THE Wars of the Roses and Butcher Clifford of Skipton Castle were brought to life at Skipton Castle with the invasion by the Red Wyvern medieval re-enactment group over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The soldiers and their families set up camp in their multi-coloured tents for three days of demonstrating how 14th and 15th century military folk lived their lives.
Like 31-year-old Helen Perriman, of Barnoldswick, who settled down in a tent with one-year-old son Edmond as her husband, Wesley, worked nearby in the Red Wyvern forge demonstrating how to cast pewter.
Centre stage of the camp was the cookery tent where soldiers and other camp followers had their main meal.
Particularly popular among the living history demonstrations was the muster of troops which involved showing how a medieval soldier donned his armour followed by a practice with arms and armour.
The days also included the demonstration of how a trebuchet - a Middle Ages catapult - worked and how to use a long bow.
The Red Wyvern group focuses on depicting the life of the Clifford household who lived in Skipton Castle and fought on the side of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses. John Clifford got his name Butcher Clifford after killing 17-year-old Rutland, son of the Duke of York, on Wakefield bridge, in 1460.
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