[meteorite-list] Wold Cottage 'meteorite homecoming'

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:21:03 -0400
Message-ID: <A2AE18F0CEDA48DDADFD6B7754C737D9_at_meteorroom>

Hello All,
I've been in the air for a few days and haven't seen this thread yet, but
I'd suspect that Martin's been his normal, classy self and given all of the
credit away for something that was solely his doing. It was a very
thoughtful bit of initiative on his part, and it's wonderful to be a tiny
part of reinstalling some history where it belongs...all thanks to Martin.
All the best,
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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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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> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:24 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Wold Cottage 'meteorite homecoming'
>
>
>> 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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