Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "The Drydock - Episode 209" video.

For future reference the term roundhead was only used in part of London and then only for a brief time. So if you turned up outside of London during the civil war no one would know what you are talking about. If they did know what you were talking about and were part of the parliamentarian army then do not be surprised if they decided to show you the business end of whatever weapons they were carrying as it was a derisory term. In the same vain do not call the royalists cavaliers as this would also be met with anger. The term cavalier referred to the Spanish cavalry which had a reputation for what we today would call war crime. I did read of one warship which was steering to the fall of shot. Unfortunately it just so happened that one of the turrets on the enemy ship had not adjusted to the new position so the ship was hit. Interestingly during the Battle of Britain the idea came about that if your caught out in the open during a bombing raid the best place to be was inside one of the bomb craters as the chances of a bomb landing in the same crater is very small. Unfortunately more than one crater was hit a second time, or near enough to be deadly. Also jumping into a hole were high explosives have just detonated is not a good idea. Especially in areas where there is chalk just below the surface such as in Kent. A number of people suffered from very bad burns until it was stopped.
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@iansadler4309 Thanks, Ian. I had forgotten all about that. Interesting that they kept the New Model Armies red coat. Though, as I am sure you know, the guards regiments wore scarlet with a different arrangement of the tunics buttons to denote which regiment they are.
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