[TheForge] Historic Blacksmith shop

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

Let us know if you find it on dvd, sounds amazing!

Mark

Sent From Mr. Mark Anthony Pesetsky 

> On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:01 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> 
> hello
> 
> i was just watching a history program covering the various archelogical
> digs in the United Kingdom. The one dig discovered a blacksmith shop
> with stone anvils and evidence of early copper working. Given the layers
> of peat the site is well preserved. Wood timbers and leather shoes
> survived because of the peat layers. they found a store of coke for the
> fire. the blacksmith worked by kneeling down infront of the fire and the
> anvil stones. the one anvil stone has the black colored handprints of
> the blacksmith still on the anvil stone. they found the tuyere from the
> leather bellows. The blacksmith had a helper who pumped the bellows.
> I am not sure if the series is on dvd I will check later.
> The program is Digging for Britain on BBC Four.
> BritBox may have it, I have not checked for it.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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