Absolutely excellent in all ways! I've lived a few short miles all my 70+ years from the field this was found. My sister-in-law's family owned adjoining land and this story is legend! For many years we ran a Romano-British re-enactment/living history group in the area. Also did work for local archaeology units, museums and historic sites of this period. There is SO much Romano-British history on the Fen Edge that I could just go on and on. Happy days ! Thanks Nick- Teresa, Cambs/Suffolk border.
That is amazing Teresa. It is quite a story that certainly put Mildenhall on the world map. I live on the other side of the country but maybe next year we will make a trip over and visit the area where it all happened. Thanks Nick.
Wow Teresa, very cool! Thank you for sharing. It's so interesting to be allowed a glimpse into the lives of the kindred spirits & acquaintances we've met along the way here. Merry CHRISTmas & Blessed New Year one & all!
@@Trickynickymarts - The music was nice and tastefully done, but it's more common in TH-cam videos than in audiobooks. A lot of people are anxious for the story to start and continue; but musical segments also have a tendency to wake people up if they are using books to get to sleep. (And yes, a book has to be interesting to get people to fall asleep, although not quite as interesting as a thriller.) It's funny how audiobook fashions have progressed.
I lived near mildenhall for most of my life. And Roald Dahl is my favourite childhood author, so its amazing to hear his story about the Mildenhall treasure!
The reader did a superb job. His voice fit this so very well, and the voices he did were great for the characters he was portraying. And leave it to Dahl to make the story so tellable, and so engaging.
Magnificent find...4th century! I actually just google searched the silver items, they are beautiful. Wow!! Didnt even know about this until I listened to your audiobook, thanks for the gem of knowledge.
Your are right and there will no doubt be more hidden beneath the surface at different locations and may lay there undisturbed forever. Or not, as in this case! Many thanks for listening in again.
You're a delightful reader. I'm an American, and I've listened to work on the BBC since I discovered The Goon Show at 12. I like your inclusion of regional voices. Thanks VERY much.
@@Trickynickymarts oh, I'm a looongtime Wodehouse fan - another set of books I picked up around 12 or so. I just discovered your channel, and I'm looking forward to listening to them. I really loved the Fry and Laurie series - tremendous casting. Particularly Claude and Eustace, I thought. Poor Bertie.
@@Trickynickymarts 📣💥🦻 Thank you~ For pointing us to the yonder interesting direction. Nice narration and pace. Your channel is an unexpected adventure~ while never having to leave our comfortable abodes. May tales of intrigue and wonder continue to expand our current curious~ wandering mental vistas. You are sweet and thoughtful~ to help us~ in these times of ~ unforeseen solitude. My sincere~ .... ◇♡◇ Regards~ Shalom~
I thoroughly enjoyed this story but what made it especially good was the reading. Truly outstanding, a joy to listen to, I thank you and my hats off, bravo. Too many great stories are crippled by too fast of a read, over inflection, mispronunciations, etc... This was excellent, thank you again
Trickynicky Marts, yes sir I have, it was one of the first Dahl stories I listened to. You did a commendable read of that story as well, you are a pleasure to listen too. Thank you for taking the time to share these stories. Cheers to you as well
I spent the summer of 1973 on Isleham fen just over the river from Mildenhall Airfield. This area is full of history. Thank you Mr. Dahl. What a story!
Absolutely wonderful Nick. Thank you. Although I did keep expecting Jeeves to make an appearance with your P G Wodehouse collection. Thank you for many enjoyable hours!🙋🏻Jo
The Saturday Evening Post was the most high-paying magazine market in the US, back when Dahl wrote this and for many decades afterward. So half of that kind of money was a pretty good deal, and the exchange rate of UK to US money back then would have made it really good. No wonder Dahl could live on two short stories a year, if he was already selling to the Saturday Evening Post.
What a absolute treat thank you so much also the way in which you tell the story is awesome I have a metal detector and finding something like that is s dream
Mildenhall is very familiar to me (as it would be to anyone who was in The US Air Force for any length of time), but I was not aware this story until now. I spent many months in and around the base back in the 80's and 90's, probably very near to where the treasure was discovered.
