07-19-2012, 03:41 PM
Mike and Su
That is very true what you say for Chesters does have that old world charm about it and it was my introduction to Roman history way back in 1948 when I first ever made a visit there.
I went there from school at Belingham by train to Chollerford and that was in the days when the museum still had the two coal burning fires working in both galleries and of course the brown hard wearing lino on the floors oh happy days!!
I never at that time thought that one day after so many years of traveling the world I would come all the way back and work there, in fact I know Chesters like the back of my own hand.
It does indeed hold so many secrets that would amaze such as not just the Severan bath house built ontop of a Hadrianic Grannery, but the fact that it may even have three bath houses with one of them being north of the wall.
That is very true what you say for Chesters does have that old world charm about it and it was my introduction to Roman history way back in 1948 when I first ever made a visit there.
I went there from school at Belingham by train to Chollerford and that was in the days when the museum still had the two coal burning fires working in both galleries and of course the brown hard wearing lino on the floors oh happy days!!
I never at that time thought that one day after so many years of traveling the world I would come all the way back and work there, in fact I know Chesters like the back of my own hand.
It does indeed hold so many secrets that would amaze such as not just the Severan bath house built ontop of a Hadrianic Grannery, but the fact that it may even have three bath houses with one of them being north of the wall.
Brian Stobbs
