The columbarium on Birchmount Rd has been sitting untouched for years now. It's time for the City of Toronto to take control of the property and structure to convert it into a public amenity.
#Toronto #Scarborough #ScarboroughAgincourt #Agincourt #TamOShanter #Milliken #Birchmount
The sun peeking thru the trees.
The Scarberian tundra aglow.
Another Tam O'Shanter.
With the inevitable spring melt upon us, its time to enjoy another Snowshoe sunset session thru Scarborough.
#LoveTheRavines #HighlandCreek #WinterTO #SnowshoeTO #Agincourt #Scarborough #sunset #EastCoastKin #RavineRambles
Sunset over Tam O'Shanter.
With the warm weather fast approaching, taking some time to enjoy the limited snowshoeing opportunities in Highland Creek watershed.
#LoveTheRavines #HighlandCreek #WinterTO #SnowshoeTO #Agincourt #Scarborough #sunset #EastCoastKin
Bowman’s reflections after Agincourt remind us that true honor is found in peace, not in battle. 🏹⚔️ #Agincourt #Peace #History
Another notable son of the town was Henry Chichele (c1363 – 1443), among many of his achievements he was Bishop of St David’s and Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as being at the Battle of #Agincourt. He also founded All Souls College, Oxford, and left his footprint upon the town of his birth.
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"The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more."~Henry V 4.3 #StCrispinsDay #WeBandofBrothers #Agincourt #OnThisDay #Shakespeare
#OnThisDay #StCrispinsDay 1415
An #English & #Welsh army, composed primarily of low-born archers, met the French in battle. Although outnumbered, the English were triumphant. So let us raise a flagon those happy few who fought and died, on the muddy field of #Agincourt!
The flag of St George blowing in the breeze - after the depiction of the battlefield in the Laurence Olivier film of Henry V. Illustration by Edward Bettison.
St Crispin’s Day, 1415. King Henry V and his men gather after battle to receive word from the French herald. The day is England’s: victory against all the odds and triumph over the flower of French nobility. The red-cross flag of St George unfurls and ripples in the breeze, against blue sky, billowing clouds, and, in the distance, a castle known as Agincourt. The green fields of battle roll away, still scattered with bodies in their colourful liveries, while a few stray horses gallop into the woods. As Henry accepts victory, voices break into song. ‘Our king went forth to Normandy, / With grace and might of chivalry’ – the opening lines of the Agincourt Carol, celebrating the triumph of England and the king. But this king is Laurence Olivier, and the battlefield panorama is in brilliant Technicolor. The words of the Agincourt Carol are sung to a setting by composer William Walton. This is the 1944 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, made to boost British morale during World War Two, just as another invasion of France was looming, and released in the autumn following D-Day. England the underdogs: honour, courage, and victory against the odds. Agincourt: a byword for patriotic pride and valour. The Agincourt Carol, composed shortly after the battle, glories in victory for England – ‘Anglia’ – and its brave king, at this pivotal moment in what proved to be the Hundred Years War. But Englishmen weren’t the only ones pitted against the French on the battlefield. The story of Agincourt we’re familiar with – via Olivier and Shakespeare before him – is a carefully-crafted one of unity and
co-operation. Shakespeare’s play features a cast of diverse characters: Gower the Englishman, Captain Jamy the Scot, Macmorris the Irishman, and Fluellen (Llewellyn) the Welshman – bickering and japing but nevertheless coming together to fight. Longbowmen, including those from Wales, were Henry’s secret weapon and a decisive factor in victory. Yet, in 1415, relations between neighbours in Britain were far from comfortable. Back across the Channel, the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr had threatened English control for over ten years. Political tensions and resistance to the English crown rumbled on. The Agincourt Carol trumpets English triumph, but there’s another, unspoken, story here about those others on the battlefield and troubles back home. What happens if we read around the edges of this exuberantly patriotic, jingoistic verse? The poem points us to something not just about England’s belligerent history with France, but also its fractious, predacious relationships with its neighbours within Britain, too.
'Upon Saint Crispin’s day!' Today, 25 October, is the anniversary of the Battle of #Agincourt. One chapter in #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems starts with the early 15th-century Agincourt Carol as a way into the medieval battle - taking us beyond the familiar story... #medieval #history #StCrispinsDay
A date every stout, longbow wielding yeoman should remember
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother."
