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Title: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: BeachHunter101 on March 09, 2018, 10:51:16 AM
I was digging in Tenby a couple of weeks ago and I found what I think is a boer war/ww1 swagger stick top. It reads 'The Duke Of Wellington Regiment' When I first picked it up i thought it was a pen top! I've looked on the internet and I cannot find any information that the duke of wellington regiment were in Tenby ???. Also I found 3 bits of pottery can anyone ID them? thank you  ;D


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: probono on March 10, 2018, 12:02:12 AM
Nice swagger.

The pottery is glazed - and looking at the brown & yellow I'd say 18th / 19th century .


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: BeachHunter101 on March 12, 2018, 05:39:59 PM
Thank you!  ;) :)


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: celticspikey on March 12, 2018, 10:48:00 PM
Yep that's a good find and a bit differant, I agree with Roland on pottery date.... ;)


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: Kev on March 17, 2018, 11:38:35 AM
Was this on the beach or farm land


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: BeachHunter101 on March 17, 2018, 06:01:21 PM
Hello, It was found on the beach close to st Catherine's island  :)


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: Val Beechey on March 17, 2018, 08:37:16 PM
Well found BeachHunter. Nice find for Tenby beach but I see no one has answered your query about the Duke of Wellington Regiment.
It was in existence for a very long time right up to the 1900’s So the most likely explanation is that it belonged to someone who had been in the Regiment and lived and probably died in the location.
Amazing what turns up, usually in the middle of a field, and you wonder how the heck it got there. Sadly it was probably just thrown out with the rubbish.


Title: Re: Found a swagger stick top in Tenby
Post by: BeachHunter101 on March 17, 2018, 10:27:04 PM
 Thank you very much Val, yes it's crazy where things turn up :o I would love to know who it belonged to but sadly i'll never know.


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