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Week 8 saw Adam’s return and work recommence in the metal store. Moving swiftly into the archives for 1983, some of LAARC’s biggest sites now sit comfortably on their new home, including the mega BWB83; the Billingsgate  Market Lorry Park Excavation that produced a vast quantity of excellent Pilgrim Badges.

 

The challenge now is to see if we can reach our goal of transfering the archives up until 1990 on to the new shelves. Only two weeks left…

The general finds project is still going swimmingly and their challenge is to finish the mighty Custom House site (CUS73) in the next two weeks. This week more pottery has been repacked, including several more impressive samian sherds and a smart example of a medieval drip tray for collecting overspilling fat from cooking pots.

 The U3A are now into their 8th week also and although the rest of their time is dedicated to research aspects of the Mansell Street excavation, this week several still came in to continue packing the remaining bits of pottery and building material from MSL87.

Finally, the last two specialist workshops took place this week and saw the return of Alan Pipe and Jacqui Pearce sharing their knowledge of animal bone and medieval ceramics with the remaining groups.