by Tess Machling
First things first: from the last blog it seems we all want to live in Torc Avenue! Several folks thought we should have more artefact themed roads, which I couldn't agree with more. Anyone know of any others? But back to the torcs and this time I have an apology to make: I assumed that …
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Firstly, a bit of a catch up! Thank you to the 150+ folks who've read the blogs so far, and to those who've subscribed to read more (remember to hit 'Subscribe' at the bottom of the page, if you want to be one of them). A couple of comments from the Shenstone blog have come …
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Well, here we are again, folks. I'll add a few updates from the previous two blogs first. As regards pronouncing 'Alrewas': Several Staffordshire people have put forward a variety of pronunciations, so I'm still not much the wiser (although fascinated by all the different ways!). Some suggest you pronounce it as it's written, a few …
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Whenever I start a new piece of work, there's always something that sets me off on the path of discovery, the thing that makes me think, 'Oooo! That's interesting, I wonder if...?'. In the case of this project it was a cluster of torc discoveries in a small area of Staffordshire that I noticed when …
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I love to share torc research, and any of you who follow me on social media will know that my feeds are full of snippets, thoughts and ponderings - some turn out to be dead ends, some get noted for later use and some lead to fully-fledged theories and papers (see HERE for our work …
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The Big Book of Torcs 