Great Telescopum

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY AT ASHTON HILL FAILAND

Members of the Bristol Astronomical Society who have been with us some time may remember that in our magazine “Skywatch” we published details of a remarkable discovery made during the excavations for the foundations of the Cyril Swindin observatory.

During the preliminary digging Members uncovered traces of a very early civilization including a number of scrolls in an excellent state of preservation. Work began at once on the translation of the scrolls from the original Brigstowelian and it soon became apparent that our Society was not the first to realise the value of the Failand site for Astronomical purposes. The translation of the first four scrolls was published in “Skywatch” and members were asked not to publicise the story as we did not wish at that time to attract the attention of archaeologists or the general public.

Translation of the fifth, and finally the sixth scroll has been somewhat delayed for various technical reasons but at last, five years after the actual discovery has made, it has been completed.

The committee have therefore decided, as many of our present membership will not have seen the earlier publications and indeed may be completely unaware of the story, to reproduce the transcript of the first four scrolls together with the publication for the first time of the final two scrolls. In this way everyone may have a copy of this most interesting and unique piece of history.

The very nominal charge made for this document is in no way related to the many hours of work that have been necessary to produce it. The translation has been done on an entirely voluntary basis in the interests of Archaeological research, and any profits made from the sale of this publication will go to Society funds.

Translated by

A. H. Quirk at

The Royal Institute of Paleolithic Excavation, (T.R.I.P.E.)

Pill, Bristol.

October, 1977

THE BUILDING OF GREAT TELESCOPUM 

FIRST AND SECOND SCROLLS 

And Jamus the Chief Priest did call together the Elders of the tribe of Bas, and when they were gathered together: did say unto them “know ye that I am displeased with the people of Bas.” And the Elders did tremble and shake in their shoes for they knew the wrath of Jamus and they were sore afraid. And Jamus the chief Priest said “Our people are wasting their lives in idleness and they work not. They sit before lighted boxes worshiping strange images and they use not their talents and their eyes grow dim.

What shouldst we do that they may be saved?” And one of the Elders called John of the Green Fingers spake out saying “I have heard tell of a device wherewith men can see great wonders in the sky. Let us make much a device that we may lead our people in the way that they shouldest go. But another cast doubt on the wisdom of John saying that they had not the skills with which to do the work, whereat the Elders sighed and muttered amongst themselves. And then another of those gathered spake to Jamus the Chief Priest saying “I know of a man who has such a device who dwells in the valley of the Falcons, hard by the Trym River”. And Jamus the Chief Priest made answer saying “Let us find this man that we may see the wondrous device even for ourselves. And they went to the valley of the Falcons and found the man whom men called Swindinae and he showed to them the device that he called “Great Telescopum”. Then Jamus the Chief Priest did ask Swindinae: how much wouldst thou need that my people should have Great Telescopum?”. And Swindinae did answer, saying “If thou canst find a place wherein to build a temple with a domed roof in which to stand Great Telescopum I wouldest but an hundred quidius”.

So Jamus the Chief Priest called together all the people the tribe of Bas and told them of Great Telescopum and there was much rejoicing among them. And Jamus the Chief Priest spake to the people saying “Where is there a place wherein we can build a temple with a domed roof? For in our city of Brigstowe is much light which wouldst blind the eye of Great Telescopum. We must needs build the Temple with a domed roof in a dark and secret place.” And one of the people, whose ancestors dwelt in an island under the sign of three legs and no tail answered saying “I know a man who dwells in a dark and secret place in the land called Fai, and he has much land. Perchance he wouldest give us ground on which to build.”

And Jamus the Chief Priest charged him saying: “Go, thou of the sign of three legs and no tall, seek out this man”. And he went and journeyed south to the land of Fai and found Herberticus, for such was the name of the man with much land, and Herberticus heard of the needs of the people of the tribe of Bas. But he made answer saying “It is true that I have much land, but on my land grow many trees through which the eye of Great Telescopum would not see. For it is written that thou canst not see that thou would for the trees. But near this place dwells one whom men call Gordonus and the extent of his land is greater even than mine, and much of his land is bare. Go thou, and tell thy people that I will speak on thy ehalf with Gordonus.”