Yes, and the base is still there after a decision to close it a few years ago was reversed. Come back to the UK again and you can see the treasure in the British Museum! Or replicas at Mildenhall's very own museum. Thanks.
Yes, there still is. In 2015 plans were made to close and re-locate to Germany but then 2020 it was decided to keep the base here in the UK. However the new US president may have other ideas again. Thanks.
VWD! TY for sharing your gift w/us! There is a difference between a reader & a storyteller...you sir are a masterful storyteller! Best wishes one & all for a Merry CHRISTmas & Blessed 2020 !
Mmm wonder what Ford thought about the story and the,doubtless very accurate description of himself..Oh wad some pow’r the gift tae gie us to see ourselves as others see us as Robbie Burns has it
Ford wouldn't speak to Dahl, and so was someone he didn't know in any way. With only the village idiot, Butcher, to rely on, the story was written from a biased viewpoint and owes much to fiction.
@doughtywylie2 I look before to see if anyone commented on problems w/ the video. Some videos have no ending, sound problems or missing parts. I would like to know before I listen for hours.
An ill wind blows good as gold. Additionally. 'What could I smile at as I trudged behind my harrow' Suffock, my harrow. Copy Auden ['Plains' The Shield of Achilles].
I've lived in mildenhall all my life also metel detected all around lakenheath \ Mildenhall I've found lots Roman stuff loads Anglo Saxon I've gave to local museum plus bury st Edmunds the government does want u to look fr treasure as thy think it belongs to them and not the people ,so sad mildenhall treasure is a lovely sight what a find ...saying that the actual farmer who,s land this was found in was as tight as ducks ass ...
I'm a little surprised that there is no comment about the Roman hoard found near the other Mildenhall (in Wiltshire, UK), the Cunetio Hoard. It was discovered in 1978 ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunetio_Hoard ) and the Roman town was excavated by Time Team in 2009 ( th-cam.com/video/1hdPPgae84o/w-d-xo.html ).
And, the moral of this story is NEVER under any circumstances trust museums or the organs of the establishment. They robbed both Butcher and Ford of the real value on a technicality - personally I would pitch it into the sea as soon as let the Museums have it almost gratis!
Does anyone know why the paperback and hardback book versions of this are so expensive? I’m not sure about other countries but, here in the UK it is. 🤔😢
Well now~ Our congenial English friends. The point being~ YOUR~ fanciful tales are worth every pence. I should think. But, thank you for highlighting another reason for gratitude. Our good fortune of having our entertainment being provided for at the exceptional price of~ .......... .... •FREE ! ~ ° SHALOM~ OUR FRIENDS~ ....... ◇♡◇ .
What was the name of this book? . There was a story about a hitchhiker and a boy with a turtle as I remember. Read them as a kid. Long time ago :( beautiful writer
“The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar And Six More.” All amazing. Loved this book so much as a child I still revisit as an adult (as I am doing now - obviously!).
That's not at all how it should have ended. Ending should be "when the doctor bent down to grasp the findings in the sideboard he was struck down by Ford's heaving the largest of the silver plates onto his head like a frisbee."
Should say this story is factual if it is, Didnt enjoy it, Great reader Rubbish story + didnt know it was factual Dont reccommend it, Should have known it was true when i heard what the GOV gave the finders
Absolutely excellent in all ways! I've lived a few short miles all my 70+ years from the field this was found. My sister-in-law's family owned adjoining land and this story is legend! For many years we ran a Romano-British re-enactment/living history group in the area. Also did work for local archaeology units, museums and historic sites of this period. There is SO much Romano-British history on the Fen Edge that I could just go on and on. Happy days ! Thanks Nick- Teresa, Cambs/Suffolk border.
That is amazing Teresa. It is quite a story that certainly put Mildenhall on the world map. I live on the other side of the country but maybe next year we will make a trip over and visit the area where it all happened. Thanks Nick.
Wow Teresa, very cool! Thank you for sharing. It's so interesting to be allowed a glimpse into the lives of the kindred spirits & acquaintances we've met along the way here. Merry CHRISTmas & Blessed New Year one & all!
Very good story. As a not native English speaker I was able to enjoy it because your pronunciation is clear and easy on the ears. Thank you!
thank you times infinity for this wonderful reading of Dahl's amazing writing.
