From the museum (here: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20k-raised-in-fight-to-keep-roman-helmet-1.759365?referrerPath=news):
“We are so grateful for everybody’s generous support. We have had a little old lady pledging £20. That could be 50 per cent of her weekly income. Every donation is important.”
Out-bloody-rageous.
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18/09/2010 at 16:04
Carol Bartholomew
Why outrageous?
I think you have a very idiosyncratic relationship with money.
“the simple fact is that money to the vast majority of the population has become the oxygen with which we need to live. I’m no fan of such doctrine but I have to accept this sad fact of life.”
I donated £10 by the way. How much have YOU donated???
18/09/2010 at 22:12
Nigel
“I donated £10 by the way. How much have YOU donated???”
10 hours a day for 10 years.
19/09/2010 at 11:44
Carol Bartholomew
So you haven’t donated then.
As you say, outrageous!
Carol
17/11/2010 at 20:16
Prsutagus
majority of people have never heard of this find and couldnt give a toss about archaeology or metal detecting and never visit museums only pubs and clubs