I haven't done this impression for a while... Army recruiting sergeant for the Norfolk Regiment, 1914: part of a First World War living history scenario which took place at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse in August 2014. Photo: Julie Hines. www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

With Ordgar Saxon and Viking group having fun at Sheringham last weekend...😀 Photo: Sue Clements

I've just discovered this photo, from the Lynn News back in February, showing a Victorian Fairground session taking place at Lynn Museum. Children are always fascinated by the model carousel, and we discussed the work of local entrepreneur Frederick Savage. www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Memories of a great day working at Ancient House Museum, 8 years ago! www.facebook.com/share/p/18Kg... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I'll be working at most of these children's historical workshops that Ancient House Museum has lined up, including some free ones... 🙂 www.facebook.com/share/1FzZfX... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

First time out for my original WW2 Air Raid Precautions/Civil Defence battledress uniform at Whitwell and Reepham Station's 1940s day yesterday. Here with my chum Mark Taylor, who was portraying a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Photos: Stuart Wilby www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Here's a short video of the Viking boat-burning event last evening at Sheringham: my new Viking group, Ordgar, (along with other groups) made me very welcome and it was altogether a joyful experience! www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ccq... Photo: Stuart Wilby www.facebook.com/share/1JDb6D...

Another beautiful sword from Tod's Workshop! www.facebook.com/share/1JTqAt...

I'll be with Ordgar at this Viking event, with living history displays, fighting and a ship burning, at Sheringham on Saturday! www.facebook.com/share/p/1GkW... lovenorfolk.co.uk/event/sherin...

I'm looking forward to running these WW1 'trench life' workshops for children at Ancient House Museum on 11 August: click on the link for details! facebook.com/events/s/fir... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I was in Malta last week and the biggest surprise was the armoury of the Knights of St John in the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta. All items date from the 15th-17thC and my photos really don't do the collection justice! heritagemalta.mt/explore/gran... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Taken from the old Citadel, Victoria, on Gozo island, Malta... It was a real joy to visit Malta: I will return! visitgozo.com/places/citta...

A blast from the past from the courtroom café at St Alban's Museum... Here being the gaoler helping to run trial sessions in the courtroom 8 years ago, despite it being full of cafe customers: a real challenge and great fun, with Time Will Tell Theatre. www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Happy World Theatre Day! Here's a reminder of Time Will Theatre's performances, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, of a play about food in Nelson's Navy. Kathy Hipperson and myself had a lot of fun! #WorldTheatreDay www.time-will-tell.co.uk @phdockyard www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Love this, rather conspiratorial, image showing the gatekeepers at Kentwell Hall in 1536... well, actually last year! I won't be attending at Easter but will be there for most of their other Tudor and multi-period living history events throughout the year. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cko...

Something different today! I worked with the education team at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse presenting a 1950s-themed day for YrR and Yr1 from Hillside Avenue Primary School. It was good to be back as schoolmaster in the Victorian schoolroom again! www.gressenhall.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3061...

Great feedback!: "My son LOVED the Roman Workshop you had recently. The person was so engaging. He has read numerous Roman books since then and has drawn the red shield he brought along numerous times! I also see you have a whole range of exciting workshops planned for the rest of the year...!"

Another photo from my recent English Civil Wars presentation at Langley Prep School: sums the morning up really! 😀 www.facebook.com/share/182faX... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

There's a free Home Educators' Iron Age workshop, including a live theatre performance, taking place at Lynn Museum on Wednesday 29th April, 10am-2.30pm. I'm looking forward to working on aspects of Celtic life for a change! facebook.com/events/s/ram... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

It was a real joy to present the topic of the English Civil Wars once more to Yr7 at Langley Prep School last Friday! The pupils were engaged, polite, confident, had a good background knowledge of the topic plus a sense of fun... langleyschool.co.uk www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I recommend visiting this lively and colourful event in King's Lynn on 24th May! I'm unable to attend this time but always thoroughly enjoy myself whenever I'm working there: www.facebook.com/share/18Qdzq... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I'm delighted with my Anglo-Saxon/Viking Langseax from Tod Cutler! Mine has a plain leather scabbard but they also come with some beautiful detailing. Perfect for my early-medieval schools and public presentations... 🙂 todcutler.com?srsltid=AfmB... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I had a cracking day working at a WW2 Home Front schools' event at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse yesterday! 'Captain Morgan' of the Home Guard put the children through their paces as new recruits, and the bayonet dummies still haven't recovered... 😉 www.gressenhall.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3061...

My talented wife has made me a Gansey! It has the net mask pattern, as worn by the Sheringham fishermen 'Alma' West and Belsha Johnson, pictured below in c.1900-1914. For details see: www.northfolk.org.uk/ganseys/sher... The Gansey is perfect for both work and those chillier spring days! 😀

Free entry to Ancient House Museum this Saturday! www.facebook.com/share/1CUF7z...

