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Titles marked * were courses that were attended by keen sixth formers as well as interested adults.
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| 10th March | "UP THEM FIELDS", and What was Found There |
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"Up Them Fields", and What was Found There
The Riches of Blackden
10th March 2012
Alan Garner
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Alan Garner signing books |
In his talk at the Methodist Church in Holmes Chapel, Alan Garner told the audience how, in 1957, he discovered the house in Blackden that has been his home for over fifty years; and where all his books have been written.
He told stories of the people who had lived in the place before him; stories he had gleaned from documents and from objects, going back to the last ice age, that had been found in the garden; and most important, because they are so easily lost, the stories that he had been told by more recent inhabitants. Riches like this were too precious to be left to chance, he told his audience, and so he had founded The Blackden Trust: an educational charity to look after the site for the public benefit.
Alan Garner described how work for new drains in 1971 had produced charcoal and burned bone. Analysis by English Heritage’s Ancient Monuments Laboratory had confirmed that the cremation was human. Radiocarbon dating of the charcoal has since shown that the pyre was lit between 3,700 and 3,900 years ago; confirming that the cremation dates from the Early Bronze Age.
After the talk, Alan Garner signed books while the audience enjoyed home made refreshments.
The event was organised by The Friends of The Blackden Trust to launch the 2012 season of public events.
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