CART Appoints Archaeologist

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Feb 222012
 

Today we have appointed Dr Stephen Day BA, PhD as our resident Archaeologist.

Steve started his working life as an electrical engineer but after re qualified with the Open University and has now worked in archaeology for over 20 years, largely in Wales and England (although recent projects have taken him as far afield as Greece and America) and now owns a specialist Environmental-Archaeological Company based in Swansea.

Steve has directed many excavations, including those on the new museum site in the city of York and the excavation, recording and removal of a Roman mosaic found there Steve has specialist knowledge of Industrial Archaeology with publications including a book based on his PhD research on the lead mines of Wales and a volume on recent discoveries in the gold mines of Wales.

Steve has a particular expertise in Geophysics, GIS systems including analysis and use of Lidar data in topographic mapping including implementation and management of geophysical surveys.

Steve has always had a love of all things military, and even has a couple of vehicles, (big boys toys, as seen in the image above)

‘The British Resistance in Wales’ Commemorative Booklet Available

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Jan 302012
 

Abergavenny Museum have produced a 16 page booklet to accompany their exhibition on ‘The British Resistance In Wales’.

Reading the booklet is a good way to learn the basics about the Auxiliary units and understand more about the Welsh resistance.

A PDF (electronic version) of the booklet can now be purchased for £2 here. £1 of this goes directly back to the museum which is a charity.

Once you have bought the booklet using Paypal or any credit or debit card, you will automatically be re-directed to a page where the PDF can be downloaded.

Pre-Order ‘Resistance’ On DVD & Blu-ray Now

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Dec 182011
 

You can now pre-prder ‘Resistance’ on Blu-ray and DVD. It is due for release in March 2012. There is talk that there will be lots of good extras on the disc including scenes cut from the movie.

Reserve your copy on Bluray here or on DVD here

See more on the film here.

(Image is a mock up cover we have done but does show the final cover design)

The British Resistance: The true story of the secret guerilla army.

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Nov 262011
 

Robert Hardman writes a great article about the British Resistance in today’s Daily Mail.

He interviewed our Welsh researcher, Sallie Mogford at the Langstone Patrol’s OB and also went to the reconstructed OB at Usk castle for the images in the piece.He also talks about the film ‘Resistance‘ which was released in selected cinemas yesterday.

You can read his full article in the paper today or an online version here

‘Resistance’ A Film Review

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Nov 142011
 

Photo Credit: www.sebsolberg.wordpress.com

CART Founder Tom Sykes has written a review of the film adaptation of Owen Sheer’s novel ‘Resistance’.

It can be seen here

Tom and other CART member’s were advisers on the film and spent many hours trying to ensure the production team obtained the right look of the Auxiliary Units.

Read more about the movie here

Resistance – Behind The Camera. Exclusive Featurette Added

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Nov 082011
 

We have just added a ‘behind the scenes’ featurette on ‘Resistance’ to our site.

Learn more about the film and watch the featurette, on our ‘Resistance’ page here

It also gives info on where you can go and see the film later this month.

 

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