Is any planeteer attending the 200th anniversary reenactment in Waterloo? When I tried to get a ticket, they were already sold out. It would be nice to see some pics

there are a few guys that I know are going.
I believe they gonna take some pictures and posting them here or in FB.

Marc

I am !

I shall be having a curry on Waterloo night, in Waterloo.

That's Waterloo, Liverpool England of course, we meet every 4th Thursday, round the corner from Wellington Road, and Blucher Street,
and also near to a Victorian recreation of La Haye Sainte farmhouse. now used as a childrens play park

Here's a few piccies anyway,













Vindaloo, at Waterloo, on Waterloo night

cor lovely
Paul

Well, I never knew that! Thanks for the post, Paul. One of my old pals is over there now, on the Ian Fletcher tour, so they'll be at Wavre, Ligny and Quatre Bras today.
I've asked him to bring me back an Eagle[ lapel pin!] and a bottle of "1815" beer. We had some there last year, and it's a lovely brew

Enjoy the curry

Alan

If you can get a message over to 'em mate......

I'd like a plate of mixed starters with pickles,
a beef wellington madras,
pilau rice,
double peshwari naan and
and an 8pdr Cannonbahji

I'm only bloody jealous of 'em.
Ian's tours get great reviews don't they?
I'd settle for just a Leffe Ruby beer right now.
Paul

My pal is a complete non- tecchie; no computer, mobile phone----nuffin'. Mind you, he likes the stuff on PF when he visits! There's a book I wanted him to grab from the Waterloo shop, but I have absolutely no way of contacting him now.

Alan

He's as much use as the Duke of Orange then

One of my pals techie mad fiend,
three fst monitors on his pc all family members have one and the TV is linked too all on his own server.
, but he doesn't own a wristwatch.

I got him a tshirt for his birthday last week
"I'm not a Geek.... I'm a level 42 Paladin"

I'm off don't want to threadjack
P

Im working on a private estate house at the moment ; built in 1814 and has a court yard stables very much in the style of la Haye Sainte, thats the nearest will get
it was built with compensation money from the government for the loss of slaves

On Saturday the 20th in the town of Kilmarnock,about 7 miles from where I live,they're going to have a contingent of the Scots Greys in appropriate attire,and of course, mounted to commemorate the battle of Waterloo, and the local hero Sgt Ewart who came from Kilmarnock.They'll also be pipe bands and more.
Brian

Fantastic stuff Brian and Ron.
Because I have a model show on Sunday, my son and his foance have just dropped me off at the house, having taken me for a steak dinner, in waterloo liverpool.
They asked mto take them round these buildings and show them around. I did so and he said this is an appropriate place. Dad, please have this.
A limited edition waterloo commemortive miniature of the campaign medal.
It was a lovely moment.
Don't care what happend now, I hope there are poignant memories for everyone else this week.
Brian, please get some piccirs I would love to see them
Ron, I wonder how many more were built "in the style of" arpund the country?
Cheers chaps
Paul

Some photos would be nice, Brian, if you get the chance. Hope you enjoy the day.

Cheers,
Alan

No offense meant Paul, but I think the people of Waterloo Liverpool were taking the piss. Here's a couple of photos of the real thing I took in 2009.





also thought I'd post a couple of pics of the newly reovated Hougoumont.

Hahaha no they weren't taking the piss but I always knew they ha dit wrong.
I only found out recently the gut went bankrupt before it was complete. So it was a folly in more than one way.
Also, you know how badly wrong the victorians got most things. I bet someone had skeyched out how they remembered the layout and got it wrong in the first place.
Too be fair, there is an archway !
Hahaha
My trip there this year was cancelled because my son's moved house and we are going to go together... Whenever !
All the best
Paul

The event was superb notwithstanding some very poor organisational problems on the site. Waterloo beer flowed freely and even an old cynic of a Bonapartist like me felt a tinge of pride as Land of Hope and Glory blared out over the fireworks at the Light and Sound show. The actual battle took place on a square kilometre of ground (where D'Erlon's attack took place) so it was difficult to get close up pics However I hope you like these pics which show what it might have looked like from the Grand Battery ridge.

Just an impression of the size of the Allied camp

Troops moving to the battlefield;

Polish Lancers;

The Guard in reserve;


Attacking the squares;

Bonaparte and escort;