Posts Tagged: History
300,000 Arrows A Minute
Posted by on Saturday, November 13, 2004 in - leave a comment
The excellent - and ale-erific - Michael in Halifax includes this fact in a post today: • “At the battle of Towton in 1461 - Britain's bloodiest battle - the Yorkist faction had as many as 20,000 archers. At 15 arrows per minute that's 300,000 arrows per minute - 5000 arrows per second. 28,000 …
Old Roadhouse?
Posted by on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 in - leave a comment
I often wonder at some of the incidental buildings of Kingston, the repurposed. This one just up Queens street from St. Paul's Anglican always catches my eye. The porch's roofline is very Quebec and I wonder if it was some sort of roadhouse when it was first built. It is listed in the Ontario …
One For the Armourer
Posted by on Monday, November 8, 2004 in - 1 comment
I noticed this on my noon walk today as I was passing St. Andrew's Presbyterian at Princess and (I think) Clergy. Notice that the cannon is in the lower right of the picture at the left. Click for bigger images.
