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SUMMARY:Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Shepherd\, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside\nA thrilling history of mudlarkers\, charlatans\, experts and chancers in the year the Titanic sank and London was growing anew.\n\nDiving into the underbelly of London’s bustling\, occasionally lawless antiques trade at the turn of the century\, narrative historian Victoria Shepherd paints a compelling scene of the city at the height of empire\, in the midst of its remarkable transformation into a modern metropolis.\n\n \nSaturday 14th June\, 6.00pm\nVenue: Read on Sea\, 28 Broadway\, Leigh-on-Sea\, SS9 1AW\nTickets: £5\nBox Office: readonsea.co.uk\n \n\n\n\n\nStony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay by Victoria Shepherd\n\n\nA thrilling history of mudlarkers\, charlatans\, experts and chancers in the year the Titanic sank and London was growing anew.\n\nJune 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence – or ‘Stony Jack’\, as he’s better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud\, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand\, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds\, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite.\n\nStony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure.\n\nDiving into the underbelly of London’s bustling\, occasionally lawless antiques trade at the turn of the century\, narrative historian Victoria Shepherd paints a compelling scene of the city at the height of empire\, in the midst of its remarkable transformation into a modern metropolis.\n\nOften compared with Sutton Hoo as one of Britain’s key archaeological discoveries\, the Cheapside Hoard not only reveals a new glimpse of Elizabethan society\, but also can be viewed as one of history’s great ‘what ifs’ – so many treasures were smashed\, ignored\, reburied – the time of discovery\, without the huge mechanical diggers of today\, was crucial.\n\n \n\n\n\n \nVictoria Shepherd\n[caption id="attachment_10165" align="alignnone" width="240"] Photo of Victoria Shepherd credit Jennifer Evans[/caption]\n\nVictoria Shepherd conceived and produced the ten-part series A History of Delusions for BBC Radio 4 and is author of the book of the same name.\n\nShe has produced scores of documentaries and major strands for BBC Radio 4 and holds an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n 
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LOCATION:28 Broadway\, Leigh-on-Sea\, Essex\, SS9 1AW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:History,Partner Event
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