Thank Heaven - no irritating music! Wonderful story - well read and entertaining.
Thanks, yes I have given up on the music additions. Nick
@@Trickynickymarts - The music was nice and tastefully done, but it's more common in TH-cam videos than in audiobooks. A lot of people are anxious for the story to start and continue; but musical segments also have a tendency to wake people up if they are using books to get to sleep. (And yes, a book has to be interesting to get people to fall asleep, although not quite as interesting as a thriller.) It's funny how audiobook fashions have progressed.
I lived near mildenhall for most of my life. And Roald Dahl is my favourite childhood author, so its amazing to hear his story about the Mildenhall treasure!
Ah, jolly good Lauren. I should like to visit the area sometime, maybe when a sharp bitter wind is in the air!
The reader did a superb job. His voice fit this so very well, and the voices he did were great for the characters he was portraying.
And leave it to Dahl to make the story so tellable, and so engaging.
Many thanks
@@Trickynickymarts 💎💧🦻
Yes~
Exceptional~ captivating
Character development~
& intonation~ ... 🦻
Very enjoyable~ ... ♡
😅
Magnificent find...4th century! I actually just google searched the silver items, they are beautiful. Wow!! Didnt even know about this until I listened to your audiobook, thanks for the gem of knowledge.
Your are right and there will no doubt be more hidden beneath the surface at different locations and may lay there undisturbed forever. Or not, as in this case! Many thanks for listening in again.
You're a delightful reader. I'm an American, and I've listened to work on the BBC since I discovered The Goon Show at 12. I like your inclusion of regional voices. Thanks VERY much.
That's great thank you. You might like to try the PGW ones for a touch of the dry wit.
@@Trickynickymarts oh, I'm a looongtime Wodehouse fan - another set of books I picked up around 12 or so. I just discovered your channel, and I'm looking forward to listening to them. I really loved the Fry and Laurie series - tremendous casting. Particularly Claude and Eustace, I thought. Poor Bertie.
Utterly captivating on all levels, ha ha!!
Many thanks to those who made this story available!!
Agreed and thank you. You may also like Lucky Break. Cheers
What a beautiful narration. Thank you for sharing...
Thank you Della, you might also try The Hitchhiker
@@Trickynickymarts 📣💥🦻
Thank you~
For pointing us to the
yonder interesting direction.
Nice narration and pace. Your channel is an unexpected adventure~ while never having to leave our comfortable abodes. May tales of intrigue and wonder continue to expand our current curious~ wandering mental vistas.
You are sweet and thoughtful~ to help us~ in these times of ~ unforeseen solitude.
My sincere~ .... ◇♡◇
Regards~
Shalom~
Thank you and pleased you are enjoying the adventures - there will be more.
@@Trickynickymarts ☺
Thank you~
My friend~
😉
Shalom~
.
The magic of Roald Dahl .. beautifully read...
Great story just amazing and funny too, thank you for uploading ...Roald Dahl you are the best!
I thoroughly enjoyed this story but what made it especially good was the reading. Truly outstanding, a joy to listen to, I thank you and my hats off, bravo. Too many great stories are crippled by too fast of a read, over inflection, mispronunciations, etc...
This was excellent, thank you again
Many thanks for the feedback. Always welcome - especially when so positive! Have you tried The Hitch Hiker? Cheers Nick
Trickynicky Marts, yes sir I have, it was one of the first Dahl stories I listened to. You did a commendable read of that story as well, you are a pleasure to listen too. Thank you for taking the time to share these stories. Cheers to you as well
Trickynicky Marts Thank you so much,beautiful reading and very enjoyable story
I wonder if we can see these British treasures online?
Vicki Morton, yes you absolutely can, just google them
Very well read, what a difference it makes. Thank you very much, sir.
Glad you liked it, thank you.
I spent the summer of 1973 on Isleham fen just over the river from Mildenhall Airfield. This area is full of history. Thank you Mr. Dahl. What a story!
What a wonderful story. Thank you....
