tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post8490427653459021220..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Rare car buried under a Gloucestershire shed wins an awardBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-39237938346698017142012-05-30T09:49:28.867+01:002012-05-30T09:49:28.867+01:00That's an amazing piece of restoration work.
...That's an amazing piece of restoration work.<br /><br />Re; Miss Magpie's great-granddad; I visited the Pavlovsk summer palace near St Petersburg in the early 1990s, and the staff there told us that the statuary from the house and garden had been buried to keep it safe from the Germans, and after the war no-one could find it again!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-57071279316650942882012-05-29T11:29:20.161+01:002012-05-29T11:29:20.161+01:00People buried all sorts in case of invasion by the...People buried all sorts in case of invasion by the enemy. My great Granddad buried all the family treasures in the woods behind the house at the start of the war. By the time it ended he couldn't remember where exactly it was he buried them......they never have been found!Miss Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899889154015378547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-85020002000281925702012-05-28T18:26:01.209+01:002012-05-28T18:26:01.209+01:00Awesome. Note to self: buy old country house with ...Awesome. Note to self: buy old country house with shed and wait for awards to come flooding in.<br /><br /><a href="http://pennydreadfulvintage.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Penny Dreadful Vintage</a>Penny Dreadful Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658769790784076024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-7382426650127105242012-05-28T16:52:20.559+01:002012-05-28T16:52:20.559+01:00That is so fantastic! I heard of the military bur...That is so fantastic! I heard of the military burying things to later be assembled and used, but never any civilian doing it.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-47286391527292408372012-05-28T16:06:00.562+01:002012-05-28T16:06:00.562+01:00My barn's coming down in a few months, I'l...My barn's coming down in a few months, I'll get digging and see what I can find - A car wouldn't suprise me! Fingers crossed for an MG :)Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190364992910191273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-61509040656788136882012-05-28T12:53:45.177+01:002012-05-28T12:53:45.177+01:00Wow. It just goes to show you never know what you ...Wow. It just goes to show you never know what you might unearth!Perdita Tinselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741015473009270250noreply@blogger.com