In this series of articles, Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member, explores the time when Basil Brown helped to unearth the Sutton Hoo Treasures.
The Basil Brown & Charles Phillips Diaries
The beginning
The first in a series of excerpts from Basil Brown’s diaries as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. The name of Basil Brown will…
Tuesday 16th May 1939 to Monday 5th June 1939
The second in a series of excerpts from Basil Brown’s diaries as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. From Tuesday 16th May 1939 to…
Wednesday 6th June 1939 to Wednesday 14th June 1939
The third in a series of excerpts from Basil Brown’s diaries as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. From Wed 6th June to Wed…
Read more Wednesday 6th June 1939 to Wednesday 14th June 1939
Thursday 15th June 1939 to Monday 10th July 1939
The fourth in a series of excerpts from Basil Brown’s diaries as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. Thurs 15 June to Mon 10…
Tuesday 11th July to Thursday 20 July 1939
The fifth in a series of excerpts from diaries of the 1939 excavation as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. Tuesday 11th July to…
Friday 21 July to Sunday 23 July 1939
The sixth in a series of excerpts from diaries of the 1939 excavation as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. Friday 21 July to…
Monday 24th July to Thursday 27th July
The seventh in a series of excerpts from diaries of the 1939 excavation as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. Monday 24th July to…
Friday 28th July 1939 to Friday 11th August 1939
The eighth in a series of excerpts from Basil Brown and CW Phillips diaries as told by Mark Mitchells, Cultural Historian and Ship’s Company Volunteer Crew Member. In his diary…
The Sutton Hoo Inquest – Part 1
Sutton Village Hall 14th August 1939 There is a poorly lit photograph of the interior of Sutton Village Hall on Monday, 14th August 1939 and it shows the scene as…