Category Archives: Oral history

Brian Hoggard has conducted independent research into deliberately concealed objects and publishes some of his finding on his website Apotropaios. His first degree is in History, which he studied at University College Worcester. What follows is a summary of a telephone interview conducted on 18 February 2002. Continue reading →

Whilst gutting and rebuilding their house 22 years ago, the Maynards found a group of objects concealed in and behind one of the bedroom walls. These comprised a velvet waistcoat, a stomacher and some paper patterns and also a cat skeleton. What follows is a summary of an interview conducted on 4 March 2002, with Mrs Maynard, who discovered the cache, which she has kindly lent to the Winchester Museum. Continue reading →

Sue Stanton is a textile conservator at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. She worked on a doublet that had been found concealed during the final year of her Textile Conservation diploma, at The Textile Conservation Centre, in 1990. The doublet was found by Mr Stoneman in Reigate, Surrey. What follows is a summary of an interview conducted on 5 March 2002, with Sue Stanton. Continue reading →