died, survived.
Hi EC 
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:
Hi Fluffs
"Henry was a real dog lover".
Yes, I saw his third wife.
Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Evening Peasants
Milady to you 😂😂😂😂
In your dreams
Remember that duff executioner...any more lip and you'll meet him😂😂😂😂
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
"Henry was a real dog lover".
Yes, I saw his third wife.
You mean his 4 th
I just plucked a number out of the air for comedic effect, not accuracy.
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
"Henry was a real dog lover".
Yes, I saw his third wife.
You mean his 4 th
You beat me to it
Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Evening Peasants
Milady to you 😂😂😂😂
In your dreams
Remember that duff executioner...any more lip and you'll meet him😂😂😂😂
😱😱😱😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
😂😂😂😂🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁
My telly has lost all of it's colour!
Baz posted:They need Rammy Ruth
I miss her!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
My telly has lost all of it's colour!
Check all the cables are in properly then switch it off then back on
Syd posted:
Merry Tudor Christmas one and all,,,,,,
Hi Syd 
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
"Henry was a real dog lover".
Yes, I saw his third wife.
You mean his 4 th
I just plucked a number out of the air for comedic effect, not accuracy.
Tsk....😂
Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
My telly has lost all of it's colour!
I was having a bit of a leg pull Yogi, that segment on the programme was all greyed out.
Syd posted:
And to you
Right, from now on I am going to call them shred pies.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
My telly has lost all of it's colour!
I was having a bit of a leg pull Yogi, that segment on the programme was all greyed out.
You got me again, I’m so naive
East of Krakatoa.
Baz posted:Hampton Court
My favourite place
Where would Masterchef be without the Tudors......
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Hampton Court
My favourite place
I love it and the Tower of London equally.
Baz posted:I’ll pass on the pie
Me too😂
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:I’ll pass on the pie
Me too😂
Ditto
Nice writing.
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Hampton Court
My favourite place
I love it and the Tower of London equally.
I think HC has the edge....better events😁
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:East of Krakatoa.
Jaffa? 
Peacock leg anyone?
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Hampton Court
My favourite place
I love it and the Tower of London equally.
I think HC has the edge....better events😁
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Peacock leg anyone?
Pass!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Peacock leg anyone?
No, the cream worked wonders!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Peacock leg anyone?
No thanks
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Peacock leg anyone?
No, I’ll donate mine to the peasants ...cos I’m good like that
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Peacock leg anyone?
No, the cream worked wonders!
Still looked like an ear to me!!!!!
Syd posted:Sweet snout.
It's snot any good.
Baz posted:Oh so that’s where the term originated
I didn't know that
Baz posted:Oh so that’s where the term originated
I had heard it before, but it's good to be reminded and refreshed of the fact. 
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Syd posted:Sweet snout.
It's snot any good.
Renaissance man.
He will be hanging by his neck on the morrow.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:He will be hanging by his neck on the morrow.
This it what Christmas is all about......
I like this type of music.
Baz posted:Oh we sang that carol at school
We did too, but I mimed as usual
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I like this type of music.
So do I, sort of takes me to another place...........
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Oh we sang that carol at school
We did too, but I mimed as usual
Baz posted:Oh we sang that carol at school
*thinks better about cracking a joke*
It's the Clan!!!!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:It's the Clan!!!!
Rocking Ros Rose posted:sneaks in
Evening Ros
We all had Aunts and Uncles come to visit at Christmas like that......
Baz posted:They’d scare the hell out of me
Those masks are horrible
Syd posted:We all had Aunts and Uncles come to visit at Christmas like that......
You can bet Rylan was hosting it - he hosts most of everything else!
hi bazzy kaytee yogi EC syd
I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason. 
She's wrong there - Trick or Treat is relatively recent- she's meaning guising.
Rocking Ros Rose posted:hi bazzy kaytee yogi EC syd
Ros
she certainly likes dressing up
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason.
I saw a programme about that
those codpieces were designed to stand out
Rocking Ros Rose posted:she certainly likes dressing up
I reckon she has a huge dressing up box at home
I would give him something green as he has ginger hair.
Bit like hankies and socks....one pair is good.......the next three get tedious......
“Does this mean, I want to poke you Anne”
Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason.
read about it
Rocking Ros Rose posted:Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason.
read about it
EC can give us all the details
Rocking Ros Rose posted:those codpieces were designed to stand out
🤐😂
Yogi19 posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:she certainly likes dressing up
I reckon she has a huge dressing up box at home
Yogi19 posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason.
read about it
If I want to get banned.
I'm finding this a bit tedious. The roll playing is mostly to blame.
As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Baz posted:Yes , lead me to the sugar
bazzzyyyyy - yack yack
the drink sounds quite nice
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Yogi19 posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I go to events where we all wear masks, but it's for an entirely different reason.
read about it
If I want to get banned.
ROFL
I have never had Pimms.
BUT - I did have a zombie at our works do last friday!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Aniseed Balls........
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Yes, aniseed balls
Is that what they were, I have a vague memory of eating them.
Baz posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:I'm finding this a bit tedious. The roll playing is mostly to blame.
Awww
I didn't fancy it - but TBF I do think that is what makes it but can understand Fluffs
I'm going to put my PJ's on BRB.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I'm going to put my PJ's on BRB.
Okay
love Tudor music/madrigals/ three voicesetc
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I'm going to put my PJ's on BRB.
Go behind the curtain then
Rocking Ros Rose posted:Puritans were spoilsports
Rocking Ros Rose posted:love Tudor music/madrigals/ three voicesetc
Beautiful...sometimes when I hear it I feel as if I am there.........
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I'm going to put my PJ's on BRB.
Go behind the curtain then
bazzzyyy
I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick the @rse out of it.!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Liqorice comfits.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick the @rse out of it.!
Yes
Syd posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:love Tudor music/madrigals/ three voices etc
Beautiful...sometimes when I hear it I feel as if I am there.........
yes I adore it
Can't help singing "Tick a Tick a Timex" when I hear that music.......
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Liqorice comfits.
torpedos we called them
Baz posted:Now you’re talking
Sweets and cakes....count me in
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick the @rse out of it.!
I think it has changed hugely in recent years.
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Now you’re talking
Sweets and cakes....count me in
And me
those masks are weird - very witchy
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick the @rse out of it.!
.😂😂😂
Baz posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Liqorice comfits.
torpedos we called them
Yes
It's quite homo-erotic.
Rocking Ros Rose posted:those masks are weird - very witchy
Scary
I am all for having an extended 12 days off work, where we just party and wear masks and eat...
Baz posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Liqorice comfits.
torpedos we called them
Yes
We called them comfits....torpedos were bigger
I enjoyed that. Thanks for the company, everyone
That brought me good cheers.
I really enjoyed that......... made me feel Christmassy (at last)........
xxx
Thanks for the company everyone....night night
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Rocking Ros Rose posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.
Liqorice comfits.
torpedos we called them
Yes
We called them comfits....torpedos were bigger
didn't call them comfits - just remember torpedos but there were bigger ones
Did she say why originally a banquet was just all the sweet stuff?