Leckhampton, Crickley & Emma's Grove

Dr Ferris & Robert Roberts hold a secessionist picnic. "The only true picnic," said Robert, before throwing a shape.

Identity parade 1980

From the Behan archive, some of the usual suspects line up for what was, I suspect, a 'Mr Crickley' ceremony. Back row, L to R: Jim Gale resplendent in a smoking jacket, Mike Taylor, Training, John Parry. Front row: left side of Arwel Barrett's face, C-H-M in black tie acquired from the Cheltenham Oxfam shop and Mark the Clerk. From the length of my beard and the comparison of the colours in Mike's scarf with other dated photographs this was probably taken in 1980. It was certainly before the performance of the Below Average White Band which led to the untimely demise of the piano ...

The Naked Archaeologist ...

I fear Dr Ferris may have found and sampled an old barrel of GL cider that has started to referment: he is having strange fantasies and writes: "If the rumours are true that television's Channel 4 is looking to cast a real-life archaeologist in a programme called 'The Naked Archaeologist', I wonder if Crickley Hill Man has any photographs in his extensive under-the-counter Crickley collection that might just depict a candidate who fits the bill admirably?" Apart from the odd photo of Arwel wearing his shorts the only Triple-X rated material I have is this, Iain ...

It was a shed for buckets, honestly, ...

Some time during the 1980s, Arwel Barrett looks on as John Gale, Steve Vaughan and Joanne Milroy construct what I was assured by Rebecca Chambers was a hut to keep buckets in, even if it does look like a privy. Well it actually looks as though Steve and John are building it while Joanne watches, sorry, supervises ...

What on earth was the occasion?

A curious pair of photos from either 1988 or 1989 from the Phillpotts archive. The team seems to have taken a break, or organised a party or decided in Arwel Barrett's case upon a nap in the middle of what is plainly an exhibition about the excavation featuring a hand-shovel and a catbasher pinned to the wall above Penny's head. Also featured are Ros Cleal and Bernie Dawson. Can anyone recall the event?