And so it came to pass that when Jamus the Chief Priest heard of these sayings he brought to him two of the Elders called Stevinus the Needle Bearer and Graimatta the Scroll Keeper, and said to them “He of the sign of three legs and no tail shall take us to the land of Fai wherein dwells Herberticus who will take us to Gordonus and we will ask Gordonus to let us a piece of his land”. And they journeyed together to the house of Herberticus and he took them unto Gordonus. Now Herberticus was a man of glib tongue and soft words, verily, it is known that the birds of the air came down from the trees at the sound of his voice. Now Gordonus withstood not the fair words of Herberticus when he spake thus: “Bear with me Gordonus, be not naive but give to the tribe of Bas a parcel of thy land on Mount Ashtoneii and the people of the tribe will pay thee rent. And so it was agreed and Herberticus was welcomed into the tribe of Bas.

And when Jamus the Chief Priest told his people they rejoiced, but some said “How shall we pay an hundred quidius to Swindinae for we are poor?” And John the Tinker answered them saying “Let each man put his mark upon a bond, each to pay the same as the other until there is enough. And the people did as he said, and Sheerdrop the Tax-Gatherer smiled for the coffers of the tribe were nigh unto empty.

And Timbafella the Scribe wrote all that was said on his tablets.

And Jamus the Chief Priest spake again to the people saying “The land that we hath is beltus verdicus and we must needs ask the rulers of the region that we may build our Temple with a domed roof. And the rulers are the people of the tribe called Plannus who dwell in the land of Tone”. And when they heard his words the people fell silent for they had heard of the tribe called Plannus who were a cruel people and they feared that the Plannus would come, and strangle them with tapus rudicus.

And Jamus the Chief Priest sent word to the Plannus and told them of the needs of the tribe of Bas and gave them full account the Temple with a domed roof, and of the place wherein the people would leave their chariots. The Plannus were a devious and crafty race and they answered Jamus saying: “First thou must give us a full account of the Temple with a domed roof and the place wherein the people will leave their chariots”. And when Jamus the Chief Priest saw what was their answer his wrath waxed exceeding large and he cried out in a loud voice “THEB LO ODYN IGNO GSAN DIDI OTS!”

(Translator's note: The meaning of this sentence is obscure, but is believed to be a call to ancestral spirits for guidance or vengeance) But Jamus feared not the Plannus and persevered against them.

And so he led the people of Bas into battle against the Plannus and they fought with much parchment and many words. And after many moons had passed, the Plannus sent word to Jamus the Chief Priest saying: “Thou hast fought a good fight. Our stocks of parchment are much depleted and we can fight no more. Thou hast earned the right to build thy Temple with a domed roof”.

And so it came to pass that Great Telescopum was taken up from the Valley of the Falcons to the storehouse of John of the Green Fingers in a chariot pulled by many horses, there to await the building of the Temple with a domed roof. And Swindinae spake unto Jamus the Chief Priest, and said “Tell thy people they canst have Great Telescopum to learn of the wonders of the sky, and I will take not thine hundred quidius, nay nor yet one quidius, for I am not in want. And when he heard this Jamus the Chief Priest was well pleased and all the people of the tribe of Bas rejoiced and made merry.

THIRD AND FOURTH SCROLLS

And so the time came for the great work of building the Temple with a domed roof to begin. And Jamus the Chief Priest spake to the people of the tribe of Bas saying “The Temple with a domed roof must needs be founded on rock and it shall be round. And in the centre thereof shall be placed a block of stone on which to stand Great Telescopum that it may be firm and tremble not. And Jamus the Chief Priest gathered unto him several of the Elders and several of the people of the tribe and together they went up to the appointed place on Mount ashtoneii in the land of Fai.

And Jamus the Chief Priest instructed his people in the proper rites and they took long vines and laid them on the ground as they were bidden. Then they took stakes of wood and smote them into the ground with hammers whilst Jamus the Chief Priest held to his eye a device which he called Theodoli and Stevinus the Needle Bearer moved a stick before him according to the incantations of Jamus. And the people stood and marveled at the ceremony. And thus was a great circle inscribed upon the ground to mark the place whereon would be builded the Temple With a domed roof.

And Jamus the Chief Priest called together the people of the tribe of Bas saying “Come ye now to the land of Fai and bring thy shovels and implements for the ground around the great circle must be digged that we may put into it strong foundatius on which to build”. And the people went with shovels and digged, but the ground was hard and stony and the holes grew but slowly and the blisters quickly.

