2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Council for British Archaeology in 1944. That of course means that CBA North West is also 75 years young, since the regional groups were established in the same year as part of the CBA structure. I was fortunate enough to be able to look through…
The Fairbottom Bobs steam engine at Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne, GM. Built in the 1770s and excavated in 1999-2000 I’m not a fan of the ‘great men of history’ approach to studying the past. Laying aside the fact is cuts out half the population, its always struck me as a narrow seam to mine from, which…
This autumn I’m running two archaeology adult education courses through MANCENT, a collective of extra-mural tutors in the Manchester region (see their website here: http://www.mancent.org.uk). I strongly believe that we need to bring archaeology research, and the stories and interpretations we make from these discoveries, to as wide an audience as possible. So along with…
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