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Monganaut Apr 30, 2016 04:38:36

Replying to spencer

If you've not seen this you may enjoy it. Quaint old episode of Chronicle with Alexander Thom (and his curious Hitler 'tash) from 1970.

Cracking the Stone Age Code - BBC Chronicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafRqdOQK30

Accurate or not to modern eyes and ears, I love these old programmes, they're part of what fired me up about the mystery of prehistory as a kid. Plus it's nice to see sites as they were 30 or 40 years ago, when peeps were less interested in our prehistory.

Sanctuary Apr 30, 2016 08:59:18

Replying to Monganaut

Monganaut wrote:

If you've not seen this you may enjoy it. Quaint old episode of Chronicle with Alexander Thom (and his curious Hitler 'tash) from 1970.

Cracking the Stone Age Code - BBC Chronicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafRqdOQK30

Agree 100%. Who cares a stuff if they were accurate or not as time decrees their fate anyway and they shouldn't be ridiculed if they were way off the mark. As you suggest, it gave many of us a great deal of pleasure and we should be thankful for it as it has led us into other things.

spencer Apr 30, 2016 11:07:36

Replying to Monganaut

B hell, cheers for that! Haven't seen it since, ulp, first broadcast back in '70. Bookmarked. Btw, maybe memory's playing tricks, but did someone here post a link a while back to the Beeb's own cache of similar programmes? I remember seeing a Silbury programme of similar vintage. Being tech deficient I never looked, but having just got £500 from premium bonds... : )