You know how in America we have Civil War Reenactments?

photo courtesy discoverohio.comI just found out that in England, you can reenact an even older part of history - the Battle of Hastings!
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Is it just me or does that look incredibly dangerous?  I mean, they are charging at each other with sticks!  Sure, I guess Civil War reenactors fires guns at each other (they're blanks, so no worries there), and I'm sure these are like...