b'Aircraft Crash - 1943Mike & Kate Pratt: Based on information and photographs supplied by Joan Marwood (now Mitchell)W henwe interviewed former evacuees in 2001, especially the boys, a number of them remembered aircraft crashing during the war in the vicinity of Bishop Wilton. They told us how they would attempt to get to the site of the crash and see what they could salvage for themselves. The perspex from the windows was a favourite as it could be fashioned into keepsakes.Having learnt about this it was fascinating to talk to Joan Mitchell who grew up at High Belthorpe and eventually served as a Land Army girl during the war. When a plane crashed close to High Belthorpe while coming into land, two survivors were able to walk to the farm to knock on a door. Joans dad, Sid, went to the scene in a van where he found two dead. He put the rest in his van with his brothers help. Joans mother tended the injured and later received the letter of thanks which is reproduced here, from The Wing Commander of No. 77 Squadron based at Elvington.The Marwood family at High Belthorpe 1932.Sid & Henrietta with children Ken, Joan, Molly & Mavis.An Archaeological CoincidenceMike PrattI n 2004 I assembled all the pottery finds from twolevel in the dig in which they had been found. These digs that were about six feet away from each other.two pieces of matching pot had come from separate I wanted to count the number of sherds found atholes six feet apart but at the same level!different layers and classify the pottery types.I was sufficiently impressed with that to mention it Two pieces caught my attention, each of whichto Terry Manby, a local archaeologist who had kindly I thought were sections of the rim of a pot. Theyagreed to visit to date my finds. It was Terry who seemed very similar. When I picked them up, althoughpointed out that the fact that the two pieces fitted they were a little worn, I could see that they fittedtogether was significant. They had broken apart along together perfectly. That didnt seem too coincidental. the line of the coiled clay from which they had been When I first found the pieces of pot I had markedhand-made. Amazing!them to show the dig they had come from and theThe cross-section below illustrates this point. Prior 252 BULLETIN 14'