Apropos recent blog – the young terminally ill girl given permission to be frozen in the hope that at some point in the future she will be able to be healed once revived, seems that debate focuses on physical pros and cons. What of her mind? Where will it be? Is it dependent on the physical health/ill-health of the frozen brain?
Last night gave talk to Barton Civic Soc. entitled ‘Assembly Rooms to Sabre-toothed tiger – History in reverse’. Idea = to take an existing interesting building, trace its history, then the history of the site as far as is possible – by series of references to available evidence coupled with reasonable assumptions got back as far as the last complete inter-glacial (hence sabre-toothed tiger). Again emphasised importance of Humber Wetlands Survey. Well received by smaller than usual audience! The weather was very wintery.
Recently re-read two East Yorkshire Local History Soc. booklets – (a) Cross, C. The end of Medieval Monasticism in the East Riding of Yorkshire (1993), (b) Horrox R. The De La Poles of Hull (1983). The former makes very good use of surviving documentary (state) sources. Scanned Whitting P. Coins, Tokens and Medals of the East Riding of Yorkshire, (1969).
Sun in cloudless sky warming-up back room this morning, sharp frost last night.