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    Erik Ribsskog

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    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:28 AM





    To:

    atle.kigen@akerasa.com



    Hei,

    jeg har anmeldt faren min, Arne Mogan Olsen, for omsorgssvikt, så jeg har ikke noe kontakt med han lengre.
    Men han sender e-poster likevel, som jeg leser, men ikke svarer på, for da sier han at jeg må på sinnsykehus som min mor, Karen Ribsskog.

    Jeg ser du er interessert i norsk kultur, som langrenn.

    Er du interessert i å hjelpe å grave opp et norsk vikingskip, (evt. norrønt skip), som er klinkebygget, på ihvertfall 30 fot vel, som jeg har funnet, (ved hjelp av å spørre noen lokale), under parkeringsplassen, til en pub, i England, på the Wirral, i Meols.

    Puben heter Railway Inn.
    Jeg har sendt om dette til Vikingskipmuseet, og mange andre, men ingen er interessert.
    Jeg synes det er for ille, at jeg må sende det til Danmark.

    Britene tror skipet vil råtne, hvis man graver det opp, så norsk ekspertise må til, for å forklare hvordan skipet bør bevares.
    Jeg tenkte at det beste hadde vært å bygd et museum på Meols, hvor det finnes masse andre norske vikingeting, som steiner med norrøne mønster fra vikingtiden, og en kirke som heter St. Olave's church, etter Olav den hellige, i Chester osv., navngitt av norske vikinger da overveiende sannsynligvis.

    Og kanskje også noen feriereiser, for nordmenn/skandinaver, noen viking-reiser, for å se vikingskip og vikingsteiner og steder med vikingnavn, som Thorstenston, osv.
    For det er litt for ille å måtte sende dette til danskene, synes jeg.

    Et prosjekt, med svenske eksperter, blant annet, har rådet britene til å la skipet ligge.
    Men de svenske vikingene dro jo til Russland osv., så jeg synes det blir litt dumt, at svensker skal gi råd om norske vikinger i England.

    Håper på positivt svar angående støtte til å grave opp viking/norrønt-skip, (klinkebygget), og muligens vikingmuseum osv., i England.
    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Her kan man se at min far, (som jeg tar til retten for omsorgssvikt, men likevel), Arne Mogan Olsen, foreslo dette:
    familie


    Arne Mogan Olsen <arnemogan@gmail.com> 5 December 2010 17:57

    hvorfor kan du ikke ha en normal kontakt med meg,så skal du få en mengde familieopplysninger av meg. jeg har blandt annet slekta til ågot

    skrevet ned tilbake til begynelsen av 1700 tallet. den gangen jeg var gift med karen leste jeg en slektsbok om om familien til ingeborg
    der det også omhandler jernverket. karen og jeg kjørte forbi der i 60 åra en gang. de lagde blant annet kanoner der. kan du ikke sende meg en epost

    slik at du kan spørre meg om familie istedet for å ringe idar i bergstø. det er bedre enn å være avisene til familien. jeg kan også hjelpe deg med
    dette vikingskipet ved å kontakte musset på bygdøy. det skulle ikke forundre meg om ikke røkke eller en annen riking kan sponse.

    med ærbødigst hilsen din far arne mogan olsen

    ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: 2011/1/3
    Subject: Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    To: roskildemuseum@roskilde.dk

    Hei,

    hvordan er det i Danmark, har dere noen mulighet til å gi meg råd om dette?
    Hverken Kulturhistorisk Museum, Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, eller andre, har muligheten.


    Jeg er kvart dansk, etter min mormor Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard, som var etter Løvenbalk, (og dermed også etter f.eks. Gange-Rolf og Odin), etter sin mormor Mary Eva Carla Fog.
    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Atle Thowsen <Atle.Thowsen@bsj.uib.no>

    Date: 2011/1/3
    Subject: RE: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>, "bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no" <bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no>

    We here at the Bergen Maritime Museum have neither the

    resources nor the competence to assist you in this matter.

    Med vennlig hilsen
    Stiftelsen Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum
    Atle

    Thowsen
    direktør
    mobil: 9511 8556
    telefon: 55 54 96 00
    hjemmeside:

    www.bsj.uib.no


    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:30 PM
    To:

    bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no
    Subject: Råd om å grave opp

    vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig

    norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av

    trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    Hei,

    har dere noe råd om å grave opp vikingskip, i England, i Bergen, for jeg

    fikk råd om at jeg kunne høre med diverse sjøfartsmuseer osv., om det her, på

    internett.

    Jeg fant et vikingskip, som er klinkebygget, og er et langskip, under

    parkeringsplassen, til en pub, på the Wirral.

    Da en lokal 'innfødt' tipset meg om dette skipet.

    Jeg lovet de som jobbet på puben, at jeg skulle prøve å ta opp det her, på

    min blogg osv., i Norge.

    Tar gjerne imot tips om konserveringen av skipet, for britene tror at

    skipet vil råtne straks det blir gravd opp, og noen svensker har rådet de til å

    la skipet bli under leira.

    Så det trengs noen norske rådgivere, siden dette nok er snakk om et norsk

    vikingeskip, siden det er i den delen av the Wirral hvor den norsk-irske

    vikinghøvdingen Ingemund, dro til, etter å ha blitt jaget av irene fra Dublin

    osv.

    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date:

    Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM
    Subject: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av

    et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved
    To: kundeservice@niku.no

    Hei,

    jeg har startet arbeidet med å prøve å få hjelp til å grave opp et

    vikingskip, som jeg har blitt gjort oppmerksom på, her i England.

    Jeg gikk for å se på vikinghavnen i Meols, og da sa en brite, som jogga

    forbi, at under puben the Railway Inn, så lå det et viking langskip.

    The Wirral var et gammelt, norsk vikingland, (omtrent som Isle of Man), så

    dette er nok snakk om norske vikinger.

    Skipet er klinkebygget, fant man ut, da man tilfeldigvis fant

    skipet.

    Det ligger under leire, og er godt bevart.

    Skipet er vel unikt i Storbritannia, hvor man ikke har

    vikingskipmuseum, såvidt meg bekjent.

    Engelske forskere, som en professor, ved National Museums Liverpool, som

    holdt foredrag på en vikingkonferanse, som jeg var på, i Chester, for noen uker

    sider, sier at skipet vil råtne, med en gang det blir gravet opp.

    Stemmer dette, lurer jeg.

    Det finnes jo vikingskip i museer i Norge og i andre land i Norden, så

    det høres rart ut, å si at skipet bare vil råtne, synes jeg.

    Hvordan løses dette i Norge?

    Hva bruker man på treverket, for at det ikke skal råtne, når man graver

    opp vikingskip?

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Jeg prøver også å finne organisasjoner i Norge, som kan hjelpe til, med

    midler/personell til utgravingen, for man mangler midler i England, (hvor de

    kanskje er mest glad i romersk arkeologi).

    PS 2.

    Jeg håper dere kan hjelpe, for de neste på lista til Riksantikvaren, er

    Roskilde i Danmark, og det her er snakk om norske vikinger, så det blir litt

    dumt å kontakte Danmark.

    PS 3.

    Her er Riksantikvarens e-post om dette:

    From: Haustveit, Gunvor <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>

    Date:

    2010/10/18

    Subject: Svar på spørsmål "hjelp med å grave opp vikingskip i

    England"

    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Hei og takk

    for
    e-post.

    Det er flere

    kompetansesentra og forskere som er dyktige på feltet

    om

    vikingskip. Anbefaler først og fremst: Kulturhistorisk museum

    med
    Vikingskipshuset, dernest Norsk Maritimt Museum og Norsk Institutt

    for
    kulturminneforskning. I Danmark er det kompetanse ved Roskilde

    museum.

    Lykke til!

    Helsing
    Gunvor Haustveit
    Informasjonsseksjonen
    Riksantikvaren
    Postboks 8196

    Dep
    0034 Oslo

    Tlf: + 47 98 20 27 60

    www.riksantikvaren.no

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Frode Kvalø <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010

    at 8:56 AM
    Subject: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no"

    <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    To

    Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I

    have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence and

    I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If

    there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period in a Pub somewhere

    in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content that our

    British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such finds.