Now it happened that in that place primitive tribe who walked not upon two feet as the people of the tribe of Bas but walked with all four limbs as in the manner of the beasts of the field and dressed in rough skins and hid their faces with horned masks. And the name of this tribe was Koos. And when the Koos saw the people of the tribe of Bas labouring in the great circle they came close to watch for they were curious. And they came at first silently and in small groups and then came more and then still more until at last there was assembled a great multitude of Koos, and those who came last could not see for the numbers before them and they jostled mightily that they might see. And the people of the tribe of Bas paused their digging and stared at the Koos for they were astonished greatly at the strange sight, and the Koos stared at the people of the tribe of Bas for they were astonished greatly at the sight of the people staring at the Koos staring at the people. And one of the people whom men called Tomus spake saying “Verily, this is a strange sight”. And from that time the place was called Sight.

And so a fence was builded around Sight to keep the Koos from the holy ground and for many days there came from Sight the noise of shovels and corvus barus smiting the rock until at last the great circle was digged round and a great pit was digged in the centre thereof. And the people rested for they were weary.

And when the digging was finished the Elders of the tribe held council for they knew not how the foundatius should be made. And one of the Elders spake saying “I have heard tell that if small stones and sand be mixed with water and certain dust they will join and become as one rock, the rock which men call Konkrit”. But the Elders were downcast and said “But we needest much Konkrit. How can we mix so much?”. And Graimatta the Keeper of the Scrolls made answer saying “There are places not far from the land of Fai where Konkrit can be bought prepared by the hand of other men and the name of such Konkrit is Redae Mixus. And the spirits of the elders were uplifted and they sent forth messengers to seek out a place where they could buy Redae Mixus. And such a place was found in the land of Avon. And when the people of the land of Avon heard of the need for Konkrit to make the foundatius

for the Temple with a domed roof they sent word to Jamus the Chief Priest saying “Thy cause is worthy. We will give to the people Konkrit enough for the foundatius. So there was much rejoicing among the people of the tribe of Bas and no man rejoiced more than Sheerdrop the Tax Gatherer, for he liked not to be parted from his quidius.

And the people of the land of Avon sent word to Jamus the Chief Priest saying “Be thou at Sight with men and shovels and we will bring to thee a chariot filled with Redae Mixus”. And at the appointed hour Jamus and his men assembled together at Sight and as they were assembled so the rains came and beat upon them. But the chariot came not. For two hours they did wait until they were cold and wet and sick at heart. And when night came they went back to their dwellings with heavy hearts and downcast eyes. And When Jamus the chief Priest entered his house he cried out in a loud voice “O wife, speak not to me for I am filled with both woe and my Bootes are filled with water” Whereat he fell silent and sat in gloom and gnashed his teeth.

Now after some days had passed a messenger came to the tribe of Bas saying “The horses of the people of the land of Avon have been struck down with sickness but now they are well again and can pull the chariot. Go again to Sight and thy Redae Mixus will come. So the People did as they were bidden and the chariot, heavy with Redae Mixus came. And a box of wood had they builded around the pit, and soon the pit and the box were filled and all the great circle was filled with Redae Mixus. And when the work was done the people rested and made merry with Palus Alus.

And as it had been written the Redae Mixus became Konkrit and when the box was taken from the pit there was a column of Konkrit on which would stand Great Telescopum. So the people brought bricks to Sight and began to build the walls of the Temple with a domed roof, muttering the while strange words and incantations for they were not well practiced in the arts of building, and much mortar stuck not to the bricks but fell to the ground. And others who were not employed upon the building gathered at the storehouse of John of the Green Fingers to clean and decorate Great Telescopum and make it ready to be carried to Sight.

And it came to pass that when the walls were nigh unto finished the tribe of Bas was visited by the tribe of Baa and they met together with much ceremony and ritual after the custom of each tribe. And they celebrated and feasted together. And with the tribe of Baa there came The Great One, Spreader of the Word and Raiser of the Brows, whom men called Patriarch Maximus. And when the tribes were gathered together Jamus the Chief Priest told them of Great Telescopum and Patriarch Maximus noted all that was said. And when the visit was ended and the tribe of Baa had returned to its own land Patriarch Maximus stayed with the people of the tribe of Bas for he desired to see Sight and look upon those parts of the Temple with a domed roof that had been builded. And when he had seen them he spake to Jamus the Chief Priest saying “Thou and thy people hath done well. When the Temple with a domed roof is finished and Great Telescopum is placed therein I charge thee to give me reports of what thou learnest of the wonders of the sky”. And Jamus and the people returned to their dwellings well pleased.

