Cambridge – persistence of memory
My mum grew up here. Her and my ancestors were here for hundreds of years working as maids and cleaners, labourers, cartmen and brickies, laying the railways, further back pulling the root veg through the surface of the peaty soils to the north or tending beans and...
The workhorse and the charger
I lived in North Walsham as a kid. RAF Coltishall was only about 6 miles away. We all grew up with the Lightning; the cold-war emblems glossily belting past at high altitude, breaking the sound barrier with that window-rattling, deep, sonorous boom they are famed for....
9/11 – the years on
Guest post from Louisa Griffith-Jones. Sometimes you just stumble across a remarkable piece of writing. Louisa posted this earlier today. I read it standing at a bus-stop, a lump in my throat. She is a friend, someone I remember from gigs in the early 1980s at UEA...
On the beach: Utah
We’ve just been away. It didn’t take me very long to remember that I’m not very good at holidays. The vacancy of it all gets to me very quickly, I find it difficult to relax and conjure ‘fun’ up out of being somewhere just because...
Dear Dad…
I’ve resisted the urge to paint this incomplete picture for a while. But when I started writing this some months ago it would have been my dad’s birthday. This got me thinking about him and about how I’m heading towards the age he was when my mum had...IW on Facebook
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/smallburgh-detectorist-david-lovett-looks-back-on-finding-bronze-...
Grandad discovers 3,000-year-old Bronze Age hoard in field
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Detectorist David Lovett’s heart was racing when he texted his wife to say he had discovered a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age hoard in a Norfolk field.Volunteer opportunities here for budding archaeologists. Have a look.Are you a budding archaeologist, just waiting for the chance to get hands on with the past? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at archaeological excavation, geophysics, buildings recording, or finds retrieval? Do you own the boxed set of Indiana Jones movies?
If the answer to any of the above is 'yes' then we'd love to hear from you.
Over the next two years the Paston Footprints Project will be carrying out detailed archaeological investigations at a number of sites associated with the Paston family, including the beautiful Oxnead Hall. The aim of the investigations is to increase our understanding of the now lost houses of the Pastons, and help build up a picture of what these once great houses actually looked like. As volunteers on the project you'll be working alongside professional archaeologists, archivists, and historians, many of whom are the leading experts in their field. There will also be dozens of opportunities for training and increasing your skills and understanding of archaeology, and the life and times of the Pastons.
We are looking for a number of volunteers to help us take this project forward. No experience is necessary, and you need not commit to being involved throughout the duration of the project. All that is required is enthusiasm, a sense of adventure, and an enquiring mind.
To find out more about volunteering opportunities, or simply to be added to our mailing list - so you can keep up to date on all project related news - just drop us an email at info@paston600.co.uk
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Opinion | The Mysterious Landscapes of Heat-Scorched Britain
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Prompted by the dry, hot summer, ancient ghosts have emerged from the earth. They’re both unsettling and strangely soothing.