22nd November 2011, 08:21 PM
Ken Denham Wrote:I remember when Carlisle Archaeology went tits up. We'd worked for 3 years on that excavation and another copmpany moved in to do the post-ex. 90% of the staff was made redundant. All the accumulated knowledge that had been incorperated within the firm was dispersed immediately and the academics moved in, who didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
I wasn't working for Carlisle when it folded, but I did work for them in the 90s, and I too was saddened by the loss of local expertise that resulted from the closure. When I worked there, it was still a Council unit, but even then, rumours of a takeover were already circulating.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum