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Cavalry trooper re-enactor in the Sealed Knot

WHAT IS THE SEALED KNOT AND HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED?

The Sealed Knot is Britain’s largest and oldest historical re-enactment society; we recreate the conflicts and battles of the British Civil Wars. I joined because my boyfriend was a member, and he asked me whether I would give it a go. I went to the August bank holiday muster in 2017 so that I could see what

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