[TheForge] Old chain

Fri Aug 23 23:02:00 2002

SBS
but thats here in Australia
name was something like "the celts" or "history of" was done by the bbc so
you might find something on their website, im sure they had video and dvd's
available of the series.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Lane" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 24 August, 2002 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Old chain

>          Do you recall what channel you saw it on?  History, etc?
>
> Scott
>
> >I watched a program tonight about the celts and there was a bit about an
air
> >force base somewhere in England that was being built and a large truck
got
> >stuck in a bog, they found a chain nearby and pulled the truck out,
turned
> >out the chain was made in 100 AD and the lake beside the bog was full of
> >golden celtic "stuff", the chain was for holding slaves, it had 4 large
> >rings along its length for hands and feet. Nice looking style of chain
too,
> >they remarked on how good the craftmanship must have been to be able to
take
> >the weight of the lorry, I get a kick out of imagining bringing people
from
> >the past up to date with their lifes work, inventions etc (ie: giving
> >Galileo a nice big telescope) imagine telling that smith that nearly 2000
> >years later his handywork would be used to pull a 10 ton chariot out of
the
> >mud, I wonder if he wouldve sweated a bit more when he made each weld :)
>
>
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