CIVIL war broke out in Bromsgrove when the Cavaliers and Roundheads took up arms for the second time.

But 350 years after the original confrontation the event was in the name of entertainment and education rather than king and country.

Members of Europe's foremost civil war re-enactment group, The Sealed Knot, visited Bromsgrove Museum last Saturday dressed in full kit to mark Heritage Open day.

Men carrying muskets and swords were on hand to talk to visitors and demonstrate their weaponry and armour.

The open day gave people the chance to try on armour and discover how Bromsgrove was affected by the Civil War.

One highlight of the day was the unveiling of a royalist loyalty token, which had been hidden in the depths of the museum stores following its discovery on the old Townsend Farm, now a housing estate, off Birmingham Road, in the 1970's.

A Royalist soldier would have worn the token on his coat like a medal to show their allegiance to the king.

The museum's Karen Spry said: "The day was a great success. We had more people than we expected and the feed back was very good."