Thursday, September 24, 2009

Nation's finances sorted

UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure discovered in Staffordshire.

"It has been declared treasure by South Staffordshire coroner Andrew Haigh, meaning it belongs to the Crown."

Coming soon to a field near you: Alistair Darling with a metal detector...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe the treasury actually pay out for this sort of find. Treasure given to the crown actually costs us money.

Adam Macqueen said...

You're right. Coming soon to a field near you: Alistair Darling with a cement mixer and a "no trespassing" notice, then...

Stephen Buckley said...

Your label for this blog didn't spring unbidden to mind when you were writing the previous one, for some strange, unaccountable reason, did it?