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Margaret Rule has died.

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Sharron

Sharron Report 11 Apr 2015 12:43

She was the archaeologist most closely associated with the recovery of the Mary Rose from the sea-bed and I was always a bit in awe of her.

I remember being in a roadside cafe when she came in for egg and chips.

It was quite like seeing a pop star for me.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 11 Apr 2015 13:10

She was one of my heroes too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22703032

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 11 Apr 2015 15:59

Sorry to hear this. Bumped into her in the Co-op in Newark about 1987. I was helping a friend that day as I very rarely went there.

Friend was trying to get people to buy things. I was stood next to her when Margaret Rule came past. When my friend started to talk to her I realised I'd seen her somewhere. She joked she was into old things not new, then I knew who she was. She was with 2 others and they went off. She seemed in a rush so didn't speak to her. Told my friend who she was but she wasn't interested.

Son was furious he hadn't had the chance to meet her, he was really interested in the Mary Rose.

RIP Margaret, you bought history alive to so many.

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Phyll

Phyll Report 11 Apr 2015 19:07

Heroine, Rollo

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Apr 2015 22:54

Can not believe it was 1982 when it was shown on TV

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Apr 2015 23:58

A wonderful woman. RIP

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Apr 2015 00:59

sorry to hear this.


Phyll ............... you're being sexist :-)




if actresses can now generally be called actors, both sexes can be called heroes :-D

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Phyll

Phyll Report 13 Apr 2015 11:16

Sorry SylvainCanada - it wasn't meant to be it's just the way I was dragged -oops - brought up. Old habits die hard. No offence meant.
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Sharron

Sharron Report 13 Apr 2015 12:03

I think the use of the word to describe a female hero has declined as the use of the word to describe the drug has become so much more commonplace.