As Sure as Eggs is Eggs15th Mar 2006 The Friends of T.C. Lethbridge This month’s contribution to The Friends of T.C. Lethbridge section is an essay entitled Spirals: The Pattern of Existence by Geoff Ward. Colin Wilson has written the introduction to the eponymously titled book which is being published this month by Green Magic Publishing. Anyone interested in reading Colin’s introduction can find it on the Colin Wilson World website by clicking on the Contributions from Colin link. TEKH’s Journal Whilst recently plough through some correspondence between T.C. Lethbridge and his friend Sir Cyril Fox, I happened upon an intriguing letter written on 3rd March 1925. Lethbridge informed his friend that his recently acquired house The Lodge in Waterbeach was on the site of a Toot Hill. The subject got me thinking about my experiences with so-called Norman mounds that appear to have more ancient origins. These include, Maiden Bower and Cock Lodge a motte and bailey moated site in the parish of Topcliffe in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire(1), the tantalising Norman motte at the Scottish Border town of Hawick and even the enormous mound within the walls of Lincoln Castle near to my home. The necessity to pin labels and definitions upon particular sites, inhibits our ability to perceive their stages of evolution. It is logical that Norman invaders would choose to utilise ready-made mounds and earthworks for their own secular agendas. During the course of his fenland investigations, T.C. Lethbridge once observed that Norman sites often referred to as ‘Manors’, where often situated on top of earlier Anglo=Saxon middens. This discovery exemplifies the evolution and continuity that has occurred on a given site. The Guardians Evolution? Revolution! Is the first CD release of the West London hip-hop outfit The Guardians. The recording features danDNA and Madam Blahvatski, and also features spoken-word contributions from Stan Gooch. You can purchase their CD from www.the-guardians.co.uk or catch the band live at the Electrowerkz, Islington on 6th April. Mount Blow Anyone interested in buying a former home of T.C. Lethbridge need look no further.... The property, four miles south of Cambridge and overlooking the Gogmagog hills was built and named Mount Blow by Lethbridge in 1938. It has since changed its name to South Hill House and is currently on the market with the intuitively named estate agents Bidwells. However, don't get too excited, unless you have £2,000,000 to spare!!!! Right, I'm off to count the 5p pieces in my 'Jumbo' piggybank.... welbourn TEKH - 'Linden, the people of the pool' - March 2006 Notes: 1. National Monument No. 20530/ National Grid Refs: SE 4085 7611 & SE 40447 7542-SE 4094 7550 |
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