One of the original WWII “baby boomers” I am now a very immature 53. I live in Lincolnshire, spending a very happy life with my wife, Billie. Two children flew the nest long ago – one as far as California.
I started work in a bank at eighteen and hated every minute of it! I left to become a teacher and have spent the last 25 years teaching Primary School children (4 to 11 years of age).
My interest in archaeology began at college when I helped with a dig in the college grounds. It turned out to be a medieval well. I spent 15 years abroad, working in schools attached to the British army, in Gibraltar and Germany and discovered a Victorian rubbish pit next to the school, which we excavated. When I became Headteacher of my present school I wanted to build up a school museum. I contacted a firm who make metal detectors and persuaded them to give us one.
Eight years later I am still detecting and have built a super little school museum, with artefacts from every age from the Stone Age (Mortlake pottery) to WWII (part of a crashed Lancaster bomber). All finds are reported to the local museum with grid references.
I was contacted recently to take part in a Time Team programme in Lincolnshire. I spent three fabulous days detecting all over the site.
Special Interest Areas
Having a name with a Viking ending, my favourite period has to be Viking, but I am also a great fan of anything Anglo-Saxon.