Historic Building Mythbusting, with James Wright

Go to any old building and there will be interesting, exciting, and romantic stories presented to the visitor. They are commonly believed and widely repeated – but are they really true? These stories include those of secret passages linking ancient buildings, spiral staircases in castles giving advantage to right-handed defenders, ship timbers used in the construction of buildings on land, blocked doors in churches which are thought to keep the Devil out and claims to be the oldest pub in the country.

James Wright (Triskele Heritage) will explain how such myths develop and investigate the underlying truths behind them –often more interesting, romantic, and exciting than the myth itself. He is an award-winning buildings archaeologist with two decades of professional experience in ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the mediaeval period. He is the author of the popular Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog and his book was released via The History Press on 6 June 2024. His epic rock and roll tour in support of the book has taken him back and forth across most of the country, but this date is the first in good old South Lancashire.

Any income remaining after the costs are covered will be donated to the venue, The World of Glass, the museum and gallery for St. Helens Borough, and a registered charity.

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