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how medieval people cured illnesses @chalkehistoryfestival #history #medievalhistory How to get around anti-sword laws @chalkehistoryfestival The different types of Dark Age axes @chalkehistoryfest This is medieval stone masonry @chalkehistoryfestival What cutting edge chainmail looked like @chalkehistoryfestival What did a lieutenant wear in the US Civil War? @chalkehistoryfestival Viking romance was wild! How Anglo Saxon's cared for their weapons @chalkehistoryfestival When Malcom X visited Birmingham You didn't want to get an infection in WW1 @chalkehistoryfestival The Snider–Enfield explained @chalkehistoryfestival Here are 4 medieval medicines @chalkehistoryfestival The legendary WW2 officer you've never heard of @chalkehistoryfestival Worst ways to die in history (part 11) This is Victorian self-defense @chalkehistoryfestival This is medieval peasant food @chalkehistoryfestival Worst ways to die in history (part 10) This is medieval chainmail @chalkehistoryfestival Worst ways to die in history (part 9) These are helmets from the Middle Ages! @chalkehistoryfestival Worst ways to die in history (part 8) This is how people from the Stone Age made rope @chalkehistoryfestival This is how wounds were cleaned during WW1! @chalkehistoryfestival Worst ways to die in history (part 7) This is Samurai armor from the 16th century! @chalkehistoryfestival We met a medieval scribe @chalkehistoryfestival This is an Anglo-Saxon knife called a Seaxe! @chalkehistoryfestival This is where Charlie Chaplin grew up in #london #history This is a soldier's uniform from the American Civil War @chalkehistoryfestival The first red phone box in #london #history Is This The Greatest Crime In English Literature? Victorian boxing seems bizarre compared to today @chalkehistoryfestival This is an 18th Century secret women's pistol! @chalkehistoryfestival #Ad Who knew that kids' gym shoes were linked to maritime safety? This is a WW2 anti-tank gun @chalkehistoryfestival The London Park That Used To Be A Duelling Ground How did the Victorians waterproof wooden ships? @chalkehistoryfestival London's Secret Jewel Tower! The real life Bridgerton in Mayfair The world record hot air balloon London used to have Frost Fairs on the frozen river! Handel And Hendrix house in London! #history Horrific punishments from the 16th century @chalkehistoryfestival London's Great Stink of 1858 Paris has THREE Statues of Liberty?! These 1940s signs are a solemn reminder of the Blitz How dead rats became a secret WW2 weapon @chalkehistoryfestival WW2 Stretchers used for fencing in London