With thanks to;

Jo Cooper web design (and putting up with the inane bandolier & string discussions)
Pat Lovatt for the endless enthusiasm & talent (not to mention string!)
Malcolm Atkin for words & archaeology
Steven Rigby for the archaeological drawings
Steve Millingham for (probably) the first reproduced metal tops since the 17thC.!
Karl Robinson for all things leather
Steve Jones - the brilliant woodturner
John's dad for knots (& John for documents & phone bills)
Tony Barton - for the wondrous lead tops
Gwyneth Munroe, Charles Kightly & Tony for original bottles
Bill (Buzzards Nest) - for the colonial introduction & Virginian hospitality
Julian Tilbury for thoughts, pictures, research & anti-match
"Winstanley" for the 'originals'
The Fairfax Battalia - guineapigs who have tested all this stuff!
All our models - Paul Norton, Mark Waldron, Pat Lovatt,, Kate Atkin, Dave Blake and anyone else I've forgotton or who got caught on camera.
thanks especially to Nick Hodson who turned the first
THANKS To everyone who has listened whilst I've bored them to death...
 

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Paul Meekins
Tiddington, May 2002