The difficulty here in #Normandy is that timber, like stone, is/was routinely reused. We say that a roof structure may consist of, or contain, C15th timbers although we know the walls that support it are C16th. My own late mediaeval hall is dating and phasing nightmare for these sorts of reasons.

Possibly Lewisham / Catford area…

manor house. Short stretches of battlemented wall still adjoin the gateway, hinting at the manor’s former grandeur. In time, Steeton passed by marriage to the Foljambe family, who held it for some 300 years. Though the manor house itself has long disappeared, traces of its

A downward progression that speaks volumes about latterday British values…

Was this the site of the Dambusters’ trials with bouncing bombs?

Collected C17th and C18th English spoons for many years, then started beating/tapping them out myself (heavily supervised) from short-length blanks. Respect to the men who did this every day… just getting them to length with enough silver for the bowl was hard enough. Your stuff is lovely to see…

Beautiful! Are your spoons rat-tailed? Lovely stuff…

Thank you for that. I think I’m becoming very sensitive to what AI will do with information that is not idiot-proof. Food supplies dropped into German occupied Holland by…? Your latest info is a fascinating glimpse into wartime pragmatic humanitarianism.

Your wild flowers are making me long for Spring before winter is even really with us!