Absolutely wonderful Nick. Thank you. Although I did keep expecting Jeeves to make an appearance with your P G Wodehouse collection. Thank you for many enjoyable hours!🙋🏻Jo
Brilliant reading, a fascinating story, one of my favourites, thank you!
Thanks David - much appreciated, particularly from a pro! Good luck with your projects.
I'm always amazed by R. Dahl. From Willy Wonka to Lamb to the Slaughter. What a range.
Extremely well read ....I always enjoy Dahl
Thank you - couple more for you to try then.
@@Trickynickymarts All in due time, Marts, all in due time LOL ....Thanks for posting these
Fantastic reading - thank you!
Great, thanks!
Thank you so much. What a sanity-saver you are for lockdown!
Which I imagine is quite a different thing to a sanitary saver! Thanks Christa.
Simply amazing story, thank you.
Thanks Marcia, and all the better being a true story!
love your voice and narration tricky nicky! keep it up!
Cheers Austin
Very much enjoyed this story ... Nick Martin has such a lovely easy to listen to voice and as an American, thoroughly loved the British accent
Great, thanks.
Oh!! Dahl what a wonderful story. I love your books. A very gifted writer. My children were bought up reading your books ♥️👶
Great thank you. There are several more of his books I have read on here for you - sprinkled amongst the Wodehouse.
You’re talking to a guy who died in 1990.
Thank you, a wonderful story and very well read :)
Thanks Jonathan.
Absolutely fantastic thank you I loved it
Thank you Jean.
Wonderful reader♥︎ and story:)
A very interesting story, beautifully read!
Thanks. N
Thank you, a wonderful story.
Cheers Joan
The Saturday Evening Post was the most high-paying magazine market in the US, back when Dahl wrote this and for many decades afterward. So half of that kind of money was a pretty good deal, and the exchange rate of UK to US money back then would have made it really good. No wonder Dahl could live on two short stories a year, if he was already selling to the Saturday Evening Post.
Wow i so enjoyed this wonderful story. You are a wonderful writer...
I am just the reader - but thanks
Great story, amazing narration!! Thank you! 👏
Thank you!
Lovely tale, well told.
Thank you for sharing this story with us!
Pleasure and I am pleased you enjoyed it
What a absolute treat thank you so much also the way in which you tell the story is awesome
I have a metal detector and finding something like that is s dream
Thanks and good luck with the detecting! Nick
Mildenhall is very familiar to me (as it would be to anyone who was in The US Air Force for any length of time), but I was not aware this story until now. I spent many months in and around the base back in the 80's and 90's, probably very near to where the treasure was discovered.
Yes, and the base is still there after a decision to close it a few years ago was reversed. Come back to the UK again and you can see the treasure in the British Museum! Or replicas at Mildenhall's very own museum. Thanks.
Thank you 😊 interesting history. I looked up the silver (my favourite metal) - stunning! ❤ From Canada
There used to be a US forces camp in Mildenhall. Thank you for this story. 🌸🌷💐
Yes, there still is. In 2015 plans were made to close and re-locate to Germany but then 2020 it was decided to keep the base here in the UK. However the new US president may have other ideas again. Thanks.
LOVED THIS. Anybody else notice that it sounds totally like Bill Nighy's voice??
Really? Thanks anyway!
@@Trickynickymarts - I ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS RECORDING!
VWD! TY for sharing your gift w/us! There is a difference between a reader & a storyteller...you sir are a masterful storyteller! Best wishes one & all for a Merry CHRISTmas & Blessed 2020 !
Thank you for that and Merry Christmas to you.
Many thanks for your amazing storytelling 😊
*****Don't try to fall asleep to this!!! ***** Way too interesting! 🎉🎉🎉😂
Wonderfully read , really enjoyed this!
Great and thank you
Wonderful story wonderfully read
Thank you, Nick
Superb.
Very enjoyable thank you.
Subscribed 😊...more please...and thank you 😁
Me too!
Why must a good story be destroyed by violence
Loved this. Thanks
Thanks Bonnie. You might also like The Landlady and Lucky Break if you have time! Cheers N
Thank you so much ❤❤!
Many thanks!
FORD WAS A LIAR
But I enjoy this play audiobook very very much
And I thank you for providing it on this fine day
And I wish you
Good cheer.....