#agincourt #history
By all means remember your wedding anniversary too
25 October 1415: The English army of Henry V defeated the French at the Battle of #Agincourt. #History
25 October is the feast day of saints Crispin and Crispinian.
Playmobil Henry V on horseback rousing his knights backed by trees and wagons.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, “Tomorrow is St Crispian:”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
1415 #OTD #Agincourt #HenryV #PlaymobilInfestation
Henry V at Agincourt “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”
On this day in 1415, King Henry & an outnumbered, dysentery-ridden, band of brothers crushed the French army, the gallic nobles falling like autumn leaves into the sucking mud.
#agincourt #stcrispensday
Featuring 28mm minis painted by chums Scrivs and Nick with background by Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #wargaming #nerdlings #jhbackdrops #miniatures #spreadthelard #agincourt #midgardheroicbattles
Just in time for the 610th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, here’s my tenth video, in which we take a whistle stop tour through how I made the terrain cloth and then get to see how the game played out. #wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures #spreadthelard #agincourt youtu.be/f9is5IesqO8?...
Agincourt at Partizan.
Blogged for your delight
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⚔️ 610 years since Agincourt 🌧️ Mud, arrows & grit beat armor & pride—lessons echo from the Somme to Ukraine’s drone wars. 📜💥 #History #Military #Agincourt
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Here you can see Scrivs (painter of 90% of the minis) surveying the field of battle & scenes of the French closing in on the English line. Background by Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #spreadthelard #miniatures #wargaming #agincourt #midgardheroicbattles #agincourt #partizanshow #jhbackdrops #nerdlings
And we’re ready to go at The Other Partizan! Agincourt in 28mm & Glorantha Battle of Pavis in 6mm. Backgrounds by kind permission of Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #nerdlings #wargaming #miniatures #agincourt #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles
One half of the Partizan terrain is set up, a scenic ploughed field soon to be populated with a lot of Frenchmen and arrows! #wargaming #nerdlings #spreadthelard #miniatures #agincourt #midgardheroicbattles
Agincourt test game this evening prior to The Other Partizan on Sunday with Scrivs’ rather lovely Perry collection. A rousing English victory but still tweaking the scenario! #wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures #spreadthelard #agincourt #midgardheroicbattles #perryminiatures #hundredyearswar
On DG14 you’ll find our 6mm Gloranthan battle (as seen at the Joy of Six in July) with miniatures by Matt Moran and Tom Webster-Deakin. #spreadthelard #wargaming #miniatures #nerdlings #partizanwargamesshow #midgardheroicbattles #reisswitzpress #glorantha #agincourt #peterspaperboys
Having seen the plan for The Other Partizan show, I think everyone’s in for a treat at Newark Showground on October 12th! We have managed to shoehorn 3 Midgard Heroic Battles games into the hall… #spreadthelard #wargaming #miniatures #nerdlings #glorantha #agincourt #peterspaperboys
Finished some crossbowmen from the Perry plastics Agincourt French infantry box.
#wargaming #miniaturepainting #chivalry #agincourt
Picture of the book Azincourt by Jean Teulé, a kindle, and a cat from the back.
Teulé's description of the battle is hilarious--I read that part almost in one sitting. 😄 #agincourt #henryv #100yearswar #medieval #humorfiction #comedyfiction #frenchbooks
#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #howchanceandstupidityhavechangedhistory #durschmied #chance #stupidity #history #agincourt #france #england #15thCentury #mud #rain #knights #armor #horses #servants #iron #quagmire
A 17104 map showing the location of the battle of Agincourt
A close-up of Guillaume de l’Isle’s 1704 map of Artois, locating the battle of Agincourt west of the town of Azincourt rather than its now traditional location east of the town. (National Library of France)
From #Agincourt by Mike Livingston. Available in paperback 11/09/25
#historysky #booksky
This astonishing book fixes the myth of Agincourt and adds to our understanding of what led to that slaughteryard of horrors. Bernard Cornwell. There is the book cover of Agincourt by Mike Livingston underneath the text. Blue background and gold border.
In September we publish #Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King by Michael Livingston @medievalguy
This groundbreaking study, as featured on History Hit's Agincourt, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great victory.
UK: 11/09/2025
US: 09/09/2025
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#Booksky #Historysky
