Currently plagued by a trapped sciatic nerve I'm basically seat-bound assisting Junior in his garden pursuits as a budding Indiana Jones.
The dig site garnered a whole tray of finds, mostly terracotta, some fossils (he smelt a rat there!) and a 1936 George V One Penny ( he should have smelt a rat there!).
Junior was most excited about four big pieces of old roof tile he dug up. They were really in situ.
With some help from the Seated One he glued them back together. It says Rowley on it quite clearly.
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Using a mix of brick dust and PVA Junior filled in the biggest cracks and set it to dry.
No longer a good roof tile, it'll make a fine display item for Junior somewhere out of the rain in the garden.
Have you ever dug up anything?
What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Tony k
ReplyDeleteSome kids wanted to be a fireman, a train driver, or a footballer, but I wanted to be an Astronaut Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteA fine aspiration Mish and popular among our generation I reckon. Young Majority Matt Mason's!
DeleteTime very well spent by the looks of those fun finds, Woodsy. As a kid of maybe 8, I dug up an old horse shoe and an ancient lead soldier with a vickers machine gun. I still have both. I love the idea of unearthing these lost and forgotten things.
ReplyDeleteHow brill, a horse shoe and a lead soldier Tone. Great finds! It must have been really exciting.
DeleteI didn't find them both at the same time, Woodsy. But nonetheless two ace finds for a little lad :)
DeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteJust be sure the budding Indiana Jones doesn't get hold of a bullwhip
ReplyDeleteHa ha! He hasn't shown any interest in whips Terran. Only Walnut Whips!
DeleteNaturally, I wanted to be an astronaut and bizarrely, a Tanker Driver, as I loved Tankers! Needless to say, I still cant drive and have never left Earth! Bill
ReplyDeleteTankers on the moon! Best of both!
DeleteWhere I live in West Lancashire, local trade was conveyed and supported by the canal network, so locally grown veg was transported down the Leeds/Liverpool canal into Liverpool, where it was sold at market. The barges hen loaded up with 'night soil' from the city - household waste, sewage, detritus etc, which served as ballast for the barges, so they sat low in the water and could travel easily through tunnels and bridges and which was subsequently spread on the fields as fertilisers. As a result the fields locally are awash with pottery shards, clay pipes, broken glassware and bits of metal, as anything discarded in the bins went on the barge, along with the human waste. I spent hours not so long ago field walking and found all kinds of 19th century clay pipe bowls, bottle stoppers, figurines from ornaments and pot lids, which had miraculously escaped the plough. Not far away is a bit of woodland with a small brook running through it, and where the bank had eroded away, there was loads of old pottery, which had evidently been buried or discarded. Its a wonderful window into the past. Bill
ReplyDeleteSounds ace Bill. Must have been really exciting finding all the old tackle. Fascinating night soil image too! I once found some old crisps packets buried in the soil. JAWS 3D was the best one.
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