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A tale of two buttons and some supernatural events

Posted on September 27, 2020 by sarthure

I’ve been cataloguing buttons from Baker’s Flat. The ones in the picture below are known as trouser buttons (suspender buttons if you’re in the US) and were used mainly on work trousers and shirts. These four hole, sew through buttons … Continue reading →

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Christmas jigsaw puzzle of the ceramic variety

Posted on January 1, 2018 by sarthure

Christmas is an excellent time for jigsaw puzzles. One of my longtime favourite novelists, Margaret Drabble, asserts that ‘jigsaws are a joy at Christmas, the ideal gift, the perfect employment’. Further, she says, they ‘give you an illusion of order and progress when … Continue reading →

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Remember the dog tags?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by sarthure

I wrote a post last year about the dog tags that were found on Baker’s Flat. Since then, I’ve found out lots more about dog tags, mainly thanks to a 2005 book by Neil Ransom on the history of dog registration … Continue reading →

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Mystery metal man – could he be Charles Gavan Duffy?

Posted on March 20, 2014 by sarthure

A little while ago, I wrote about the small metal bust of an unknown man, found some years ago on Baker’s Flat. I had a theory it might be Gladstone. But now there’s another contender. One of the followers of this … Continue reading →

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Something about Mary

Posted on October 13, 2013 by sarthure

In the collection of artefacts from Baker’s Flat, there are fourteen religious medals. Of these, eleven feature Mary, mother of Jesus. These include medals of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Mary Refuge of Sinners, and Mary … Continue reading →

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