Man Of Green
Saxon Festival Tamworth 2011
(Photo Copyright Simon Hayward 2011)
The Tamworth Saxon Festival was held for three days in August 2011 in the grounds of Tamworth Castle,the festival celebrated the the arrival of the 'Staffordshire Hoard' which will be on display at Tamworth Castle from sat 27th Aug to Sun 18th Sept 2011.Tamworth was once the Ancient Capital of the kingdom of Mercia & centre of military rule. The so called 'Staffordshire Hoard' returns home (be it all for only a few weeks or so) after more than a thousand years away.The hoard or the 'Mercian Hoard' as i like to call it as Staffordshire did not exist when the gold was buried in a farmers field ten miles away Northwest of Tamworth well over a thousnd years ago! Tamworth is the rightful place for the hoard to be permanently kept , not Birmingham or Stoke upon Trent, as The Tamworth Herald said "There seems little doubt that this incredible haul of gold is linked to our ancient town"
Photo Copyright - Simon Hayward (August 2011)
Saxon Festival Tamworth 2011
(Photo Copyright Simon Hayward 2011)
The Tamworth Saxon Festival was held for three days in August 2011 in the grounds of Tamworth Castle,the festival celebrated the the arrival of the 'Staffordshire Hoard' which will be on display at Tamworth Castle from sat 27th Aug to Sun 18th Sept 2011.Tamworth was once the Ancient Capital of the kingdom of Mercia & centre of military rule. The so called 'Staffordshire Hoard' returns home (be it all for only a few weeks or so) after more than a thousand years away.The hoard or the 'Mercian Hoard' as i like to call it as Staffordshire did not exist when the gold was buried in a farmers field ten miles away Northwest of Tamworth well over a thousnd years ago! Tamworth is the rightful place for the hoard to be permanently kept , not Birmingham or Stoke upon Trent, as The Tamworth Herald said "There seems little doubt that this incredible haul of gold is linked to our ancient town"
Photo Copyright - Simon Hayward (August 2011)