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	Wickham Dig Site, Hampshire, England 1976

Who or What are the Winchester Diggers?

For those who have not partaken of the Winchester Digging experience, I will explain. Many years ago, in ye not so old days of England, gathered over the years (20 plus) young people (and not so young) to learn and wonder about treasures of findings of English past. Winchester Archaeology diggings are throughout the lower parts of England, digs called "Rescue sites" to try to find a bit of English past in a limited time frame.

Rescue Archaeology is in areas that will be dug up and turned to modern use, so to record and find what history is beneath the soil, archaeology diggings pursue to salvage a bit of the past.

But who is the infamous "digger"? Archaeologists, students of archaeology, students in general, and those who have an interest in just digging around!! I say this with a light heart, because the work is not easy and can be very tedious at times. The living conditions are not glorious but it is amazing what humans can make do with limited resources. This was a time of growth and culture understanding.

The work week was usually 5 and a half days per week. After work hours were spent in communal times and in times of solitude. It was a life lesson of multi-cultural living and learning, to understand your fellow man (or woman). The evenings were usually spent at the local pubs to entertain and pass the time.


7A Kitchen, 1976	Steve Clews, 17 North Walls, 1973

As you can see from above photos, modern conveniences were not part of the ambiance.

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