{"id":1183,"date":"2022-09-01T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:26:36","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About re-enactment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1183\" class=\"elementor elementor-1183\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2936b76a elementor-section-content-top elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2936b76a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15805d14\" data-id=\"15805d14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68cb1c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68cb1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Story Behind Mercia Sveiter<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f5f0a52\" data-id=\"4f5f0a52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b34861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b34861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mercia-sveiter-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mercia-sveiter-logo.png 189w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mercia-sveiter-logo-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mercia-sveiter-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec7473e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec7473e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f98282f\" data-id=\"f98282f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b8c81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19b8c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We started out in 1980 as young Viking, Celtic and Saxon re-enactors. We even had a few Normans.<br \/>(I know, invading scum but what you gonna do?).<\/p><p>After a few years of having a &#8216;proper job&#8217; we all talked about doing this full time. I never quite managed full time as I had a water treatment company but when I left the big company and set up on my own this gave me the freedom to set my own hours and travel with the family all over Europe to events.<\/p><p>A few years ago we decided to sell up and retire.<br \/>I could not completely retire so\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-word-spacing );\">I still sell on the internet.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5dc2a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f5dc2a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eadeb2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1eadeb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01278-stall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1570\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">     Sharon &amp; Paul<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d6a84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43d6a84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For over 30 years I led the <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/mercialivinghistory.wixsite.com\/mercia\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercia<\/a><\/span> branch of the <span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/regia.org\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regia Anglorum<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingsonline.org.uk\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vikings<\/a> <\/span>re-enactmet groups.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We set up the <a href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/dark-ages-charitable-trust\/\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dark Ages Charitable Trust<\/span><\/a> from our centre in Sutton Coldfield where we hosted numerous\u00a0school groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f990b57 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f990b57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b47c38\" data-id=\"5b47c38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4adad06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4adad06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04173-west-stowe-2004-b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1573\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb91a4d\" data-id=\"cb91a4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-719ae8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"719ae8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/04172-west-stowe-2004-a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1572\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2586d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b2586d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1577\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story Behind Mercia Sveiter We started out in 1980 as young Viking, Celtic and Saxon re-enactors. We even had a few Normans.(I know, invading scum but what you gonna do?). After a few years of having a &#8216;proper job&#8217; we all talked about doing this full time. 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