25th September 2006, 04:17 PM
Wouldnt call it a best day as such but one of the funniest moments I ever had the good fortune to witness happened like this.
We were working on a really nice Iron Age site and though it was essentially a commercial excavation ahead of a new housing development it had a very strong community feel to it. We were joined on site by members of the local archaeological society as well as local metal detectorists and archaeologists from the County council. Needless to say some days were open to the public, school visits and such. We had some hassle from the local chavs, throwing stones at us and even on one occasion opening fire on us with an air weapon. One of our number who shall remain nameless was suffering from abuse of this kind one afternoon when he decided that enough was enough, he leaped out of his ditch section shovel in hand whilst detailing VERY LOUDLY and in the most profane terms, which parts of the miscreants anatomy were to be invited to make closer accquaintance with said implement. Imagine his surprise when a schoolteacher and a party of primary school children were just being escorted towards his feature as part of their site tour. The look of slack jawed amazement on the faces of the teacher and kids was something to behold. Laugh, I damn near wet myself
Vive La Revolution
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We were working on a really nice Iron Age site and though it was essentially a commercial excavation ahead of a new housing development it had a very strong community feel to it. We were joined on site by members of the local archaeological society as well as local metal detectorists and archaeologists from the County council. Needless to say some days were open to the public, school visits and such. We had some hassle from the local chavs, throwing stones at us and even on one occasion opening fire on us with an air weapon. One of our number who shall remain nameless was suffering from abuse of this kind one afternoon when he decided that enough was enough, he leaped out of his ditch section shovel in hand whilst detailing VERY LOUDLY and in the most profane terms, which parts of the miscreants anatomy were to be invited to make closer accquaintance with said implement. Imagine his surprise when a schoolteacher and a party of primary school children were just being escorted towards his feature as part of their site tour. The look of slack jawed amazement on the faces of the teacher and kids was something to behold. Laugh, I damn near wet myself
Vive La Revolution
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