{"id":28385,"date":"2018-01-22T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=28385"},"modified":"2018-01-22T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T08:57:36","slug":"how-a-cardiffian-tries-to-revive-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/how-a-cardiffian-tries-to-revive-the-past","title":{"rendered":"How a Cardiffian Tries to Revive the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In an age of self-driving cars and Netflix, why does a young Cardiffian bother to bring the past back to life?<\/h2>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Wednesday evening, the 27-year-old re-enactor is sitting in his small ground-floor room near Cathays cemetery, in the north of Cardiff. This place is where past and present meet, where medieval helmets, armour, and shields are displayed on tidy shelves next to a television, a PC, and a bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Steele, who is sporting two perfectly sculpted Guy Martin sideburns, has just returned from work and is still wearing his black National Roman Legion Museum polo shirt. He is thinking about the wretched daily bus ride from Caerleon, where the museum is located.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople call me a time-bandit,\u201d he says, \u201cand one person has called me a time-whore because I will collect and do all sorts of time periods.\u201d He goes around the room \u2013 now dressed in a beige medieval padded coat \u2013 and brings out a Roman sword, as well as two medieval ones, and a Danish Viking axe. Then Sam retrieves some plastic transparent storage boxes from under his bed (finally! The miniature museum\u2019s secret archive) containing greased-up silver gauntlets, steel greaves, shining breastplates, and chainmail hoods made from hundreds of small metal rings. The \u2018time-bandit\u2019 is now ready for combat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28404\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/Sam-holding-sword_950-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript> Sam, a young re-enactor from Cardiff, poses with helmet and sword in his room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2006, Sam, then 16, found himself in one of the three carbon-fibre ships, each carrying up to 40 battle-ready re-enactors, that rammed up the Isle of Man\u2019s shores, Scotland, to attack an enemy force. Upon seeing all those men with swords drawn and charging at him, he would tell himself, Ow shit, here they come! Later that year he fought in the Battle of Hastings \u2013 or rather its 940th Anniversary. Only, this re-enactment was different.<\/p>\n<p>This time there were close to 1500 people on the battlefield, including 300 archers and 90 mounted cavalry troops. When the young re-enactor was stuck on the frontlines and saw 90 grinning horsemen charging at him he would tell himself, Heck, it\u2019s gonna hit me hard if I\u2019m not careful! \u201cBut it was an experience I still remember fondly though. If you\u2019re an adrenaline junkie and you want combat \u2026 it\u2019s brilliant for that sort of stuff,\u201d he says with a twinkle in his eye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28400\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/helmet-and-glove_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> One of Sam&#8217;s most beloved helmets, a medieval reproduction, displayed on his bed sheet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Sam\u2019s passion for history emerged long before that day. At the age of seven, he used to drag his mom to local museums and re-enactments around Devon, where he grew up. \u201cI got obsessed with all the armour, the weapons, and films like Bedknobs and Broomsticks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When four years later he attended a playscheme for disabled children \u2013 Sam had speech problems \u2013 he met a man he would not soon forget. Gregg, an Australian \u201cgo-with-the-flow\u201d type of re-enactor, who with his long hair and full beard looked like a stereotypical Viking, came to show his weapons, shields, swords, and axes to the children. \u201cHe turned out to be a neighbour of mine \u2026 The next thing I noticed I was in a training session with him,\u201d Sam says. \u201cHe\u2019s still there when I go to see my mum in Devon. I\u2019m still close buddies with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But behind these thick layers of heavy armour, Sam thinks of his friends and family. \u201cI get homesick. We\u2019re not a big family, but they\u2019ll always be pretty close whether we have arguments or not,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re still blood at the end of the day and that\u2019s not gonna change.\u201d But Sam considers himself lucky to also have found a second family in re-enactment. \u201cWhen we have troubles in our own lives a lot of the time the people that you make friends with in re-enactments will support you \u2026 trying to help you along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This camaraderie, this forging of lifelong friendships is a big part of re-enactment. That is why many ex-servicemen join their ranks: to be part of a tight-knit community. \u201cYou end up drinking together, eating together, fighting together, and technically dying together on the battlefield,\u201d Sam says. \u201cIt\u2019s something a lot of people don\u2019t get to have.\u201d But re-enactment is not limited to events in the UK, it is a global phenomenon. Sam has travelled to Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, America, and Australia \u2013 each time making new friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28403\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-jpg_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Young re-enactor from Cardiff in a Viking battle re-enactment, 2009. @Sam Steele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still in his room, Sam is now thinking about the time he starred in Sky 1\u2019s comedy-drama Stella. On set, he and his fellows were having to do combat in full plate armour during the year\u2019s hottest weekend. \u201cOne day they tried to give us just six litres of water between 40 combatants, which wasn\u2019t going to happen.\u201d Indeed, it didn\u2019t. One of the actors, which he recalls was \u201cbuilt like a gorilla,\u201d laid his big hand on the producer\u2019s shoulder and said: \u201cGet them water, NOW!\u201d A few moments later, every shop for a five-mile radius was stripped of water. Sam and his men drank the freshly supplied 100 litres of water faster than it takes Usain Bolt to sprint 100 meters. \u201cWe drank every drop of it because we needed it. It was just a blessing in disguise that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Sam \u2018the time-bandit\u2019 re-enactment is more than a hobby or an attempt to revive the past, it is a chance to get away from the complexities of modern life \u2013 if only for a while. \u201cI\u2019m just sick and tired of the crap of modern day really, I just want to get away from it.\u201d Like many of us, Sam feels he has to let go once in a while and for him, that means having \u201ca good scrap with friends\u201d and enjoying \u201ctime around the campfire in the evening looking up at the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28401\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/roman-mask_650-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Roman mask reproduction is displayed on one of the shelves in Sam&#8217;s room in Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28402\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/01\/sam-facebook-2-jpg_650-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Re-enactor collapses in Viking battle re-enactment, Crediton, 2009. @Sam Steele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man whose passion for history drives him to revive the past. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":28399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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