tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post2333977109657288684..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Mistaking Remuera's market gardenersTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-25451217009682565412011-07-28T08:41:24.355+12:002011-07-28T08:41:24.355+12:00Hi Andrew -- I've commented over on your blog....Hi Andrew -- I've commented over on your blog. Cheers!<br /><br />Hi Fresh Local -- I think my mum was the one, her being born near London, who brought me up to try to be a critical thinker, and especially to question the stuff like the examples you mentioned. Mum and I were a couple of the "Richard III was framed!" crew from way back.<br /><br />We all make mistakes, Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-25562574019747762852011-07-28T03:46:26.999+12:002011-07-28T03:46:26.999+12:00Hi Lisa - my children enjoy a British TV series &#...Hi Lisa - my children enjoy a British TV series 'Horrible Histories' - one episode they watch often on the net details many common fallacies about British history. It states that most of the beliefs about King Arthur, Merlin, Robin Hood, Richard the Third etc etc are just plain wrong. <br /><br />Shakespeare and other writers made stuff up for dramatic effect, punters assumed the stories Fresh Localhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11576485778694307929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-10378869870445452842011-07-28T00:48:25.404+12:002011-07-28T00:48:25.404+12:00Yes, no one enjoys someone pointing out an error, ...Yes, no one enjoys someone pointing out an error, but it is important. For good or bad, you are about to get a gig on my blog. At least I correct when an error is pointed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-85822163353254867582011-07-27T13:59:34.176+12:002011-07-27T13:59:34.176+12:00Totally agree with you, Andrew. If someone, for in...Totally agree with you, Andrew. If someone, for instance, based an essay solely on one or a set of my posts, and checked nowhere else (or didn't contact me to see if I had access still to primary documents etc), they'd be barmy and/or foolish. But unfortunately, internet-only academic research happens. In the Carlyon/Morrow case, though, it's a matter where they used only a secondaryTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-64181569794026056492011-07-27T13:49:46.824+12:002011-07-27T13:49:46.824+12:00It may have been wise to run it past a local histo...It may have been wise to run it past a local historian, such as your good self, before the book went to print. I have been reading a bit lately about the dangers of using the net for research. I know I have made mistakes when writing about historical matters, but then I am writing because I am interested and think others may be too, not particularly to give an accurate history. I try to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com