Memories of an Edith Cavell photoshoot at Norwich Cathedral on this day in 2014 with the excellent Paul Hurst, and the first time out for my WW1 Service Dress uniform, made by that clever Richard Knight of Khaki On Campaign! khaki-on-campaign.uk www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Happy International Bagpipe Day! The first photo here was taken in front of the John Frost Bridge having spent 3 splendid days playing snare drum with the Massed Pipes and Drums at the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem in September 2019. A real privilege!

Happy International Women's Day everyone! To mark the day here's a post from Bletchley Park, where I'm looking forward to working again this year - with a predominantly female events team - later this year! www.facebook.com/share/p/187b... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I've just fitted the leatherwork to a maille collar, or standard, for wearing at my late-medieval and Tudor soldier presentations. The maille was bought from the excellent Cāp-a-Pie 20 years ago but I'm not one to hurry... ... 😄 www.capapie.co.uk www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

As it's World Book Day my personal recommendation is Jonathan Healey's 'The Blood in Winter', which tells the story of the countdown to the start of the English Civil War through 1641 and into 1642. It reads like a very well informed thriller! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blood-in-...

Exciting news: the Bayeux Tapestry will be exhibited at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027! Tickets available from 1 July... www.facebook.com/share/v/18HB... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

This is an interesting story about a member of the Colonial Marines, a regiment of black ex-slaves who fought as a part of the Royal Marines in the Anglo-American War of 1812-14, and his later emigration to the West Indies: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DTE... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I visited the Jorvik Festival in York this weekend: a brilliant atmosphere and event! www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I had a very rewarding day today presenting Roman military life at a free 'drop-in' day at Lynn Museum! I even received a gift of a coloured-in image of myself from a smashing young recruit named... Roman! www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I visited this lovely museum today, all about the 'fisherfolk' of the North End of King's Lynn: highly recommended! truesyard.co.uk www.facebook.com/share/17q1P4... The model of explorer Captain George Vancouver's HMS Discovery is very evocative... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

This Roman army family event is happening at Ancient House Museum next Wednesday 17 February: booking essential... www.facebook.com/share/p/1CeR... I'm looking forward to it: one of my favourite topics to present! www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I'm presenting Roman army sessions for Lynn Museum at this free public family event next Thursday 19 February: booking recommended! facebook.com/events/s/anc... There will be other Roman activities to take part in too! www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Out and about at Knettishall Heath, Norfolk, today... They have Exmoor ponies there, which gives this image a New Forest vibe!

Being silly with my chum Kathy Hipperson following a busy day working at Ancient House Museum on topics including sweated labour, the Edwardian suffrage movement and the important role of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses during the First World War. www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I worked at Stories of Lynn Museum today discussing crime and punishment in Tudor England with local schoolchildren. It's a fascinating building, complete with cells and courtroom, and functions as King's Lynn town hall... www.storiesoflynn.co.uk www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

It was WW2 'Home Front' day for Yr6 at Stoke Holy Cross Primary School yesterday and I enjoyed working with Hands On The Past! I covered the role of the Home Guard and the (later) annual stirrup pump competition later proved particularly popular, if damp... 😄 www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Some chums of mine are taking part in this WW2 mystery, family event at Fort Nelson over half term, with Time Will Tell Theatre. I can't do it this year but last year's Victorian one was great fun: highly recommended! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Atv...

I worked today at Ancient House Museum with home educators on the topic of writer, Thomas Paine (born on this day in 1737 in Thetford) and the American Revolution, 1775-1783! We even got to see his deathmask... For more see: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Yt... www.facebook.com/share/p/1WJk...

Is it still pantomime season? Victorian horror story perhaps? No, just me having fun at a Maharajah Duleep Singh educational day for local children at Ancient House Museum! We've discussed the Anglo-Sikh Wars and other aspects of Victorian life. www.ancienthouse.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3068...

I was recently delighted to receive a replica Wakefield hanger from Tod of Tod Cutler: it's of great quality and a real beauty! See: todcutler.com/products/wak... The hanger will complete my Tudor soldier/militiaman impression. www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

It's shocking what they make these new-fangled coppers wear these days! 😄 Another Victorian crime and punishment day at Lynn Museum and Stories of Lynn. For details re Lynn Museum's Star Wars exhibition see: www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/6907... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

I'm working at Stories of Lynn and Lynn Museum today discussing the terrible floods of 31st January 1953 with children from Hunstanton. My topic includes the role of the Royal Air Force in helping with rescue and recording the damage. The photos are from outside King's Lynn Minster...

Here's some great feedback about my Roman life presentation at King's Ely last week: we had a great morning with much laughter and learning! www.facebook.com/share/p/17K6... www.kingsely.org www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Not long now... 🙂 www.facebook.com/share/17pyXN... www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

Taken during my 1stC Roman army presentation for Yr6 at King's Ely School yesterday: the children engaged well and we had a lot of fun! www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com