I remember visiting Sherwood one day back in 1982 when the Major Oak was actually on fire, after some youths had been seen playing on it (I don't think it was fenced off in those days). The fire brigade were really struggling to extinguish it due to the fire burning / smouldering inside all the hidden cavities and hollows within its trunk and branches. Normally they would use saws and axes to gain access to these areas, but you couldn't do that with such an historic tree, so instead they injected high-expansion foam (as used for oil tank fires etc) into it. This foam slowly spread through the various cavities and eventually the fire was put out. It was touch and go for a while as to whether the tree would survive the fire. After this event a fire-alarm was fitted to the tree.
Hi Andy What a fantastic video.. So much information very interesting.. Sherwood forest.. v Robin Hood.. And lots of Amenities. Loved the church very authentic.. Thanks
I would love to travel the whole of England to see all these villages, but in the mean time I’m enjoying your videos. Love the post box cover.😉 I was a fan of Maid Marion and her Merry Men growing up😂
We had a fancy dress day my primary school (for some reason which skips my mind now) and I went as the man himself. The only problem was one of the girls went as Maid Marian... You can imagine what the rest of the class were like when they realised!
The old sherwood forest visitor centre had a trail through one of its buildings depicting the robin hood story, the wooden figures in the churchyard came from that. These model villages pop up all over the place all built by the Bolsover Colliery Company. There's one in Warsop Vale that's split into 2 parts, then Annesley just has 2 rows of terraces. The tree that was named Robin Hoods larder was somewhere else in the forest but I don't think it still exists.
It baffled me a bit, the new visitors centre. I'd not been to the Major Oak since I was a little kid, and I can just about remember the old setup, so it was a bit of a shock to see the new one. Still, it looked pretty good!
Rumour has it that the real Robin Hood, someone by the name of Robert Hoode, was actually from somewhere between Barnsley and Wakefield, around the Newmillerdam area.
Yes thats right, I mentioned words to that effect in the Doncaster and the Wakefield series - episodes in question are Hampole, Burghwallis and - if memory serves me right - Thorpe Audlin
Robin Hood grew up in Mansfield Woodhouse according to our local history in a cottage called Wolfhunt House which is still standing not far from where I live
See now that's disputed, because he's got historical connections to the Wakefield/Barnsley/Doncaster area too. I guess nobody really knows, but given all the evidence at hand, it's almost certain he existed
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I remember visiting Sherwood one day back in 1982 when the Major Oak was actually on fire, after some youths had been seen playing on it (I don't think it was fenced off in those days). The fire brigade were really struggling to extinguish it due to the fire burning / smouldering inside all the hidden cavities and hollows within its trunk and branches. Normally they would use saws and axes to gain access to these areas, but you couldn't do that with such an historic tree, so instead they injected high-expansion foam (as used for oil tank fires etc) into it. This foam slowly spread through the various cavities and eventually the fire was put out. It was touch and go for a while as to whether the tree would survive the fire. After this event a fire-alarm was fitted to the tree.
Hi Andy
What a fantastic video..
So much information very interesting.. Sherwood forest.. v Robin Hood..
And lots of Amenities.
Loved the church very authentic..
Thanks
Robin Hood's legend will always be fascinating, no question. Kids love it!
I would love to travel the whole of England to see all these villages, but in the mean time I’m enjoying your videos. Love the post box cover.😉 I was a fan of Maid Marion and her Merry Men growing up😂
We had a fancy dress day my primary school (for some reason which skips my mind now) and I went as the man himself.
The only problem was one of the girls went as Maid Marian...
You can imagine what the rest of the class were like when they realised!
The old sherwood forest visitor centre had a trail through one of its buildings depicting the robin hood story, the wooden figures in the churchyard came from that.
These model villages pop up all over the place all built by the Bolsover Colliery Company. There's one in Warsop Vale that's split into 2 parts, then Annesley just has 2 rows of terraces.
The tree that was named Robin Hoods larder was somewhere else in the forest but I don't think it still exists.
It baffled me a bit, the new visitors centre. I'd not been to the Major Oak since I was a little kid, and I can just about remember the old setup, so it was a bit of a shock to see the new one. Still, it looked pretty good!
I remember climbing the major oak and playing inside it as a kid in the mid-70s, well before it was fenced off and had the reinforcements fitted.
Rumour has it that the real Robin Hood, someone by the name of Robert Hoode, was actually from somewhere between Barnsley and Wakefield, around the Newmillerdam area.
Yes thats right, I mentioned words to that effect in the Doncaster and the Wakefield series - episodes in question are Hampole, Burghwallis and - if memory serves me right - Thorpe Audlin
The earliest stories feature him in Barnsdale, just north of Doncaster.
Robin Hood grew up in Mansfield Woodhouse according to our local history in a cottage called Wolfhunt House which is still standing not far from where I live
See now that's disputed, because he's got historical connections to the Wakefield/Barnsley/Doncaster area too.
I guess nobody really knows, but given all the evidence at hand, it's almost certain he existed
@@TheVillageIdiot I’ve read it in our local history in Mansfield Woodhouse library but don’t know who wrote it
Robin Hood would never have had chips as potatoes only came to this county in the late 1500s
IT WAS A JOKE. Jeepers.