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JOAT
I am, therefore I think.

"J T" wrote in message
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This is one place where I never expected to see those words "Sutton Hoo"
For those not familiar with Anglo-Saxon history: Just before WWII a Suffolk
woman, Mrs Edith Pretty commissioned a local acheologist to see what was
inside a strange mound on her land. It turned out to be an amazingly well
preserved ship burial probably of the East Anglian King Raedwald. Amongst
the finds were many pieces of gold and silver, the most famous being a
marvelously worked helmet.
When France fell and Britain was threatened with invasion the priceless
artifacts were hidden in what was probably as safe a place as any in
England, under Mrs Pretty's bed.

I was unaware of the musical instrument but much of what is described in
that link must be conjecture as no wood survived being in the ground since
620AD the ship itself is only known by the positions of its rivets and other
iron fittings.

Mekon

Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 9:12am (EST+5) (Mekon) doth
shock us with:
This is one place where I never expected to see those words "Sutton Hoo"
snip

And just why would that be, pray tell? This IS possibly the last
bastion of culture in the known world after all.



JOAT
I am, therefore I think.

"J T" wrote in message
...
Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 9:12am (EST+5) (Mekon) doth
shock us with:
This is one place where I never expected to see those words "Sutton Hoo"
snip

And just why would that be, pray tell? This IS possibly the last
bastion of culture in the known world after all.




Well, I have been studying/reading Anglo-Saxon history for 25 years and I
personally know of only one other person on the planet who I can say "Sutton
Hoo" to and be instantly understood.

But you are probably right, these fine upstanding woodworkers, clearly the
salt of the earth, are too intelligent and multi talented to be referred to
in such a dismissive way. My apologies.



Mekon

Mekon wrote:

Well, I have been studying/reading Anglo-Saxon history for 25 years and I
personally know of only one other person on the planet who I can say "Sutton
Hoo" to and be instantly understood.

I could say "Sutton Hoo" to at least half my livejournal friends list
and have them understand exactly what I meant -- and that's just a
semi-random sampling of international people with intaweb access. It's
like saying that Roskilde or Oseberg would have no meaning.

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Mekon wrote:

Well, I have been studying/reading Anglo-Saxon history for 25 years and
I
personally know of only one other person on the planet who I can say
"Sutton
Hoo" to and be instantly understood.

I could say "Sutton Hoo" to at least half my livejournal friends list
and have them understand exactly what I meant -- and that's just a
semi-random sampling of international people with intaweb access. It's
like saying that Roskilde or Oseberg would have no meaning.


You clearly move in better educated circles than I.



Mekon

Mekon wrote:

You clearly move in better educated circles than I.

No, just bigger, hairier and more fond of dressing up with shields!

Seriously though, Sutton Hoo is well known even to schoolchildren in
the UK. Not quite on a par with Stonehenge or Boudicca, but not far
behind.

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Mekon wrote:

You clearly move in better educated circles than I.

No, just bigger, hairier and more fond of dressing up with shields!

Seriously though, Sutton Hoo is well known even to schoolchildren in
the UK. Not quite on a par with Stonehenge or Boudicca, but not far
behind.


That's great to hear. Two decades ago I was horrified to hear that my
cousin's children (early high school age) had no idea what the Battle of
Hastings was about. So we piled into my rental car and did the drive from
Bristol to Hastings, where they got a crash course in early medieval English
history. The next day I took them to London to see the Tower and the
Imperial War Museum so they could see something of our shared history.
It seems funny to think on it now, an Aussie showing English kids something
of their cultural heritage.

Mekon

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:54:46 GMT, "Mekon"
wrote:


"J T" wrote in message
...
Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 9:12am (EST+5) (Mekon) doth
shock us with:
This is one place where I never expected to see those words "Sutton Hoo"
snip

And just why would that be, pray tell? This IS possibly the last
bastion of culture in the known world after all.




Well, I have been studying/reading Anglo-Saxon history for 25 years and I
personally know of only one other person on the planet who I can say "Sutton
Hoo" to and be instantly understood.

I'm one. I've not been there, but my brother had years earlier when we
were in Peterborough for a reunion of my father's bomb group.

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