Tag Archives: Belton House

Mind the Gap!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Francis Pryor

I do apologise for the month-long gap since my last blog post – and also for the terrible title of this one, which will, I’m afraid, be a bit of a catch-up and hotchpotch. But so what, we do hotchpotches … Continue reading →

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Time Team. The Great War: the great leveller

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Francis Pryor

Next Sunday is Remembrance Sunday: 11/11/12. At 4.40 in the afternoon Channel  4 will be broadcasting the programme we filmed at the Machine Gun Corps training camp at Belton Park, just outside Grantham, Lincolnshire. I’m not sure how this will … Continue reading →

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Welcome to My Family Home: the Belton Spitfire Prom.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Francis Pryor

Many years ago – sometime back in the Middle Bronze Age – I used to be a Morris dancer. I know it’s hard to credit, given my almost total lack of bodily poise, grace or presence, but it happened, largely, … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20, my second episode: Lest we Forget

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Francis Pryor

I’ll keep this one short, like the one minute remembrance silence that Tony spontaneously called for at the end of the final scene. I don’t think it was filmed, and probably just as well – we were cold, tired and … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20. My Second Episode: Day 3

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Francis Pryor

A strange day, and in many ways a moving one. The morning was relatively routine: we caught up with our recording and other archaeological house-keeping. I also opened another trench where the geofizz signals looked very promising. It was OK, … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20. My Second Episode: Day 2: Nothing is Ever as Simple as it Seems

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Francis Pryor

The Machine Gun Corps was founded in 1915 as a response to Germany’s overwhelming superiority in machine guns and the way they were used. Put succinctly, the enemy were light years ahead of us, and it was something that was … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20. My Second Episode: Day 1

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Francis Pryor

Each episode of Time Team starts with a Production Meeting in the evening of Rig Day. Normally these are held in a conference room at the hotel where we’re all staying, but this time Production have rigged a large marquee … Continue reading →

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Time Team Series 20. My Second Episode: Rig Day

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Francis Pryor

I’ve just been walking across an idyllic English country house’s huge park, but my mind wasn’t on beautiful vistas and statuesque tree-lined avenues. Sadly my eyes were on the ground and my thoughts were far from tranquil. I was only … Continue reading →

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