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Robin Hood
May. 3rd, 2012 11:23 pmAs an indiginous resident of Nottingham it would seem remiss of me not to be a fan of our local legend the famous and infamous Robin Hood who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Fighting against the Sheriff of Nottingham (The Sheriff is and has always been a real person. Historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice but today his/her role is a nominated council member is a ceremonial position with no real jurisdiction just that of a figurehead) and his henchman Guy of Gisbourne and the evil Prince John. Saving Nottingham and Sherwood for the return of his king from the crusades Richard Lionheart. With his merry men, WIll Scarlet, Friar Tuck, Little John, Much the Millers son, Alan a Dale and his sweetheart the lovely Lady Marian and running around in Lincoln Green clothes (Lincoln Green is actually a type of cloth not a colour).
What more can I say, our legend has been portrayed in many incantations in the media including a fox in the Disney animated version, the legendary actor Errol Flynn in all his swashbuckling glory, with an American accent portrayed by Kevin Costner in Prince of Thieves complete with baring his backside in a waterfall. (One has to wonder where the waterfall supposed to be). On TV with the gorgeous Michael Praed followed in the same role by Jason Connery in Robin of Sherwood, the delicious Robin Dunne in Beyond Sherwood Forest TV movie, and finally with the most recent being Russell Crowe and suggested to have come from Barnsdale and its woods in Yorkshire rather than Nottinghamshire although Sherwood Forest stretched up through Nottinghamshire and into South Yorkshire.
Regardless of the different adaptations he is a legend locally so surely somewhere there must be some fact to the story despite little evidence? But I digress. To me and to the city of Nottingham he is our icon our legend. We are Robin Hood. (You would probably get that reference if you had seen the BBC TV adaptation with Jonas Armstrong a few years ago.
Off on a tangent again, how come in every adaptation the production people never ever get Nottingham Castle right? Its sits on a 130 foot high sandstone bluff for goodness sake with high Norman walls in some spots as high as 30 metres so there is no way Robin could stand on the sholders of Little John and climb over the walls!! And a flat expanse of marsh and meadow land between it and the River Trent. Oh yes and the River Trent is about 100 metres wide at Nottingham not a stream or a trickle or around 10 metres wide. Come on people when you make the next Robin Hood adaptation please, please please get the geography and archetecture right?!!
Anyway, this post was about Robin Hood and as usual my photographs. So please sit back and enjoy my images of Nottingham's Robin Hood legend.
Bow & Arrow
Miniature Robin Hood Statue in Nottingham's Council House
Archer
Friar Tuck
Little John, Tuck and Much
Will Scarlet and Alan a Dale
Robin Hood Statue at Nottingham Castle
Tourist Attraction
Dalek Invasion of Nottingham (Sorry Robin but a bow and arrow wont stand up to these guys)
The bronze statue and those of his Merry Men, together with four bronze plaques depicting incidents in the life of Robin Hood, were given to the City by Nottingham businessman Philip Clay and unveiled on July 24, 1952 by the Duchess of Portland of Welbeck Abbey
What more can I say, our legend has been portrayed in many incantations in the media including a fox in the Disney animated version, the legendary actor Errol Flynn in all his swashbuckling glory, with an American accent portrayed by Kevin Costner in Prince of Thieves complete with baring his backside in a waterfall. (One has to wonder where the waterfall supposed to be). On TV with the gorgeous Michael Praed followed in the same role by Jason Connery in Robin of Sherwood, the delicious Robin Dunne in Beyond Sherwood Forest TV movie, and finally with the most recent being Russell Crowe and suggested to have come from Barnsdale and its woods in Yorkshire rather than Nottinghamshire although Sherwood Forest stretched up through Nottinghamshire and into South Yorkshire.
Regardless of the different adaptations he is a legend locally so surely somewhere there must be some fact to the story despite little evidence? But I digress. To me and to the city of Nottingham he is our icon our legend. We are Robin Hood. (You would probably get that reference if you had seen the BBC TV adaptation with Jonas Armstrong a few years ago.
Off on a tangent again, how come in every adaptation the production people never ever get Nottingham Castle right? Its sits on a 130 foot high sandstone bluff for goodness sake with high Norman walls in some spots as high as 30 metres so there is no way Robin could stand on the sholders of Little John and climb over the walls!! And a flat expanse of marsh and meadow land between it and the River Trent. Oh yes and the River Trent is about 100 metres wide at Nottingham not a stream or a trickle or around 10 metres wide. Come on people when you make the next Robin Hood adaptation please, please please get the geography and archetecture right?!!
Anyway, this post was about Robin Hood and as usual my photographs. So please sit back and enjoy my images of Nottingham's Robin Hood legend.
Bow & Arrow
Miniature Robin Hood Statue in Nottingham's Council House
Archer
Friar Tuck
Little John, Tuck and Much
Will Scarlet and Alan a Dale
Robin Hood Statue at Nottingham Castle
Tourist Attraction
Dalek Invasion of Nottingham (Sorry Robin but a bow and arrow wont stand up to these guys)
The bronze statue and those of his Merry Men, together with four bronze plaques depicting incidents in the life of Robin Hood, were given to the City by Nottingham businessman Philip Clay and unveiled on July 24, 1952 by the Duchess of Portland of Welbeck Abbey
