Charlottechicken Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 He of the mad white hair, Black Country accent and colourful jumpers, has died at the age of 66. I am sure his appearance and enthusiasm for archaeology helped make Time Team as popular as it is. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Crikey - that's young! I saw him when they came to do a dig at Old Basing. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Time team is one of my favourite programmes (and one of Little Miss Webmuppets) . A sad day for archeology. Will they bury him with objects to confuse the hell out of future archeologists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 RIP Mick, a great man (and fellow vegetarian). Used to love watching Mick & Phil on TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yes, a real shame that he was taken so young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Was also sad to hear this - his jumpers were fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 That's so sad and no age at all . He was a truly inspirational chap and will be such a loss to his field. Winter Sunday evenings were always spent in front of Time Team and OH and I have enjoyed watching all the re runs on More 4 (or whatever!) since and are always delighted when we come across one that we hadn't previously seen!! I was fortunate enough to attend a small lecture that he gave about 10 years ago and he was a great communicator, approachable and passionate about his subject - he signed a copy of his book for me and was so lovely. Feeling genuinely upset about his very sad and early death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Such a lovely man, and one of the reasons I like(d) to watch Time Team. Very envious of you,Soapdragon. I can imagine that he was an excellent & interesting speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcountrygirl Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sad to hear this news. He was one of the reasons I used to like Time Team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I heard about this from my brother the other day, I too am saddened. He did an awful lot of things for Somerset County history too, and my brother has been using his papers and research recently too in his job at Victoria County Histories. I also remember his wonderful stripey jumpers and how he was a supporter of Save the Children, as he had written into Simply Knitting many years ago asking for viewers to no longer send him stripey jumpers, but instead help in the efforts to knit blankets to send them out to people who really needed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Mick regularly used to wear t shirts emblazoned with the SightSavers logo so I assume he was involved with this charity too?! The story of how Time Team came about and how he got to know Tony Robinson is one of those 'million to one chances happen 9 times out of 10' - as Terry Pratchett famously said! A very modest but brilliant chap - 66 seems so young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 A time team special More4 tribute evening for Mick Aston, 13 July at 7pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 A time team special More4 tribute evening for Mick Aston, 13 July at 7pm. Ooh, thank you for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Thanks for that - have set to record1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
