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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Apr 14, 2009 20:11:32 GMT 1
To all you newcomers out there, welcome!
New France Old England is a re-enactment/living history society which recreates colonial America in what has become known as the French Indian War during the late 1750's or the beginning of the Seven Years War to European historians.
The backdrop of the war is the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, New France (covering much of modern day Canada and stretching down to New Orleans) and the ancestral lands of the numerous Native Peoples. It was a war of skirmish and raid tactics where infantry dominated as the logistics prevented artillery and cavalry being used in great numbers.
New France Old England has been in existence for over 10 years and prides itself on it's high quality recreation of costume, displays and knowledge. The clash of cultures gives endless opportunities for research and the 18th century as a whole provides plenty of colour and eye catching costumes!
This thread is for new and old members of the forum (not necessarily NFOE members) to post a little about themselves, interests and locations and who knows, maybe you will end up meeting each other in real life (God forbid!)
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Apr 14, 2009 20:20:13 GMT 1
I suppose I better go first,
My name is Will and I am the admin on the forum and also the current Chairman of NFOE and also the French Commanding Officer. The unit I belong to is the French Royal Artillerie who had a small presence (20 men!) in New France and I hold the rank of 2eme Leutenant as it's the lowest I can get away with! (Interesting fact #1 In New France the lower ranking officers Enseigns to Capitaine got much more autonomy due to the small scale nature of the war. The Marines acted as autonomous companies anyway so didn't require higher ranks. This also meant the average ages of these men was much higher than their European counterparts, not very cool back in the homeland!)
As French CO my main focus is always all things Froggy although delving into this period has really tweaked my interest in the Indian Euro relationships and their intermediaries who crossed between the two cultures.
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Post by jfdiow on Apr 20, 2009 9:10:05 GMT 1
Hi,
Okay then I'll go next,
I'm Judith, I live in the Isle of Wight and I'm a member of the small Berks County Militia unit (which tends to concentrate on living history)
I enjoy the historical aspect of life and try to research and experience what might have been the life of a English/Pennsylvania Dutch colonial frontierswoman during the
F&I period.
I'm also currently the chair of the Mannered Mob which recreates mid-18th century civilian life (mostly English) at different levels of the social scale.
Best,
Judith
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Post by steve stanley on Apr 21, 2009 5:05:10 GMT 1
Next...
I'm Steve from Leicester,& I'm an alco(whoops! wrong forum)
With Mass. Provincials,but with kit based on the snowshoe companies that were a select militia from the 1720's.
Having done various 17th/18th cent things for the last 20 years,now fascinated by the whole colonial era.
Steve
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Post by roidederby on Jul 9, 2009 12:14:03 GMT 1
Well, I guess this is as good a place as any to say hello...
I'm Dave/King/Beckford/Brettsbane, from Dillons...doing Gunpowder Mills as a try out, with a view to joining next year as a guy lost in the woods shooting at nasty redcoats, and eventually going back to my evangelical roots and becoming a Jesuit.
I helped set up a group at the local Uni (with Brett), and am also part of CESS
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David_Saffrey
Just off the Boat
For God, King and Country
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Post by David_Saffrey on Jul 10, 2009 13:00:05 GMT 1
Hi everyone, I’m David, and for those who don’t know me I’m currently a member of the 60th Regiment of Foot (Royal Americans). I have been a re-enactor for over 6 years now, starting off with Lace Wars period (1740’s), then the U.S. Civil War, and more recently the French and Indian War with NFOE.
Whilst attending the annual end of year event at Bath in 2007, I was approached by Colin Spicer who told me of his plans to create a new redcoat regiment within NFOE. I liked the idea and joined NFOE itself in 2008. Since then we have grown in size and attracted several seasoned re-enactors to a strength of eight consisting of one officer, one grenadier and six hatmen, not bad in just over a season.
I do the best I can to keep my impression as authentic as possible without becoming too hard-core, as that can actually detract from the fun element of re-enactment. I have studied the drill manuals hard and like to think that I can get the unit from A to B without getting too tongue-tied.
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Post by al on Jul 10, 2009 19:35:43 GMT 1
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Jul 13, 2009 16:58:20 GMT 1
Thread just cleaned. Please use the rest of the forum for questions etc. Sorry about the heavy handed deleting of posts rather than movement but they are pretty basic admin tools on this site. I have decided to leave Al's post up as it portrays his nature admirably. Would be nice if some more regular users pulled their finger out and wrote a little bit,
Rant over!
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Post by irene on Jul 14, 2009 9:39:18 GMT 1
Right, you asked for it, you gonna get it ;D. Hi everyone. My name is Irene Fischer, and we (husband, son and I) joined NFOE five years ago. Usually it's wives tagging along with husbands, with us it's the other way round. You won't see us at every event, if we're lucky we can do two a season. Reason for that is that we live in The Netherlands. And depend on school holidays.  Best bits are meeting people and chat, learning new things and making new friends.  Wors bit (so far), trying to sleep on the backseat of the car after breaking the bed during the night. And have the mother of all backpains the next morning, or so it seemed.  Will this do, Will? |
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Jul 14, 2009 16:08:06 GMT 1
Absolutely!
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Post by dingo on Jul 22, 2009 21:42:09 GMT 1
Well will looks like you put a damper on this one
So ill get it going again
Hi I'm dingo(Paul) lived in Auckland NZ for 23 years returned to blighty after getting caught up in a seedy sheep love triangle
I'm in the French marine and we're mighty pleased with our smart dashing appearance
we take shooting very serious (when my frizzens not U/S) and our dill is the envy of the French army
I have been reenacting near on 20years and for me you can't beat NFOE( this is true)
great thing about the marine is that its a loose set up with no over bearing command structure
just right for anybody from the top part of the world
chin chin old beans.........Who's next
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Post by jim67 on Nov 13, 2009 15:38:04 GMT 1
Hi i'm jim, i portray the 42nd light company, should be two of us other lost in the woods. As from the latest newsletter you can see i like to shoot French melons. Usually hanging around various campfires at events, but this year will try casting shot with dingo to show the French how big our British balls are  . |
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Post by steve stanley on Nov 14, 2009 10:43:02 GMT 1
I'll bring my mould etc. as well!
Steve
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Post by dingo on Nov 17, 2009 22:51:44 GMT 1
good to see you on board jim....when we meeting up for this ear drink dude
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Post by tarkers on Jan 20, 2010 22:50:34 GMT 1
Hi All,
My name is Greg and I have just joined NFOE and specifically the Royal Americans.
I have to admit to a far too long re-enacting/living history past having started in 1983 with a WW2 group (that I am still with).
Did a little Napoleonic cav with the 12th Light Dragoons and really enjoyed the difference between the periods - culture, ethos, kit etc.
As the 12th haven't done much recently I figured to see what else took my fancy and remembering one of the guys in my unit used to do F&I Wars, and said it was a bit of a giggle, thought "that'll do".
I have already hassled Colin S and Redders about the kit and what I need and all the standard newbie questions, and have received much advice - we'll leave it there :-)
Looking to get most of my basic kit squared away for the Bison Farm event and hope to meet you all there.
Regards,
Greg
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Best bits are meeting people and chat, learning new things and making new friends. 
Wors bit (so far), trying to sleep on the backseat of the car after breaking the bed during the night. And have the mother of all backpains the next morning, or so it seemed. 
Will this do, Will?
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