tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post5875396127378721028..comments2024-03-15T07:53:12.488+00:00Comments on Rullsenberg Rules: Tales of Robin Hood to closeLisa Rullsenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-58308128559416761732009-01-16T11:06:00.000+00:002009-01-16T11:06:00.000+00:00To put it another way, it was the historical equiv...<I>To put it another way, it was the historical equivalent of the New Forest Santa Grotto debacle.</I><BR/><BR/>Great description George!J.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429727115197726031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-56437020822889445322009-01-15T20:11:00.000+00:002009-01-15T20:11:00.000+00:00As a one-time unwilling attendee I can confirm tha...As a one-time unwilling attendee I can confirm that it was really, really shoddy. I'm not against jazzing history up for a fun day out, but Tales was just rubbish; done rather cheaply and cynically for maximum revenue return. It lacked soul and you constantly felt like you were being ripped off.<BR/><BR/>To put it another way, it was the historical equivalent of the New Forest Santa Grotto Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-22822334722564628022009-01-15T13:04:00.000+00:002009-01-15T13:04:00.000+00:00rashbre - I think there is a world of difference b...rashbre - I think there is a world of difference between cheesy (which I can heartily support and understand is WHAT tourists want) and shoddy (which I cannot).Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-78817080563585166622009-01-15T12:29:00.000+00:002009-01-15T12:29:00.000+00:00This is going to sound bad, I know.Last summer, wh...This is going to sound bad, I know.<BR/><BR/>Last summer, when we pitched into a small desert ranching town in Western Canada in mid evening, I remember saying '"Oooh, I wonder if there is a cowboy show - with Mounties??" - and sure enough, there was, complete with a barbeque. <BR/><BR/>It had music and was suitably daft, and we rather enjoyed it. The local folk were all part of it and took a rashbrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138427049001650099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-84689758943318287102009-01-15T10:24:00.000+00:002009-01-15T10:24:00.000+00:00Apparently someone - possibly staff - stole a lot ...Apparently someone - possibly staff - stole a lot of the props etc at Tales of Robin Hood just before it shut. <BR/><BR/>But since it sounds as though most of the props came from sundry tv series I suspect that's not so much of a historical loss!Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-79592411446026818472009-01-14T20:02:00.000+00:002009-01-14T20:02:00.000+00:00The castle days are often great - I have nothing a...The castle days are often great - I have nothing against what the castle organises. What does frustrate me is that despite the long historical association of Nottingham and Robin Hood, the best we could EVER come up with was 'Tales of Robin Hood'. Meh. (We'll gloss over the fact that so many other places claim RH as their own: the fact remains that he IS inextricably linked to Nottingham, not Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-33563362446570431002009-01-14T18:52:00.000+00:002009-01-14T18:52:00.000+00:00Sorry I double posted by mistake!Sorry I double posted by mistake!Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-40887099618851063292009-01-14T18:51:00.001+00:002009-01-14T18:51:00.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-24363977503633264702009-01-14T18:51:00.000+00:002009-01-14T18:51:00.000+00:00I've somehow missed Tales of Robin Hood on my prev...I've somehow missed Tales of Robin Hood on my previous trips to Nottingham. But last time we went we loved the mediaeval day at the castle (though could have done without the crap and crude yoof theatre version of Robin Hood) - one of my writing friends is a member of a reenactment society and put me on to it. It was a really great day out. Highlight came at the end of the day when a Dutch Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.com