    This

    is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize to get involved

    in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head

    of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember

    2010 09:05
    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding
    Kopi: Per

    Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved

    Dear

    Erik,

    Ingi

    Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s cultural ambassador Mike

    McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over the last 4 years in

    strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West and the Nordic

    countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE) Festival, and the

    suggestion of you making contact was made because of the (mistaken) impression

    you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With respect to the Viking

    Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided for the public to

    enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all provided completely free

    of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks to the tremendous efforts of the

    staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the feedback we have had – apart from

    your comment – has been very positive. As a Wirral man going back very many

    generations I am very proud of what has been achieved. The food provided

    was free and if you did not like it there were other places to buy food nearby.

    If you missed the start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not

    know who the speakers were this was not the fault of the organisers.

    Nontheless we appreciate your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you

    wish to communicate with us in future please refrain from using offensive

    language otherwise your emails will be blocked. The talks will be posted

    on the website as soon as we can,

    Best

    wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 10 December 2010

    19:46
    To: Stephen Harding
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no
    Subject: Anmeldelse

    av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic guy

    you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't wan't

    to update you anymore.

    Good luck with the

    Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.


    Don't want

    anything more to do with you.


    Erik

    Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.


    But, I haden't

    seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to Chester that day,

    but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people working there,

    at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your

    website.


    But now I

    understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.


    This wasn't

    clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is just

    a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it like I

    would have read an online newspaper etc.


    But next time

    I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference like

    that.


    Sorry about

    that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.


    I'll update

    you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the Vikingship,

    under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen

    Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are waiting to receive the video material (and

    permissions) on the conference and hopefully you should be able to

    catch up on the Introduction and the other talks you missed at the start.

    This will also be of benefit to others, particularly the many people

    who wanted to attend but were unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10

    December 2010 14:16
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: Fwd:

    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church,

    etc.


    I only care

    about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.


    Because I

    have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design, etc.,

    etc.


    So I haven't

    got that much spare-time.


    So this

    isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and the

    conference.


    Hope you

    include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the summary,

    since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.


    Hope this is

    alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.


    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.


    Maybe I'll

    go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I haven't got

    the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.


    And I asked

    a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if she had

    been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as

    a pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living

    in Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so

    I'm a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.


    So I think

    I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the odd

    trip/event at my own choice..


    Hope this is

    alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.


    Thank you

    very much again for your reply!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve and may be able to

    include some videos of the talks – including the Intro – once we

    have permission from the speakers. If you like I can also put

    you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a resident

    Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events) Festival,

    I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will eventually be a

    book based on the Conference but that won't be for some

    months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 07 December 2010

    14:53
    To: Stephen Harding
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!


    I've now

    sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum, at

    Bygdøy, in Oslo.


    They are

    also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like Cultural

    Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update

    you more, if and when I hear back from them.


    Has anyone

    written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write about on

    my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the

    Wirral.


    Thanks in

    advance for any help!


    Yours

    sincerely,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Firstly apologies for the

    bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to those who have had

    difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword by Michael Wood)

    through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although because of the

    demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if you click on the "2

    new" you should be able to order the book immediately and in time for

    Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have no interest in the

    Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve, Turi and

    Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010

    14:41
    To: undisclosed recipients
    Subject: Viking DNA

    book

    Dear Colleagues (including many of you who took part in the

    genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in

    2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more than once! We are

    writing to bring to your attention a publication we have just

    produced. It focuses on the first part of a genetic survey of

    northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire project in the

    northwest – and explains the basis behind the DNA method to probe

    ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific

    regions of the country, and how genetic methods are being used in

    conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn

    about Viking ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show

    what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology and

    Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University Press in

    conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced this for us

    and indeed done a splendid job. We would like to stress that we

    as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The book is introduced with

    a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster Michael

    Wood
    after which we set out to show as clearly as we can, with the

    help of full colour illustrations – what DNA is and how DNA methods can be

    used to probe both individual and population ancestry. For probing

    Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using DNA in conjunction with

    historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological evidence – again with

    the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how DNA can be used to

    probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or for

    populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes complicated

    jargon that scientists use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred

    since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong link

    between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian

    ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been

    shown for Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral

    was so impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School

    project “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC Radio

    4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested in DNA

    ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West, give people

    from other regions an idea of how their own past could be

    researched. The book is 150 pages long and extensively

    illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from

    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an excellent Christmas

    present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King





    Stephen Harding

    DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH

    Laboratory,

    University of

    Nottingham

    Sutton

    Bonington

    LE12 5RD, UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk
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  • Jeg måtte sende om det vikingskipet på the Wirral, til Danmark, for det var ingen i Norge som hadde muligheten til å hjelpe







    Gmail – Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Fwd: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:58 PM





    To:

    roskildemuseum@roskilde.dk



    Hei,

    hvordan er det i Danmark, har dere noen mulighet til å gi meg råd om dette?
    Hverken Kulturhistorisk Museum, Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, eller andre, har muligheten.

    Jeg er kvart dansk, etter min mormor Ingeborg Ribsskog f. Heegaard, som var etter Løvenbalk, (og dermed også etter f.eks. Gange-Rolf og Odin), etter sin mormor Mary Eva Carla Fog.
    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Atle Thowsen <Atle.Thowsen@bsj.uib.no>

    Date: 2011/1/3
    Subject: RE: Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>, "bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no" <bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no>

    We here at the Bergen Maritime Museum have neither the

    resources nor the competence to assist you in this matter.

    Med vennlig hilsen
    Stiftelsen Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum
    Atle

    Thowsen
    direktør
    mobil: 9511 8556
    telefon: 55 54 96 00
    hjemmeside:

    www.bsj.uib.no


    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:30 PM
    To:

    bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no
    Subject: Råd om å grave opp

    vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig

    norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av

    trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    Hei,

    har dere noe råd om å grave opp vikingskip, i England, i Bergen, for jeg

    fikk råd om at jeg kunne høre med diverse sjøfartsmuseer osv., om det her, på

    internett.

    Jeg fant et vikingskip, som er klinkebygget, og er et langskip, under

    parkeringsplassen, til en pub, på the Wirral.

    Da en lokal 'innfødt' tipset meg om dette skipet.

    Jeg lovet de som jobbet på puben, at jeg skulle prøve å ta opp det her, på

    min blogg osv., i Norge.

    Tar gjerne imot tips om konserveringen av skipet, for britene tror at

    skipet vil råtne straks det blir gravd opp, og noen svensker har rådet de til å

    la skipet bli under leira.

    Så det trengs noen norske rådgivere, siden dette nok er snakk om et norsk

    vikingeskip, siden det er i den delen av the Wirral hvor den norsk-irske

    vikinghøvdingen Ingemund, dro til, etter å ha blitt jaget av irene fra Dublin

    osv.

    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date:

    Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM
    Subject: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av

    et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved
    To: kundeservice@niku.no

    Hei,

    jeg har startet arbeidet med å prøve å få hjelp til å grave opp et

    vikingskip, som jeg har blitt gjort oppmerksom på, her i England.

    Jeg gikk for å se på vikinghavnen i Meols, og da sa en brite, som jogga

    forbi, at under puben the Railway Inn, så lå det et viking langskip.

    The Wirral var et gammelt, norsk vikingland, (omtrent som Isle of Man), så

    dette er nok snakk om norske vikinger.

    Skipet er klinkebygget, fant man ut, da man tilfeldigvis fant

    skipet.

    Det ligger under leire, og er godt bevart.

    Skipet er vel unikt i Storbritannia, hvor man ikke har

    vikingskipmuseum, såvidt meg bekjent.

    Engelske forskere, som en professor, ved National Museums Liverpool, som

    holdt foredrag på en vikingkonferanse, som jeg var på, i Chester, for noen uker

    sider, sier at skipet vil råtne, med en gang det blir gravet opp.

    Stemmer dette, lurer jeg.

    Det finnes jo vikingskip i museer i Norge og i andre land i Norden, så

    det høres rart ut, å si at skipet bare vil råtne, synes jeg.

    Hvordan løses dette i Norge?

    Hva bruker man på treverket, for at det ikke skal råtne, når man graver

    opp vikingskip?

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Jeg prøver også å finne organisasjoner i Norge, som kan hjelpe til, med

    midler/personell til utgravingen, for man mangler midler i England, (hvor de

    kanskje er mest glad i romersk arkeologi).

    PS 2.

    Jeg håper dere kan hjelpe, for de neste på lista til Riksantikvaren, er

    Roskilde i Danmark, og det her er snakk om norske vikinger, så det blir litt

    dumt å kontakte Danmark.

    PS 3.

    Her er Riksantikvarens e-post om dette:

    From: Haustveit, Gunvor <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>

    Date:

    2010/10/18

    Subject: Svar på spørsmål "hjelp med å grave opp vikingskip i

    England"

    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Hei og takk

    for
    e-post.

    Det er flere

    kompetansesentra og forskere som er dyktige på feltet

    om

    vikingskip. Anbefaler først og fremst: Kulturhistorisk museum

    med
    Vikingskipshuset, dernest Norsk Maritimt Museum og Norsk Institutt

    for
    kulturminneforskning. I Danmark er det kompetanse ved Roskilde

    museum.

    Lykke til!

    Helsing
    Gunvor Haustveit
    Informasjonsseksjonen
    Riksantikvaren
    Postboks 8196

    Dep
    0034 Oslo

    Tlf: + 47 98 20 27 60

    www.riksantikvaren.no

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Frode Kvalø <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010

    at 8:56 AM
    Subject: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no"

    <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    To

    Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I

    have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence and

    I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If

    there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period in a Pub somewhere

    in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content that our

    British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such finds.

    This

    is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize to get involved

    in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head

    of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember

    2010 09:05
    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding
    Kopi: Per

    Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE:

    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved

    Dear

    Erik,

    Ingi

    Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s cultural ambassador Mike

    McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over the last 4 years in

    strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West and the Nordic

    countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE) Festival, and the

    suggestion of you making contact was made because of the (mistaken) impression

    you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With respect to the Viking

    Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided for the public to

    enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all provided completely free

    of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks to the tremendous efforts of the

    staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the feedback we have had – apart from

    your comment – has been very positive. As a Wirral man going back very many

    generations I am very proud of what has been achieved. The food provided

    was free and if you did not like it there were other places to buy food nearby.

    If you missed the start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not

    know who the speakers were this was not the fault of the organisers.

    Nontheless we appreciate your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you

    wish to communicate with us in future please refrain from using offensive

    language otherwise your emails will be blocked. The talks will be posted

    on the website as soon as we can,

    Best

    wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 10 December 2010

    19:46
    To: Stephen Harding
    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no
    Subject: Anmeldelse

    av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic guy

    you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't wan't

    to update you anymore.

    Good luck with the

    Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.


    Don't want

    anything more to do with you.


    Erik

    Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.


    But, I haden't

    seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to Chester that day,

    but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people working there,

    at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your

    website.


    But now I

    understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.


    This wasn't

    clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is just

    a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it like I

    would have read an online newspaper etc.


    But next time

    I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference like

    that.


    Sorry about

    that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.


    I'll update

    you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the Vikingship,

    under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen

    Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are waiting to receive the video material (and

    permissions) on the conference and hopefully you should be able to

    catch up on the Introduction and the other talks you missed at the start.

    This will also be of benefit to others, particularly the many people

    who wanted to attend but were unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10

    December 2010 14:16
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: Fwd:

    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church,

    etc.


    I only care

    about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.


    Because I

    have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design, etc.,

    etc.


    So I haven't

    got that much spare-time.


    So this

    isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and the

    conference.


    Hope you

    include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the summary,

    since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.


    Hope this is

    alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.


    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.


    Maybe I'll

    go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I haven't got

    the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.


    And I asked

    a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if she had

    been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as

    a pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living

    in Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so

    I'm a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.


    So I think

    I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the odd

    trip/event at my own choice..


    Hope this is

    alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53

    PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.


    Thank you

    very much again for your reply!

    Best

    regards,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve and may be able to

    include some videos of the talks – including the Intro – once we

    have permission from the speakers. If you like I can also put

    you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a resident

    Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events) Festival,

    I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will eventually be a

    book based on the Conference but that won't be for some

    months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
    Sent: 07 December 2010

    14:53
    To: Stephen Harding
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book –

    Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!


    I've now

    sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum, at

    Bygdøy, in Oslo.


    They are

    also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like Cultural

    Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update

    you more, if and when I hear back from them.


    Has anyone

    written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write about on

    my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the

    Wirral.


    Thanks in

    advance for any help!


    Yours

    sincerely,


    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Firstly apologies for the

    bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to those who have had

    difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword by Michael Wood)

    through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although because of the

    demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if you click on the "2

    new" you should be able to order the book immediately and in time for

    Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have no interest in the

    Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve, Turi and

    Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010

    14:41
    To: undisclosed recipients
    Subject: Viking DNA

    book

    Dear Colleagues (including many of you who took part in the

    genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in

    2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more than once! We are

    writing to bring to your attention a publication we have just

    produced. It focuses on the first part of a genetic survey of

    northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire project in the

    northwest – and explains the basis behind the DNA method to probe

    ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific

    regions of the country, and how genetic methods are being used in

    conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn

    about Viking ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show

    what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology and

    Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University Press in

    conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced this for us

    and indeed done a splendid job. We would like to stress that we

    as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The book is introduced with

    a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster Michael

    Wood
    after which we set out to show as clearly as we can, with the

    help of full colour illustrations – what DNA is and how DNA methods can be

    used to probe both individual and population ancestry. For probing

    Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using DNA in conjunction with

    historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological evidence – again with

    the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how DNA can be used to

    probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or for

    populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes complicated

    jargon that scientists use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred

    since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong link

    between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian

    ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been

    shown for Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral

    was so impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School

    project “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC Radio

    4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested in DNA

    ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West, give people

    from other regions an idea of how their own past could be

    researched. The book is 150 pages long and extensively

    illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from

    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an excellent Christmas

    present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King





    Stephen Harding

    DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH

    Laboratory,

    University of

    Nottingham

    Sutton

    Bonington

    LE12 5RD, UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    *in case of difficulty

    contact us on this email address, and we will put you in contact with

    Nottingham University Press or Countyvise

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  • Jeg sendte en e-post om vikingskipet på the Wirral, til Sjøfartsmuseet i Bergen







    Gmail – Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Råd om å grave opp vikingskip i England/Fwd: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:29 PM





    To:

    bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no



    Hei,

    har dere noe råd om å grave opp vikingskip, i England, i Bergen, for jeg fikk råd om at jeg kunne høre med diverse sjøfartsmuseer osv., om det her, på internett.
    Jeg fant et vikingskip, som er klinkebygget, og er et langskip, under parkeringsplassen, til en pub, på the Wirral.

    Da en lokal 'innfødt' tipset meg om dette skipet.
    Jeg lovet de som jobbet på puben, at jeg skulle prøve å ta opp det her, på min blogg osv., i Norge.

    Tar gjerne imot tips om konserveringen av skipet, for britene tror at skipet vil råtne straks det blir gravd opp, og noen svensker har rådet de til å la skipet bli under leira.
    Så det trengs noen norske rådgivere, siden dette nok er snakk om et norsk vikingeskip, siden det er i den delen av the Wirral hvor den norsk-irske vikinghøvdingen Ingemund, dro til, etter å ha blitt jaget av irene fra Dublin osv.

    På forhånd takk for eventuell hjelp!
    Mvh.
    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM
    Subject: Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    To: kundeservice@niku.no

    Hei,
    jeg har startet arbeidet med å prøve å få hjelp til å grave opp et vikingskip, som jeg har blitt gjort oppmerksom på, her i England.

    Jeg gikk for å se på vikinghavnen i Meols, og da sa en brite, som jogga forbi, at under puben the Railway Inn, så lå det et viking langskip.

    The Wirral var et gammelt, norsk vikingland, (omtrent som Isle of Man), så dette er nok snakk om norske vikinger.
    Skipet er klinkebygget, fant man ut, da man tilfeldigvis fant skipet.

    Det ligger under leire, og er godt bevart.
    Skipet er vel unikt i Storbritannia, hvor man ikke har vikingskipmuseum, såvidt meg bekjent.
    Engelske forskere, som en professor, ved National Museums Liverpool, som holdt foredrag på en vikingkonferanse, som jeg var på, i Chester, for noen uker sider, sier at skipet vil råtne, med en gang det blir gravet opp.

    Stemmer dette, lurer jeg.
    Det finnes jo vikingskip i museer i Norge og i andre land i Norden, så det høres rart ut, å si at skipet bare vil råtne, synes jeg.
    Hvordan løses dette i Norge?

    Hva bruker man på treverket, for at det ikke skal råtne, når man graver opp vikingskip?
    Mvh.
    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Jeg prøver også å finne organisasjoner i Norge, som kan hjelpe til, med midler/personell til utgravingen, for man mangler midler i England, (hvor de kanskje er mest glad i romersk arkeologi).

    PS 2.
    Jeg håper dere kan hjelpe, for de neste på lista til Riksantikvaren, er Roskilde i Danmark, og det her er snakk om norske vikinger, så det blir litt dumt å kontakte Danmark.

    PS 3.
    Her er Riksantikvarens e-post om dette:
    From: Haustveit, Gunvor <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>

    Date: 2010/10/18

    Subject: Svar på spørsmål "hjelp med å grave opp vikingskip i England"

    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Hei og takk for
    e-post.

    Det er flere kompetansesentra og forskere som er dyktige på feltet

    om vikingskip. Anbefaler først og fremst: Kulturhistorisk museum med
    Vikingskipshuset, dernest Norsk Maritimt Museum og Norsk Institutt for
    kulturminneforskning. I Danmark er det kompetanse ved Roskilde museum.

    Lykke til!

    Helsing

    Gunvor Haustveit
    Informasjonsseksjonen
    Riksantikvaren

    Postboks 8196 Dep

    0034 Oslo

    Tlf: + 47 98 20 27 60

    www.riksantikvaren.no

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Frode Kvalø <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM
    Subject: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no" <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    To Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence

    and I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period

    in a Pub somewhere in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content

    that our British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such

    finds.

    This is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize

    to get involved in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding

    [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember 2010 09:05

    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding

    Kopi: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode

    Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies

    for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Dear Erik,

    Ingi Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s

    cultural ambassador Mike McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over

    the last 4 years in strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West

    and the Nordic countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE)

    Festival, and the suggestion of you making contact was made because of the

    (mistaken) impression you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With

    respect to the Viking Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided

    for the public to enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all

    provided completely free of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks

    to the tremendous efforts of the staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the

    feedback we have had – apart from your comment – has been very

    positive. As a Wirral man going back very many generations I am very proud of

    what has been achieved. The food provided was free and if you did not

    like it there were other places to buy food nearby. If you missed the

    start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not know who the speakers

    were this was not the fault of the organisers. Nontheless we appreciate

    your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you wish to communicate with

    us in future please refrain from using offensive language otherwise your emails

    will be blocked. The talks will be posted on the website as soon as we

    can,

    Best wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010 19:46

    To: Stephen Harding

    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Subject: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for

    problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic

    guy you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't

    wan't to update you anymore.

    Good luck with

    the Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.

    Don't want anything more to do with you.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.

    But, I haden't seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to

    Chester that day, but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people

    working there, at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your website.

    But now I understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.

    This wasn't clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is

    just a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it

    like I would have read an online newspaper etc.

    But next time I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference

    like that.

    Sorry about that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.

    I'll update you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the

    Vikingship, under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are

    waiting to receive the video material (and permissions) on the conference

    and hopefully you should be able to catch up on the Introduction and the

    other talks you missed at the start. This will also be of benefit to

    others, particularly the many people who wanted to attend but were

    unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010

    14:16

    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk

    Subject: Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church, etc.

    I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

    Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design,

    etc., etc.

    So I haven't got that much spare-time.

    So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and

    the conference.

    Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the

    summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.

    Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I

    haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.

    And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if

    she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as a

    pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living in

    Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm

    a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.

    So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the

    odd trip/event at my own choice..

    Hope this is alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.

    Thank you very much again for your reply!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary

    up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    and may be able to include some videos of the talks – including the Intro

    – once we have permission from the speakers. If you like I can

    also put you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a

    resident Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events)

    Festival, I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will

    eventually be a book based on the Conference but that won't be for some months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik Ribsskog

    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53

    To: Stephen Harding

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!

    I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum,

    at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

    They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like

    Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update you

    more, if and when I hear back from them.

    Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write

    about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the Wirral.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Dear

    all,

    Firstly

    apologies for the bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to

    those who have had difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword

    by Michael Wood) through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although

    because of the demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if

    you click on the "2 new" you should be able to order the book

    immediately and in time for Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have

    no interest in the Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve,

    Turi and Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41

    To: undisclosed recipients

    Subject: Viking DNA book

    Dear Colleagues

    (including many of you who took part in the genetic survey of northwest

    England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get

    this message more than once! We are writing to bring to your attention a

    publication we have just produced. It focuses on the first part of a

    genetic survey of northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire

    project in the northwest – and explains the basis behind the

    DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize

    volunteers to specific regions of the country, and how genetic methods are

    being used in conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic

    evidence to learn about Viking ancestry. It also gives some

    examples from individual results and from comparing populations of people to

    help show what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book

    has been supported by one of the UK Research Councils who have been supporting

    the study (the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and

    Nottingham University Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very

    kindly produced this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

    would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The

    book is introduced with a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC

    historian/broadcaster Michael Wood after which we set out to show

    as clearly as we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what

    DNA is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using

    DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological

    evidence – again with the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how

    DNA can be used to probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for

    individuals or for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

    complicated jargon that scientists use.

    A major

    problem in studying population ancestry is the large population movements that

    have occurred since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong

    link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian ancestry

    (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been shown for

    Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

    impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School project

    “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This

    broadcast on BBC Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a

    useful read for anyone interested in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we

    have done in the North West, give people from other regions an idea of how

    their own past could be researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and

    would make an excellent Christmas present.

    Steve Harding, Mark

    Jobling and Turi King



    Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH Laboratory,

    University of Nottingham

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    LE12 5RD,

    UK

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  • Mer om det vikingskipet jeg har funnet i England



    Session Start: Sun Jan 02 15:55:48 2011
    Session Ident: #blablabla
    03[15:55] * Now talking in #blablabla
    03[15:55] * Topic is 'Godt nyttår! '
    03[15:55] * Set by john_cons!~vbeider@host86-148-252-176.range86-148.btcentralplus.com on Sat Jan 01 00:47:03

    01[15:56] -> *blablabot* op imsdalantevalen
    03[15:56] * blablabot sets mode: +o john_cons
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    01[16:06] <@john_cons> er det noen av dere som har noe greie på vikingeskip?
    [16:06] <gorg> jeg eier en åfjordsfæring

    [16:06] <gorg> om det hjelper
    [16:06] <gorg> Det er nesten vikingskip
    01[16:06] <@john_cons> jeg har funnet et vikingeskip under en pub her i england nemlig
    [16:06] <gorg> ser vaffal ut som ett

    03[16:06] * Retrieving #blablabla modes…
    01[16:06] <@john_cons> en nordlandsbåt?
    [16:07] <gorg> Nei, en åfjording
    01[16:07] <@john_cons> dette skipet i england ligger begravet under leire

    [16:07] <gorg> google
    01[16:07] <@john_cons> ok, er det klinkebygget?
    01[16:07] <@john_cons> det er et langskip
    01[16:07] <@john_cons> antagelig norsk, fra vikingetiden antagelig

    01[16:08] <@john_cons> det ligger på the wirral
    01[16:08] <@john_cons> britene vil bare la det ligge der
    01[16:08] <@john_cons> men jeg har snakket med noen på puben, og har lovt å ta det opp i norge

    01[16:08] <@john_cons> så jeg må prøve å få hjelp til å grave det opp
    01[16:08] <@john_cons> av noen eksperter helst
    [16:08] <gorg> hvordan vet du at det er der? Når det tilsynelatende ligger under en pub?

    [16:09] <gorg> Har du sett det?
    01[16:09] <@john_cons> nei, men de har avisartikler om det hengende på puben
    01[16:09] <@john_cons> for det ble funnet for en del år siden under bygningsarbeid

    [16:09] <gorg> så lenge du ikke ar SETT det med egne øyne….
    01[16:09] <@john_cons> men de bare lot det ligge under leira
    01[16:09] <@john_cons> jeg har sett avisartikkelen med egne øyne

    [16:10] <gorg> jeg kan også lage fake avisartikler i Illustrator som handler om vikingskip
    01[16:10] <@john_cons> det er også skrevet en del om dette skipet på internett
    [16:10] <gorg> tar meg to minutter

    01[16:10] <@john_cons> og jeg har også tatt opp om dette skipet på en vikingkonferanse
    01[16:10] <@john_cons> og fått svar om det
    01[16:10] <@john_cons> så det er kjent skip

    [16:10] <gorg> at noe står på internett betyr ikke at det er sant, vet du
    01[16:11] <@john_cons> jeg har tatt opp om det foran en konferanse med hundre deltagere cirka
    01[16:11] <@john_cons> så dette er ikke noe å tvile på

    01[16:11] <@john_cons> dette vet jeg
    01[16:11] <@john_cons> men hvis du bare skal kverulere så
    [16:11] <gorg> SE skipet først, så kan vi snakkes om saken etterop
    [16:11] <gorg> etterpå

    03[16:11] * gorg was kicked by john_cons (gorg )
    01[16:12] <@john_cons> kverulant
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    02[17:15] * kiaa (~kiiiia@178.248.96.87) Quit (Ping timeout: 364 seconds )
    01[17:16] <@john_cons> må slutte å kverulere vet du gorg
    01[17:16] <@john_cons> ikke her på min chatte-kanal ihvertfall

    01[17:16] <@john_cons> men men
    [17:17] <gorg> kaller det ikke akkurat kverulering å stille spørsmålstegn ved et jævla vikingskip under en pub i England som du aldri har sett
    01[17:17] <@john_cons> denne kanalen er egentlig for meg å mine bekjente

    [17:17] <gorg> kalles sund bondevett, john_cons
    01[17:17] <@john_cons> du hører jo ikke på hva jeg sier, jeg har tatt det opp på en viking-konferanse til og med
    01[17:17] <@john_cons> med hundre personer

    [17:17] <gorg> …
    01[17:17] <@john_cons> og fortsatt tror du ikke på meg
    01[17:18] <@john_cons> hva gjør du her da, hvis du ikke tror på meg?
    [17:18] <gorg> vis meg fotobevis, så skal jeg tro på deg

    03[17:18] * gorg was kicked by john_cons (idiot )






  • Jeg sendte en e-post til Norsk Institutt for Kulturminneforskning, angående det vikingskipet, som jeg har ‘funnet’ i England







    Gmail – Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Råd i forbindelse med utgravingen av et antagelig norsk vikingskip, (langskip), på the Wirral, i England/Fwd: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM





    To:

    kundeservice@niku.no



    Hei,
    jeg har startet arbeidet med å prøve å få hjelp til å grave opp et vikingskip, som jeg har blitt gjort oppmerksom på, her i England.
    Jeg gikk for å se på vikinghavnen i Meols, og da sa en brite, som jogga forbi, at under puben the Railway Inn, så lå det et viking langskip.

    The Wirral var et gammelt, norsk vikingland, (omtrent som Isle of Man), så dette er nok snakk om norske vikinger.
    Skipet er klinkebygget, fant man ut, da man tilfeldigvis fant skipet.

    Det ligger under leire, og er godt bevart.
    Skipet er vel unikt i Storbritannia, hvor man ikke har vikingskipmuseum, såvidt meg bekjent.
    Engelske forskere, som en professor, ved National Museums Liverpool, som holdt foredrag på en vikingkonferanse, som jeg var på, i Chester, for noen uker sider, sier at skipet vil råtne, med en gang det blir gravet opp.

    Stemmer dette, lurer jeg.
    Det finnes jo vikingskip i museer i Norge og i andre land i Norden, så det høres rart ut, å si at skipet bare vil råtne, synes jeg.
    Hvordan løses dette i Norge?

    Hva bruker man på treverket, for at det ikke skal råtne, når man graver opp vikingskip?
    Mvh.
    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Jeg prøver også å finne organisasjoner i Norge, som kan hjelpe til, med midler/personell til utgravingen, for man mangler midler i England, (hvor de kanskje er mest glad i romersk arkeologi).

    PS 2.
    Jeg håper dere kan hjelpe, for de neste på lista til Riksantikvaren, er Roskilde i Danmark, og det her er snakk om norske vikinger, så det blir litt dumt å kontakte Danmark.

    PS 3.
    Her er Riksantikvarens e-post om dette:
    From: Haustveit, Gunvor <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>

    Date: 2010/10/18

    Subject: Svar på spørsmål "hjelp med å grave opp vikingskip i England"

    To: eribsskog@gmail.com

    Hei og takk for
    e-post.

    Det er flere kompetansesentra og forskere som er dyktige på feltet

    om vikingskip. Anbefaler først og fremst: Kulturhistorisk museum med
    Vikingskipshuset, dernest Norsk Maritimt Museum og Norsk Institutt for
    kulturminneforskning. I Danmark er det kompetanse ved Roskilde museum.

    Lykke til!

    Helsing

    Gunvor Haustveit
    Informasjonsseksjonen
    Riksantikvaren

    Postboks 8196 Dep

    0034 Oslo

    Tlf: + 47 98 20 27 60

    www.riksantikvaren.no

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Frode Kvalø <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>

    Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM
    Subject: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no" <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    To Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence

    and I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period

    in a Pub somewhere in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content

    that our British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such

    finds.

    This is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize

    to get involved in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding

    [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember 2010 09:05

    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding

    Kopi: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode

    Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies

    for problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Dear Erik,

    Ingi Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s

    cultural ambassador Mike McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over

    the last 4 years in strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West

    and the Nordic countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE)

    Festival, and the suggestion of you making contact was made because of the

    (mistaken) impression you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With

    respect to the Viking Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided

    for the public to enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all

    provided completely free of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks

    to the tremendous efforts of the staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the

    feedback we have had – apart from your comment – has been very

    positive. As a Wirral man going back very many generations I am very proud of

    what has been achieved. The food provided was free and if you did not

    like it there were other places to buy food nearby. If you missed the

    start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not know who the speakers

    were this was not the fault of the organisers. Nontheless we appreciate

    your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you wish to communicate with

    us in future please refrain from using offensive language otherwise your emails

    will be blocked. The talks will be posted on the website as soon as we

    can,

    Best wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010 19:46

    To: Stephen Harding

    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Subject: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for

    problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic

    guy you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't

    wan't to update you anymore.

    Good luck with

    the Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.

    Don't want anything more to do with you.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.

    But, I haden't seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to

    Chester that day, but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people

    working there, at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your website.

    But now I understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.

    This wasn't clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is

    just a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it

    like I would have read an online newspaper etc.

    But next time I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference

    like that.

    Sorry about that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.

    I'll update you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the

    Vikingship, under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are

    waiting to receive the video material (and permissions) on the conference

    and hopefully you should be able to catch up on the Introduction and the

    other talks you missed at the start. This will also be of benefit to

    others, particularly the many people who wanted to attend but were

    unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010

    14:16

    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk

    Subject: Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church, etc.

    I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

    Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design,

    etc., etc.

    So I haven't got that much spare-time.

    So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and

    the conference.

    Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the

    summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.

    Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I

    haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.

    And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if

    she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as a

    pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living in

    Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm

    a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.

    So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the

    odd trip/event at my own choice..

    Hope this is alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.

    Thank you very much again for your reply!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary

    up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    and may be able to include some videos of the talks – including the Intro

    – once we have permission from the speakers. If you like I can

    also put you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a

    resident Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events)

    Festival, I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will

    eventually be a book based on the Conference but that won't be for some months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik Ribsskog

    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53

    To: Stephen Harding

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!

    I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum,

    at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

    They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like

    Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update you

    more, if and when I hear back from them.

    Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write

    about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the Wirral.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Dear

    all,

    Firstly

    apologies for the bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to

    those who have had difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword

    by Michael Wood) through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although

    because of the demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if

    you click on the "2 new" you should be able to order the book

    immediately and in time for Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have

    no interest in the Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve,

    Turi and Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41

    To: undisclosed recipients

    Subject: Viking DNA book

    Dear Colleagues

    (including many of you who took part in the genetic survey of northwest

    England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get

    this message more than once! We are writing to bring to your attention a

    publication we have just produced. It focuses on the first part of a

    genetic survey of northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire

    project in the northwest – and explains the basis behind the

    DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize

    volunteers to specific regions of the country, and how genetic methods are

    being used in conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic

    evidence to learn about Viking ancestry. It also gives some

    examples from individual results and from comparing populations of people to

    help show what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book

    has been supported by one of the UK Research Councils who have been supporting

    the study (the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and

    Nottingham University Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very

    kindly produced this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

    would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The

    book is introduced with a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC

    historian/broadcaster Michael Wood after which we set out to show

    as clearly as we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what

    DNA is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using

    DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological

    evidence – again with the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how

    DNA can be used to probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for

    individuals or for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

    complicated jargon that scientists use.

    A major

    problem in studying population ancestry is the large population movements that

    have occurred since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong

    link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian ancestry

    (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been shown for

    Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

    impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School project

    “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This

    broadcast on BBC Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a

    useful read for anyone interested in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we

    have done in the North West, give people from other regions an idea of how

    their own past could be researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and

    would make an excellent Christmas present.

    Steve Harding, Mark

    Jobling and Turi King



    Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH Laboratory,

    University of Nottingham

    Sutton Bonington

    LE12 5RD,

    UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk

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    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved





    Frode Kvalø

    <Frode.Kvalo@marmuseum.no>





    Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM





    To:

    Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>


    Cc:

    Per Gisle Galåen <Per.Gisle.Galaen@marmuseum.no>, "emb.london@mfa.no" <emb.london@mfa.no>, "gunvor.haustveit@ra.no" <gunvor.haustveit@ra.no>, "post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no" <post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no>, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>




    To Erik Ribsskog and associates

    I have involuntarily been drawn into in this unpleasant e-mail correspondence

    and I have no interested in being a part of it!

    If there is a ship of Nordic design dating to the Viking period

    in a Pub somewhere in England that is a fascinating story. However, I’m content

    that our British colleges have the knowledge and skills to deal with such

    finds.

    This is not something the Norwegian Maritime Museum will prioritize

    to get involved in!

    Please, do not contact me concerning this matter again!

    Frode Kvalø

    Head of Archaeology

    Norwegian Maritime Museum

    Fra: Stephen Harding

    [mailto:Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk]

    Sendt: 11. desember 2010 09:05

    Til: Erik Ribsskog; Stephen Harding

    Kopi: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no; Frode

    Kvalø; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Emne: RE: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies

    for problems with Amazon link, now resolved


    Dear Erik,

    Ingi Thor Jonsson, along with Wirral and Liverpool’s

    cultural ambassador Mike McCartney has done a tremendous amount of work over

    the last 4 years in strengthening the links between Merseyside/ the North West

    and the Nordic countries through the annual Nordic Cultural Events (NICE)

    Festival, and the suggestion of you making contact was made because of the

    (mistaken) impression you may wish to contribute to these efforts. With

    respect to the Viking Conference at Chester and the splendid exhibition provided

    for the public to enjoy the regions great Viking Heritage this was all

    provided completely free of charge
    – as was the buffet – thanks

    to the tremendous efforts of the staff of the Grosvenor Museum, and all the

    feedback we have had – apart from your comment – has been very

    positive. As a Wirral man going back very many generations I am very proud of

    what has been achieved. The food provided was free and if you did not

    like it there were other places to buy food nearby. If you missed the

    start of the meeting and the introduction so you did not know who the speakers

    were this was not the fault of the organisers. Nontheless we appreciate

    your interest in the Vikings in our region but if you wish to communicate with

    us in future please refrain from using offensive language otherwise your emails

    will be blocked. The talks will be posted on the website as soon as we

    can,

    Best wishes

    Steve Harding

    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010 19:46

    To: Stephen Harding

    Cc: Per Gisle Galåen; emb.london@mfa.no; gunvor.haustveit@ra.no;

    frode.kvalo@marmuseum.no; post.sondre.buskerud@politiet.no

    Subject: Anmeldelse av trakassering/Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for

    problems with Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    the Icelandic

    guy you said I'd get along well with is gay you b*stard.

    Now I don't

    wan't to update you anymore.

    Good luck with

    the Pakistani Samosa food on the Viking-conference.

    I think you must

    be a muslim guy mobbing me.

    Don't want anything more to do with you.

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I didn't

    understand the routine, to get on the conference.

    But, I haden't seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to

    Chester that day, but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit

    late.

    And then I spoke with the people

    working there, at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it

    like that one only had to register at the museum, from your website.

    But now I understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.

    This wasn't clear to me, from reading your website.

    But, this is

    just a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it

    like I would have read an online newspaper etc.

    But next time I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference

    like that.

    Sorry about that misunderstanding again!

    It sounds very

    fine about the video of the conference.

    I'll update you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the

    Vikingship, under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.

    Thanks again for

    arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are

    waiting to receive the video material (and permissions) on the conference

    and hopefully you should be able to catch up on the Introduction and the

    other talks you missed at the start. This will also be of benefit to

    others, particularly the many people who wanted to attend but were

    unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve




    From: Erik

    Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010

    14:16

    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk

    Subject: Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't

    want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

    mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church, etc.

    I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

    Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design,

    etc., etc.

    So I haven't got that much spare-time.

    So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and

    the conference.

    Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the

    summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.

    Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I

    haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about

    going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

    year.

    And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if

    she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an

    employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

    Activation:

    Perhaps you know

    someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as a

    pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living in

    Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at

    University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of

    the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

    included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm

    a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.

    So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the

    odd trip/event at my own choice..

    Hope this is alright!

    ———-

    Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll

    do that!

    Thank you very

    much for your help!

    I'll update you

    as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

    Norway.

    Thank you very much again for your reply!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10,

    2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Thanks Erik

    We'll put a summary

    up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    and may be able to include some videos of the talks – including the Intro

    – once we have permission from the speakers. If you like I can

    also put you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a

    resident Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events)

    Festival, I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will

    eventually be a book based on the Conference but that won't be for some months,

    Ha det bra

    Steve

    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve




    From: Erik Ribsskog

    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53

    To: Stephen Harding

    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

    now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very

    much for you e-mail!

    I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum,

    at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

    They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like

    Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update you

    more, if and when I hear back from them.

    Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write

    about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

    travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the Wirral.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7,

    2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    wrote:

    Dear

    all,

    Firstly

    apologies for the bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to

    those who have had difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword

    by Michael Wood) through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although

    because of the demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if

    you click on the "2 new" you should be able to order the book

    immediately and in time for Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have

    no interest in the Vikings!

    All best

    wishes

    Steve,

    Turi and Mark




    From: Harding Stephen

    Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41

    To: undisclosed recipients

    Subject: Viking DNA book

    Dear Colleagues

    (including many of you who took part in the genetic survey of northwest

    England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get

    this message more than once! We are writing to bring to your attention a

    publication we have just produced. It focuses on the first part of a

    genetic survey of northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire

    project in the northwest – and explains the basis behind the

    DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize

    volunteers to specific regions of the country, and how genetic methods are

    being used in conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic

    evidence to learn about Viking ancestry. It also gives some

    examples from individual results and from comparing populations of people to

    help show what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book

    has been supported by one of the UK Research Councils who have been supporting

    the study (the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and

    Nottingham University Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very

    kindly produced this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

    would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

    The

    book is introduced with a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC

    historian/broadcaster Michael Wood after which we set out to show

    as clearly as we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what

    DNA is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using

    DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological

    evidence – again with the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how

    DNA can be used to probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for

    individuals or for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

    complicated jargon that scientists use.

    A major

    problem in studying population ancestry is the large population movements that

    have occurred since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong

    link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

    information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

    (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

    can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

    northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian ancestry

    (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been shown for

    Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

    impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School project

    “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

    towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

    research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

    genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

    This

    broadcast on BBC Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a

    useful read for anyone interested in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we

    have done in the North West, give people from other regions an idea of how

    their own past could be researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour.. The book has just

    become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and

    would make an excellent Christmas present.

    Steve Harding, Mark

    Jobling and Turi King



    Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)

    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry

    NCMH Laboratory,

    University of Nottingham

    Sutton Bonington

    LE12 5RD,

    UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk

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    will put you in contact with Nottingham University Press or Countyvise

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  • Jeg sendte en ny e-post om vikingene på the Wirral







    Gmail – Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now resolved





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM





    To:

    Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>



    Hi,

    yes, I didn't understand the routine, to get on the conference.
    But, I haden't seen the exhipition yet, Reap and Pillage, so I just went to Chester that day, but the train was a few minutes early, so I got there a bit late.

    And then I spoke with the people working there, at the museum, who got me in there, after the first break.

    I understood it like that one only had to register at the museum, from your website.

    But now I understand, that I should have ordered a ticket.
    This wasn't clear to me, from reading your website.
    But, this is just a hobby for me, with the viking-stuff on the Wirral, so I read about it like I would have read an online newspaper etc.

    But next time I'll make sure to contact the hosts before I go to a conference like that.
    Sorry about that misunderstanding again!
    It sounds very fine about the video of the conference.

    I'll update you if I hear more from the Norwegian Maritime Museum, about the Vikingship, under the pub, Railway Inn, in Meols.
    Thanks again for arranging the fine viking conference!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks Erik. We are waiting to receive the video material (and

    permissions) on the conference and hopefully you should be able to

    catch up on the Introduction and the other talks you missed at the start.

    This will also be of benefit to others, particularly the many people

    who wanted to attend but were unable to get tickets.

    Paa gjensyn,

    Steve


    From: Erik Ribsskog

    [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 10 December 2010

    14:16
    To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    Subject: Fwd:

    Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

    resolved

    Hi,

    that is, I don't want to have this as a life-style, with football-games

    at the Wirral and be mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church,

    etc.

    I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

    Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy,

    web-design, etc., etc.

    So I haven't got that much spare-time.

    So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the

    vikingship and the conference.

    Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and

    others), in the summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols

    etc.

    Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival,

    but I haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

    I thought about going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the

    Scandinavian chruch last year.

    And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto,

    Weaverthree, if she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

    Also, I have an employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft

    Scandinavian Product Activation:

    Perhaps

    you know someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this

    case, as a pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many

    Scandinavians living in Liverpool.

    (My alumumni, at University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

    Also, some of the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian

    Church, (and are included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael

    O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be

    frank.

    So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only

    go to the odd trip/event at my own choice.

    Hope this is alright!

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date:

    Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for

    problems with Amazon link, now resolved
    To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    ok, perhaps I'll do that!

    Thank you very much for your help!

    I'll update you as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the

    Vikingship-experts in Norway.

    Thank you very much again for your reply!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Thanks

    Erik

    We'll put a summary up

    soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve and may be able to

    include some videos of the talks – including the Intro – once we

    have permission from the speakers.
    If you like I can also put you in touch with Ingi

    Thor Jonsson – like yourself a resident Livepudlian – who runs the

    annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events) Festival, I think you and Ingi

    would get on very well. There will eventually be a book based

    on the Conference but that won't be for some

    months,

    Ha det

    bra

    Steve


    Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve



    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53
    To: Stephen

    Harding
    Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with

    Amazon link, now resolved

    Hi,

    thank you very much for you e-mail!

    I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian

    Maritime Museum, at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

    They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of

    these, like Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

    I'll update you more, if and when I hear back from them.

    Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I

    could write about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I

    write about my short travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking

    places in the Wirral.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding

    <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear all,

    Firstly apologies for the bulk nature of

    this email again and secondly apologies to those who have had difficulty

    accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword by Michael Wood)

    through amazon.co.uk.:

    Although because of the demand (many

    thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if you click on the "2 new" you

    should be able to order the book immediately and in time for

    Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have no interest in

    the Vikings!

    All best wishes

    Steve, Turi and Mark


    From: Harding

    Stephen
    Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41
    To: undisclosed

    recipients
    Subject: Viking DNA book


    Dear Colleagues (including many of you who took

    part in the genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or the

    Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more than once!

    We are writing to bring to your attention a publication we have

    just produced. It focuses on the first part

    of a genetic survey of northern

    England
    – the Wirral and West Lancashire project

    in the northwest – and explains the

    basis behind the DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of

    surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific regions of the

    country, and how genetic methods are being used in conjunction with

    historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn about Viking

    ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show

    what these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology

    and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University

    Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced

    this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

    would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or

    profit!

    The book is introduced with a

    brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster

    Michael Wood after which we set out to show as clearly as

    we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what DNA is and how

    DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the

    importance of using DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic,

    place name and archaeological evidence – again with the help of

    many colour illustrations
    , and explains how DNA can be used to

    probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or

    for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

    complicated jargon that scientists use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred

    since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a

    strong link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book

    explains how information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even

    criminal records (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 ….

    found not guilty!) can be used to help establish the volunteer base for

    specific regions of northern England. Using these

    methods significant Scandinavian ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of

    DNA from the old populations) has been shown for Wirral and West

    Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

    impressed with the results for her father she wrote a

    School project “My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes

    with a look towards the current testing of other regions of Northern

    England and the research currently being undertaken with

    colleagues in Norway to study the genetic profile of Scandinavia in

    the Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC

    Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested

    in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West,

    give people from other regions an idea of how their own past could be

    researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour. The

    book has just become available in all good

    bookshops in the north West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an excellent Christmas

    present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King





    Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)
    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry
    NCMH Laboratory,
    University of Nottingham
    Sutton

    Bonington
    LE12 5RD,

    UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sczsteve

    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    *in case of difficulty contact us on this email

    address, and we will put you in contact with Nottingham University Press

    or Countyvise

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  • Her er mer om at i den delen av England, som jeg bor, så er en del folk visstnok etter norske vikinger







    Gmail – Viking DNA book







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Viking DNA book





    Stephen Harding

    <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>





    Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:41 PM





    To:

    undisclosed recipients <steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk>





    Dear Colleagues (including many

    of you who took part in the genetic survey of northwest England, 2002-2007, or

    the Nordic Festival in 2008)

    Apologies if you get this message more

    than once!
    We are writing to bring to your attention a publication

    we have just produced. It focuses on

    the first part of a genetic

    survey of northern England

    the Wirral and West Lancashire project in the northwest – and explains the basis behind the DNA

    method to probe ancestry, the use of

    surnames to help to localize volunteers to specific regions of the country, and

    how genetic methods are being used in conjunction with historical,

    archaeological and linguistic evidence to learn about Viking ancestry. It also gives some examples from

    individual results and from comparing populations of people to help show what

    these new technologies can achieve.

    Publication of the book has been supported by one of the UK

    Research Councils who have been supporting the study (the Biotechnology and

    Biological Sciences Research Council) – and Nottingham University Press in

    conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very kindly produced this for us and

    indeed done a splendid job.

    We would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties

    or profit!

    The book is introduced with a

    brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC historian/broadcaster Michael Wood after which we set out to

    show as clearly as we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what DNA

    is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

    ancestry. For probing Viking

    ancestry it shows the importance of using DNA in conjunction with historical,

    linguistic, place name and archaeological evidence – again with the help of many colour

    illustrations
    , and explains how DNA can be used to probe paternal

    ancestry and maternal ancestry either for individuals or for populations of

    people, explaining also some of the sometimes complicated jargon that scientists

    use.

    A major problem in studying

    population ancestry is the large population movements that have occurred since

    the Industrial Revolution. However

    there is a strong link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book

    explains how information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal

    records (including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not

    guilty!) can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions

    of northern England. Using these methods significant

    Scandinavian ancestry (up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations)

    has been shown for Wirral and West Lancashire.

    One youngster from Wirral was

    so impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School project “My Viking Dad

    and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look towards the current testing

    of other regions of Northern England and the research currently being undertaken with

    colleagues in Norway to study the genetic profile of Scandinavia in the

    Viking Age.

