[meteorite-list] Wold Cottage 'meteorite homecoming'

From: martin goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:57:34 +0100
Message-ID: <t2j2b6f707d1004231257q54d914adl3b5db6db5322c153_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments both on and off list but it
is really Dave that needs the kudos for this, i was only the
facilitator. The bottom line however is that a piece of Wold Cottage
is now on display back home and this means a lot to Derek and Katrina
and every visitor to the Wold Cottage in the future. Quite a result!

Thanks again

Martin

On 22 April 2010 22:56, Linton Rohr <lintonius at earthlink.net> wrote:
> What a great story, Martin.
> Looks like a very interesting place to visit.
> Kudos to Dave for his extraordinary generosity, and to you for your noble
> effort.
> I was not familiar with Wold Cottage, but is on my acquisition list now.
> Linton
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "martin goff"
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Wold Cottage 'meteorite homecoming'
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>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just thought i would give the list a heads up on a recent event that
>> happened over here in the UK concerning the Wold Cottage meteorite.
>> The owners of the historic Wold Cottage are now proudly able to
>> display a piece of the famous meteorite itself after many years of
>> searching with no success. This story has taken quite a few months to
>> unfold and started last summer when myself and my family stayed at the
>> Wold Cottage currently owned by Derek and Katrina Gray. Although they
>> have lots of historic photos and memorabilia i was astounded to
>> discover that they didn't have a piece of the stone itself. I thought
>> this was very sad indeed and said i would keep a look out for them and
>> after a few months found a piece being offered for trade by Dave
>> Gheesling. I approached Dave with Derek and Katrina's story and Dave
>> was not only willing to part with the specimen but he offered to
>> donate it to them for free! Now, i know that Dave is a very modest
>> chap and doesnt want to make a song and dance about this but i think
>> that the story needs sharing (Larry, i am writing the article at the
>> moment!!) I am sure that everyone will agree that it was a very
>> generous gesture with the end result being that a piece of this
>> important and historic fall is now being displayed in its proper home!
>> As i played the part of the middle man in all of this i thought that
>> the least i could do was to arrange to get the specimen properly
>> framed and present the framing to Derek and Katrina on Daves behalf. I
>> did this last Friday and Derek and Katrina are absoutely delighted and
>> over the moon to finally have a piece back home!
>>
>> The story has atrracted quite a bit of press attention and i was
>> thrust into quite a media circus when i attended last week (all good
>> fun though and i quite enjoyed it all to be honest!) I was interviewed
>> for BBC Radio and TV and am pleased that the story has generated
>> postive press for meteorite collectors.
>>
>> See Daves website for more info and some additional links to articles
>> online:
>>
>> (http://www.fallingrocks.com/Collections/WoldCottage.htm)
>>
>> Also the British and Irish Meteorite society (BIMS) has a short write
>> up in the news section:
>>
>> (http://www.bimsociety.org)
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
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