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Essex History Fair 2006
Terry, John and I were at the Essex History Fare in July 2006 which was held in Braintree town centre. We were in a group of three local detectorists and the Essex Finds Liaison Officer , Caroline McDonald who had been asked by Robert Rose of Braintree Museum to host a display for the day.
The objective for the day was to let people see and touch finds made in the areas of Kelvedon (by Terry and myself), and for Castle Hedingham and Sible Hedingham.(By detectorist Jon Adkin)
Our first port of call after setting up the stands, tables and finds pit was to sneak upstairs in the museum to see the display of finds made by members of the public - which included a very unusual gold phallus (a must see !!)
After that it was back to the tables for John and me and into the finds pit for Terry.
Terry was kept busy all day long with his detector and trowel in the find pit we had for the children - they were able detect for badges and coins in the finds pit which also contained large sherds of real roman pottery.
We all had a great time and really enjoyed ourselves - and I think our visitors did too
Information board on our Kelvedon finds
Terry at the sand pit
More customers!
FLO Caroline McDonald talks to a visitor
Terry and John admire the finds
One of the PAS information boards on display
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