The Piddingtons

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He discusses two of the tricks, one from the Stratrocruiser episode, and another from the Diving Bell. On Piddington's ship back to Australia was actor John Wood who was one of the Changi actors, he often played the sexy female in many of the early Changi performances. What Syd Piddington exploited was the fact that if he said, “This sentence has been chosen randomly from a book, by a process involving random members of the audience and objective judges,” people believed him. It was relief from the harsh regime of forced labour and the onset of malnutrition, disease and fear of death. A fine collection of objects, such as part of a wooden bucket, wooden combs, and door furniture, together with many iron and copper-alloy objects, plus environmental evidence, including 128 species of insect, were recovered from the well.

In a final phase, the end timber-built rooms were demolished, and the original tworoomed house was surrounded by new rooms on three sides (rooms A, D, and E).At the far northern end, there is a substantial piece of wall, which looks like the evidence for an external staircase. Or was there even more, perhaps a fortress rather than a fort, garrisoned by half a legion, even a full legion of 6,000? Seeking ever-impressive stunts, Sydney masterminded specialized tests to demonstrate Lesley's alleged ability to receive thoughts over a great distance. I have been careful not to give away the method, or methods, used by the Piddingtons, partly because they are irrelevant to the issue at the heart of this article—the human desire to believe the impossible and the way in which this is exploited by entertainers or less scrupulous people in other areas of public life.

While excavations have been continuing on the proto-villa, the garden, and courtyard, further excavations have been looking at an area in the next field.The team found a great deal of iron residue throughout the building, with quantities of hammer-scale, plus a considerable layer of burning over the whole inner building.