Much the same here. As you can probably imagine, whenever anybody digs anything in Greenwich there are teams of archaeologists waiting to pounce. A few years ago they found an unexploded WWII bomb under one of the paths I use every day...
The thing that's really getting their archaeological juices flowing at the moment is an enormous 12th C tide mill which they found more or less at the end of my street: <http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/water-power-in-medieval-greenwich.htm> Bob > > Yes i suppose they had to be. > I have always been interested in "olden days" so to speak and > found the castles very interesting. > > When they do road widenings around here, they do digs and > have found a lot of native and non native artifacts. Its fun > to stop and chat with the people. > > Dave > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > But they were fantastically strong. I'm very interested in > the 14th century for some unknown reason and despite the > terrible living conditions (by our standards) of all ranks of > society, and the unhealthy lives they all lived, the men had > to be incredibly strong and tough, taking on major > responsibilities at a very young age. Most of them were dead > before they were 45 though. > > > > Bob > > > >> > >> Nice sign. > >> > >> I visited London England in 1975 and toured some of the castles. I > >> was amazed at how small the Knights armour was and i'm only 5'6" > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:01 PM, eckinator > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Just an old warning sign I saw at La Granja manor (south of > >> > Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain) and found kinda fun. > >> > > >> > La Granja is a medieval manor now converted into a museum > >> based on its > >> > own history; well worth a visit if you are in the area. > >> Friends own a > >> > small apartment on a hilltop overlooking Puerto de Andratx > >> which has a > >> > fabulous view but is in somewhat poor repair so they rent it out > >> > for > >> > 15 to 25 € a night which is next to nothing by any > >> standard. Thus, I > >> > will definitely be going there again some day. > >> > > >> > http://tinyurl.com/yeedjp4 > >> > > >> > Same Picasa web album as always > >> > Comments appreciated as always > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > Ecke > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > >> www.caughtinmotion.com > >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> York Region, Ontario, Canada > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
