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Martyn Barber
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Aerial archaeology, history of archaeology, misc spookery; ex-RCHME, Historic England etc.

Stuff at independent.academia.edu/MartynBarber
Can think of others...

I quite like their use of the phrase "yawning pits", which seems somewhere between Lovecraft and Guy N Smith.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I believe it was her grandparents on her mother's side who commissioned the architect.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It could be done - there must be some no-longer-wanted tunnelling equipment available.
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
When we went, we took the stairs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It seems bigger on the inside too. And the TARDIS.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Love a bargain
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The villagers barely noticed it...
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The real section tells a slightly different story...
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Do you know the story of his first film role, The Black Legend, filmed at Combe Gibbet and directed by his university pal John Schlesinger?

www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk?view=article...
Black Legend
The website for all of Hungerford's heritage and history.
www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I'm trying to find info on what the Holzminden library contained. I'm guessing the entire works of AC Benson were there.
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
But in the end, it was Cambridge that offered him the honorary doctorate...
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
...an article by Crawford that is a tad out of keeping with those other contributions. Essentially Crawford was a little angry with Cambridge dons in general and A. C. Benson in particular. I've found no other mention by Crawford of Benson ever, and this piece never appeared anywhere else. Enjoy.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Whale in any of his surviving notes or correspondence. Shortly before WW1 ended, some of the inmates at Holzminden managed to print what would be the only ever issue of "The Occasional Review". Among the contributions, which were mainly rooted in camp life and associated matters, was...
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Been scanning old slides again - this is 1998. No idea who that leg belongs to - maybe they're still there?
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thanks - Not sure if I can make it, but I shall try...
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is Richard the Third here referring to the monarch or...
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Don't want to know about your gross fashion fails
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM