Imagine receiving a phone call saying that a body has been discovered near where you live. Imagine thinking I need to get there straight away and jumping on your bike to pedal down to Lindow Moss.
This is what happened to Wilmslow World rookie journalist Rachel Pugh on 1 August 1984, when she received a phone call from Wilmslow police station. When a leg was discovered by local peat cutters the first thought was that it was the body of a missing, presumed dead, woman whose husband had confessed to her murder. Her body had never been found.
Once Rachel reached the bog and saw where the body had been located, she called the county archaeologist, Rick Turner, to let him know that there was a potentially ancient body on the Moss. A team of people from Manchester, London, Oxford and Cambridge joined him to extract the body which was to become known as Lindow Man.
The extraordinary tale of how this 23 year old was involved in the most significant find of a bog body in the UK is now retold in a show called Bog Standard. Rachel herself reflects on what it meant to be involved in this amazing find and what the sacrifice and discovery of Lindow Man means for Lindow Moss and the environment today. Together with harpist Lucy Nolan, Rachel retells the story in a special event at St Bartholomew's Church on Thursday 5th September at 7pm. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
This event is part of the Discover Lindow Season which has been organised to commemorate the finding of Lindow Man 40 years ago. The Window on Lindow Art Trail and some of the art created by local primary school students was featured on BBC North West Tonight on Friday evening.
You can find out all the details of what's going on at Lindow Moss via www.discoverlindow.org
Images: Filming at Lindow
Bog Standard performers Rachel Pugh and Lucy Nolan
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