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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
Great stuff. The question that intrigues me is why were people firing Brown Bess's up there in 1860-70 ? Or is it rather the case that the 'pals' were given anything that came to hand to commence their training with?
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No, those Brown bess's were muzzle loader & would have been fired in the 1860 & before.
Lots of towns had military volunteer rifle clubs. There were many men who joined the pals in 1914 who had previous military service. Argyle St. Barracks was already in existence long before 1914. Accrington & Church Artillery had also been going for number of years pre 1914.
Walter