[TheForge] Old chain

Mon Jul 22 10:59:05 2002

Its a series on the celts, theres actually a lot of metalwork stuff shown on
it, most of it gold but the smiths get mentioned quite a bit too, probably
filmed by the BBC, and its their usual quality.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ayen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 22 July, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Old chain

> Which program? Souns like it might be of some interest to try and
> catch some time.
>
> --doug
>
> Shannell Sugrue sang:
> >
> > 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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