Duncan Mackay

I felt like a different sort of deposit to be fair

That sounds much less fun

They were mentioned…

🤣 not in a supernatural reciprocity sort of a way. Although to be fair, if they sacrificed me the annual quantity of beer and salt & vinegar crisps available to others would mysteriously increase.

I might be wrong but I think the later ones lost the stomach slit 😱

I liked the trapdoor/legs effect, but I can’t remember how far he got in through the stomach - it was a very imaginative feature to add though, tbf.

At least I can save them the stomach content analysis. Fish & chips with peas, tartare sauce, lemon, salt, vinegar and a pint of Woodforde’s Wherry. The grains of pumpkin pollen are from the halloweeny pub, & were not deliberately added to the meal. I don’t recall it having any ritual significance.

I don’t want to talk about it

Me up to my knees in water on an overgrown path.

Let’s go for a pub lunch they said.
We could go for a nice walk along the river afterwards they said.

I’m sure this periodic obsession stems from not ever having had an AT AT at the time.

Blimey!

Original 1981 Star Wars figures of Luke Skywalker on Tauntaun in my childhood garden in snow.

I haven’t collected Star Wars figures since I was 13, & had no interest in them since, but occasionally I remember this photo c.1982 of Luke on Tauntaun patrol in the garden, & have an overwhelming urge to exchange everything I own for the complete original 1981 Hoth range (incl c.20 At Ats)
#Resist

A rebuilt wooden wall & gateway with tower at an outdoor museum

#RomanFortThursday - coming to a Welsh hill or valley junction near you in AD 48-78...😬

Intimidating reconstruction of a C1st AD Roman timber fort gateway tower at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall.

These were built roughly every 15 miles - or a day's march - during the conquest period

📷 My own, May

That’s just making me think of using Mr Potato Head in lots of British Summer Time stone circle adjustments in the spring.

Thank you Cirencester, you were brilliant!!

An excellent day in discussion with the inimitable Charlie Cooper at the Cirencester History Festival

Trench Wars have never been so much fun 😊

Well, at least because of Obelix your train will be on time

I’ll block you in a minute

Playmobil Gauls manhandling a standing stone trilithon for the end of British Summer Time.

It’s that night of the year when Obelix visits every stone circle to synchronise the clocks. Busy night! Fall back, people!
With apologies to @danherb10.bsky.social
#DontBlockMe
#ClocksGoBack
#TheTimesTheyAreAChangin

Bagseying the Keith Richard’s position in black suit.

The best thing about the clocks going back and getting an extra hour in bed is that when you wake up as usual, paralysed by dread at 3am, you find it’s only 2am and oh god the aching void of night will never end.

Strong words there, Bec 😬, he might block you too!

I think he might ACTUALLY block me 😅

Playmobil Gauls manhandling a standing stone trilithon for the end of British Summer Time.

It’s that night of the year when Obelix visits every stone circle to synchronise the clocks. Busy night! Fall back, people!
With apologies to @danherb10.bsky.social
#DontBlockMe
#ClocksGoBack
#TheTimesTheyAreAChangin

Playmobil Henry V on horseback rousing his knights backed by trees and wagons.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, “Tomorrow is St Crispian:”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
1415 #OTD #Agincourt #HenryV #PlaymobilInfestation

I confess I always thought it was Crispian!

Here in Norwich we have a St Crispin’s Road that runs through the old shoemaking area.

Playmobil Henry V on horseback rousing his knights backed by trees and wagons.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, “Tomorrow is St Crispian:”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
1415 #OTD #Agincourt #HenryV #PlaymobilInfestation

Or a really shit boxer

Beautiful black and white photographic portrait of a brass cavalry helmet visor in the shape of a man’s face with decorated hair.

For #FindsFriday a Roman helmet visor from Trimontium (Newstead) a beautiful photographic illustration from the stunning 2-volume report of the excavations, A Roman Frontier Post by James Curle 1911. The pit content records are the stuff of dreams. From Pit LVII “at 15 feet a bronze helmet mask.”
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Pages from the 1911 Trimontium report recording pit contents.

Pit contents…🤩