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  • My name is Freyja Eagling, I am  18 years old and this summer I  

  • am going back in time to the golden age of piracy.

  • Arr! Is that right, me hearty?

  • Freyja is my daughter and this summer we are going  to be part of the English Heritage Pirates shows  

  • at Pendennis, Dover and Scarborough Castles.

  • The Pirates shows include firepower displays with  pistols, muskets and in some cases even cannons.  

  • There will be sword fights. Plenty of  displays to keep everyone interested,  

  • trying to debunk the myths that  Hollywood has created about pirates.  

  • And a bunch of hands-on pirate  activities for the kids as well.

  • If you can name a pirate, the chances are  they come from the golden age of piracy.  

  • Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Bart RobertsBlack Sam Bellamy, Anne Bonny, Mary Read,  

  • Calico Jack Rackam, these  are all Golden Age pirates.

  • They were stealing, plundering, there was a lot  of fighting going on at the same time as well  

  • and the Royal Navy probably  had its hardest challenge yet.

  • Being a pirate in the summer of 2022 is hotSo buttons are an important part of the outfit  

  • for someone showing off their  wealth. There isn't a left or  

  • a right shoe. Either shoe can go on either foot.

  • So this is what a standard male sailor would have  worn in the 18th century instead of wasting money  

  • on things they wouldn't necessarily need  they would just work with what they had. As  

  • a woman instead of fighting in the dress it's  better to fight in a pair of sailor's slacks.

  • For this event I'm most looking forward to being  able to run out onto a battlefield with swords  

  • clanging and guns firing and generally  being able to stand there and go,  

  • I'm a woman and I'm fighting  on a field with the men.  

  • So if you come to any of the three events you  can expect a full day of piratical amusement,  

  • you can expect to see swordswomanshipyou can expect to see guns going bang,  

  • myth-busting about pirates, anything that  the media has portrayed as glamorous we  

  • will try and debunk and show  you the truth about piracy.

  • Yarr!

  • To try and talk like a pirate I would  suggest emphasising any R's in any  

  • words. That will definitely bring  out the pirate side in your voice.

  • To talk like a pirate what you have to  do is name random bits of pirate ship  

  • like the mast or the boom or the steering  wheel or the gunnel or the gun deck  

  • and every now and then add in an insult  about your opponent being a jellyfish brain.

  • Hoist the colours up into the sky  lads it's time to sail the seas.

  • Splicing the main brace.

  • Arr!

  • Got it? Got it. Arr! Arr!

My name is Freyja Eagling, I am  18 years old and this summer I  

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