    This broadcast on BBC Radio 4 gives some more

    information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

    the first minute or so)

    So we think it will be a useful read for anyone interested in DNA

    ancestry and, after seeing what we have done in the North West, give people

    from other regions an idea of how their own past could be researched. The book is 150 pages long and

    extensively illustrated in colour. The book has just become available in all good

    bookshops in the north

    West or from
    Amazon.co.uk *and would make an

    excellent Christmas present.

    Steve Harding, Mark Jobling and Turi King




    Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)
    Professor of Applied

    Biochemistry
    NCMH Laboratory,
    University of Nottingham
    Sutton
    Bonington
    LE12

    5RD,
    UK

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sczsteve
    steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk
    *in case of difficulty contact

    us on this email address, and we will put you in contact with Nottingham

    University Press or Countyvise


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  • Vikingferier i England?

    Det jeg tenkte på nå.

    Var at jeg skulle begynt å arrangere Viking-ferier i England.

    Siden jeg bor så nærme the Wirral osv., hvor de har funnet et vikingskip, (som rikignok ligger under en fin pub), i Meols, og de har funnet viking-langhus i Irby, og de har masse vikingstener i kirker osv.

    Og de har steder som Thorstenston, oppkalt etter en norsk viking vel.

    Dessuten har de et sted som heter Thingwall, hvor de hadde viking-ting, på en høyde vel.

    Og de har også en artig stor sandstein, som heter ‘Thors stone’, oppkalt etter den norrøne guden Thor da.

    Så kunne folk kanskje bodd i ganske landlige omgivelser, i Thorsteinston eller Meols, eller noe.

    Og det er jo også nærme byene Liverpool og Chester, som begge har mange severdigheter.

    Liverpool har jo fotball og uteliv og Beatles osv.

    Og Chester har jo artige hus med svarte og hvite trefasader.

    Og de har romerske utgravninger, av et sirkus, heter det vel.

    Og mye annet.

    Og også en kirke som er oppkalt etter Olav den Hellige, som heter St. Olave’s Church.

    Så kanskje jeg skulle vært guide, på the Wirral osv.

    Og organisere Viking-ferier osv. dit?

    Kanskje det hadde vært en god ide.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS.

    Den steinen Thors stone.

    Det kan jo også være sånn, at det er navnet Thorstein, som er oppkalt etter Thors Stone.

    Og ikke omvendt.

    Og ikke sånn at Thorsteinston var oppkalt etter en med navn Thorstein.

    Men at Thorsteinston var oppkalt etter Thors Stone.

    Og at navnet Thorstein, er etter den severdigheten på the Wirral da.

    Det har jeg tenkt en gang ihvertfall, at kanskje det var sånn.

    For den steinen, Thors Stone, den er ganske fin da.

    Og ble kanskje regnet nesten som et underverk, i vikingetiden?

    Hvem vet.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

  • Liverpool, (hvor jeg nesten tilfeldigvis har havnet), det er et sted hvor mange går tilbake til norske vikinger. Det har jeg ikke vært fult klar over

    sted med mange norske vikinger

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/

    PS.

    Det vikingskipet, som jeg fant, under den puben, ute på the Wirral.

    Det skipet har det visst vært om, ved UIO før.

    (Jeg sendte jo e-post om denne oppdagelsen, til Kulturhistorisk Museum, ved Vikingskipmuseet eller UIO, eller hva det var).

    Her er mer om dette:

    vikingskip vært ved uio før

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~sczsteve/MeolsBoatTeam.htm

    PS 2.

    Og det ble visst bare bestemt, at de skulle bare la det vikingskipet forbli nedgravd.

    De hadde visst spurt English Heritage og Liverpool Museum.

    Men jeg tror at the Wirral, må ha sitt eget museum, til å ha det vikingeskipet i.

    For selv om Liverpool og the Wirral, er på hver sin side av den kjente elven the Mersey.

    Så betyr ikke det at Liverpool og the Wirral er det samme stedet, (mistenker jeg ihvertfall).

    Selv om begge er i Merseyside.

    Så hvis det skal bli noe ut av det prosjektet, så tror jeg at the Wirral må ha det vikingskipet i sitt eget museum.

    Og kanskje få hjelp av kulturhistorisk museum, i Oslo, til å grave opp skipet.

    Og Vikingskipmuseet i Oslo, kunne kanskje gitt råd, til the Wirral, angående hvordan vikingeskip-museet deres burde være osv.

    Når det gjelder temperatur og sånn, sånn at ikke skipet skal bli ødelagt.

    Sånne ting.

    Når man har med for mange byer.

    Sånn som Gøteborg, Stockholm, Oslo, Nottingham og Liverpool, (som i PS-et ovenfor).

    Da må det jo nesten stokke seg da.

    Man vet jo det, at de svenske vikingene, de dro østover de.

    Så hvorfor var svenskene med som rådgivere her?

    Når det vikingskipet nok er fra Norge?

    Nei, jeg håper at Kulturhistorisk Museum, tar kontakt med den puben, (the Railway Inn, i Meols).

    Kanskje de kan bygge et museum, i tilknytning til puben der.

    På naboeiendommen, eller noe.

    Sånn som jeg husker det, (fra en klassetur til Oslo, med Svelvik Ungdomsskole, en gang på 80-tallet), så var ikke Vikingskipmuseet, på Bygdøy, så stort heller.

    (Og heller ikke så spennende syntes jeg.

    De kunne kanskje gjort mer ut av det, liksom.

    Men men).

    Så det burde kanskje vært mulig.

    Men vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS 3.

    Her kan man se det.

    At det slags ‘supperåd’ vel.

    (Hvis man får lov å være litt slem).

    Har bestemt det, at det vikingskipet.

    (Jeg får håpe at det faktisk er et vikingskip nå da, og ikke noe lignende av en Nordlandsbåt, eller noe).

    Men men.

    Det ‘supperådet’, har bestemt det, at det vikingskipet, bare skal forbli nedgravet.

    For det holder seg visst så bra i leire.

    Men, Vikingskipmuseet, på Bygdøy, de kunne vel ha gitt råd, (skulle man vel tro), om hvordan de kan bevare det skipet.

    Det er nok britene avhengig av.

    Sånne råd.

    For å eventuelt kunne gravd opp det skipet.

    Men men.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    For dette er jo også en norsk sak, mener jeg, siden det antagelig var norske vikinger, som hadde det skipet, under parkeringsplassen til den puben, på the Wirral.

    Så sånn er nok det.

    PS 4.

    Her er mer om dette:

    supperåd

    http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/MeolsBoatCurrent.htm

    PS 5.

    Enda mer om dette:

    PS 6.

    Og grunnen til at jeg leste om dette nå?

    Jo, for jeg kom på det, at det er jo en sånn viking-festival, som foregår i Chester, nå i høst.

    Og Chester, dit kan man komme seg til, fra Liverpool, med lokaltog.

    Og det koster bare ca. £5 for en tur-retur billett, (for budsjett-billetter da, utenfor rush-tiden, med retur samme dag).

    Og der har de nå blant annet en stor museums-utstilling, av ting fra vikingtiden, som er funnet på the Wirral osv.

    Den foregår fram til desember vel.

    Og det er også en viking-konferanse, og en viking-sightseeing tur, for å se på viking-steder i Chester.

    Og mye annet på programmet.

    Som foregår fram til ut i desember da.

    Så jeg lurer på om jeg skal dra og se på noe av det.

    Vi får se om jeg klarer å komme meg dit.

    Vi får se.

    (Jeg var jo også i Chester og så, ifjor sommer, var det vel, som jeg også skrev om på bloggen.

    Jeg skal se om jeg klarer å finne det igjen).

    Vi får se.

    PS 7.

    Her er mer om Vikingfestivalen i Chester, som foregår denne høsten:

    vikinge festival i chester

    http://www.nice-festival.com/2010/08/viking-festival-heritage-chester/

    PS 8.

    Her er mer fra ifjor sommer, da jeg dro til Chester, (som er en veldig fin by vel, med artig og særegen arkitektur, synes jeg, og som vel også virket ganske trivelig).

    (Selv om jeg bare har vært der en gang).

    Men vi får se om jeg klarer å komme meg dit igjen.

    Vi får se.

    PS 9.

    Her er mer om dette:

    https://johncons-blogg.net/2009/07/fler-bilder-fra-chester-mm-in-norwegian.html