Cheers Nick
Wonderful story. Very engrossing 🇬🇧👌👍
Thank you
most enjoyable xxx
Very interesting indeed.
Splendiforous ! ... ◇♡◇
Mmm wonder what Ford thought about the story and the,doubtless very accurate description of himself..Oh wad some pow’r the gift tae gie us to see ourselves as others see us as Robbie Burns has it
Ford wouldn't speak to Dahl, and so was someone he didn't know in any way. With only the village idiot, Butcher, to rely on, the story was written from a biased viewpoint and owes much to fiction.
Really good story, but I'm sorry butcher didn't get his fair share such a shame.
Thanks for ruining the story for everyone.
@doughtywylie2 I look before to see if anyone commented on problems w/ the video. Some videos have no ending, sound problems or missing parts. I would like to know before I listen for hours.
Very awesome book
much love :)
Never ceases to suprise me how the govenment feel the need to do over the poor. 1000 is disgusting. What a lovely short story though thank you
An ill wind blows good as gold. Additionally. 'What could I smile at as I trudged behind my harrow' Suffock, my harrow. Copy Auden ['Plains' The Shield of Achilles].
the treasure is really real, wow!
It surely is!
Hi
How are you
I've lived in mildenhall all my life also metel detected all around lakenheath \ Mildenhall I've found lots Roman stuff loads Anglo Saxon I've gave to local museum plus bury st Edmunds the government does want u to look fr treasure as thy think it belongs to them and not the people ,so sad mildenhall treasure is a lovely sight what a find ...saying that the actual farmer who,s land this was found in was as tight as ducks ass ...
Interesting, cheers Nick
I'm a little surprised that there is no comment about the Roman hoard found near the other Mildenhall (in Wiltshire, UK), the Cunetio Hoard. It was discovered in 1978 ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunetio_Hoard ) and the Roman town was excavated by Time Team in 2009 ( th-cam.com/video/1hdPPgae84o/w-d-xo.html ).
Interesting, I will take a look, thank you.
@@Trickynickymarts You are very welcome. 🍻
How are you so marvelous ???
Quite good.
And, the moral of this story is NEVER under any circumstances trust museums or the organs of the establishment. They robbed both Butcher and Ford of the real value on a technicality - personally I would pitch it into the sea as soon as let the Museums have it almost gratis!
bravo to the reader. but storywise I was expecting a twist that never came
Does anyone know why the paperback and hardback book versions of this are so expensive? I’m not sure about other countries but, here in the UK it is. 🤔😢
Well now~
Our congenial English friends.
The point being~
YOUR~ fanciful tales are worth every pence. I should think.
But, thank you for highlighting another reason for gratitude.
Our good fortune of having our entertainment being provided for at the exceptional price of~
..........
.... •FREE ! ~ °
SHALOM~
OUR FRIENDS~
....... ◇♡◇
.
If this had been a fictional Dahl piece, the farmer might have bumped off the good prof with a frozen leg of lamb.
34.31 ish... Ongoing the law regarding treasure trove etc.
Anyone who doesn't know , listen , absorb ...
What was the name of this book? . There was a story about a hitchhiker and a boy with a turtle as I remember. Read them as a kid. Long time ago :( beautiful writer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
“The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar And Six More.” All amazing. Loved this book so much as a child I still revisit as an adult (as I am doing now - obviously!).
You can see these Roman treasures here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildenhall_Treasure
Fix or repair daily.
Found on road dead
Anymore???
Found on rubbish dump.
Or, in the interests of fairness and balance:
Finally one real diamond
Ford kaufen
Ford fahren
Fort werfen
Fejl og reparationer dagligt
Fried out rundown dodge😂 or Frequently repaired Rarely Dtiven
That's not at all how it should have ended. Ending should be "when the doctor bent down to grasp the findings in the sideboard he was struck down by Ford's heaving the largest of the silver plates onto his head like a frisbee."
Why must a good story be destroyed by violence
theft by gov.
Should say this story is factual if it is,
Didnt enjoy it,
Great reader
Rubbish story + didnt know it was factual
Dont reccommend it,
Should have known it was true when i heard what the GOV gave the finders
The most boring story ever
Brilliant