FIFTH AND SIXTH SCROLLS

And when the walls of the Temple were builded the curiosity of the primitive people of the tribe of the Koos waxed so great that they did break down the fence around Sight that they might see inside the Temple walls. And one of the Koos did enter the doorway of the Temple, but being of great stature and of a clumsy nature became trapped and was not able to go in or out. And the Koo did bellow and struggle in great fear, and such was the strength of the Koo that part of the wall was broken and cast down upon the ground, and the Koo did flee back to the Tribe to hide.

Not when the people of the tribe of Bas came to the Temple and saw that was done they were much angered and said “We must needs build a stronger fence that will keep out these foolish Koos”. So the people digged holes around Sight and in each hole they did put a strong pillar of Konkrit each in line with the next and the holes were filled with stones and Konkrit so the pillars stood firm. And one of the people whom men called O-Dela Lune came to the Elders and said, “I know where I can find something to fill the spaces between the pillars. It is strong and will surely keep out the Koos. Ask not from whence it comes and I will bring it to you”.

And the Elders answered saying “Go thou and bring it to us”. So O-Dela Lune did bring to the Elders a strange material like a net of iron and the Elders questioned him saying “What callest thou this net”.

And O-Dela Lune made answer saying “Chayne lynx”. So the people fixed the Chanye Lynx between each pillar of Konkrit and O-Dela Lune did build a gate of wood that the people might enter and so was Sight made safe against the Koos.

Now it was the custom of the tribe of the Bas to meet in a great ceremony once in every year to decide who should lead the tribe for the next year, and the ceremony was called Aigey Emm. And when the people were gathered together for Aigy Emm: Jamus the Chief Priest spake to them saying, “1 have long been Chief Priest of the tribe of Bas and I grow weary. Choose a new Chief Priest that I may rest”.

So the People spake amongst themselves and came to Jamus saying, “Verily thou has earned a rest Jamus. We will have Stevinus the Needle bearer”. And so it was that Stevinus the Needle Bearer became Stevinus the Chief Priest.

When Aigey Emm was past, Stevinus the Chief Priest gathered the Elders together to plan how the domed roof for the Temple should be made. And one said. “How can the eye of Great Telescopum see though a roof? If we leave holes in the domed roof the rain will do mischief and might blind the eye and Great Telescopum will be useless”. But another answered saying, “We needest a solid roof but with a door which we canst open before the eye of Great Telescopum. And the domed roof must needs be builded on wheels that it may turn upon the Temple walls and thus will Great Telescopum be able to look to all parts of the heavens and see the wonders thereof. So the people made a great hoop of strong wood and fastened the hoop on top of the Temple walls for the wheels of the domed roof needed a

smooth surface on which to turn. And one of the Elders said, how canst we join the wheels?” And Krys the Gravy Maker answered saying “We must needs fashion a strong circle of iron on which the wheels canst be fastened. I have a torch which burns with great heat and with this torch I canst melt even iron.

If the ends of iron bars be melted together the iron of one will mingle with the iron of the other and as the iron cools it will join and become one”. So they did as Krys the Gravy Maker told them and the iron pieces did join as he said. And they joined the iron pieces not straight, but each at an angle to its neighbour until the two ends did meet and were bonded together to make a many sided hoop of iron. And when it was done the people cried out in joy: “Well done Krys, well done, well done”. And from that time forth the joining of iron with a flaming torch has been called by all men “Welldone”.

When the hoop of iron was made and the wheels were fastened unto it the people lifted it upon the walls and cried, “Behold, the hoop of iron turnest upon the circle of wood”, and they were well pleased with their labours. Then they fashioned a dome like unto a cage of iron which they joined together, and joined the cage to the many sided hoop of iron by Welldone, and they put thin strips of wood between the iron of the cage. 'Then the people wondered saying, “How shall we cover the cage that when the rain cometh it falleth not inside the Temple?” And verily they were sore perplexed. But again spake Krys the Gravy Maker saying, “Fear not for I have a wondrous material which would surely make a solid cover for the domed roof”. And Stevinus the Chief Priest spake to Krys the Gravy Maker saying “Tell us of this wondrous material and how it may be used”. And Krys the Gravel Maker showed them a strange matting made of prickly fibres which he called “Glasseous Fibrus”. And when the people saw the Glasseous Fibrus they laughed and said “This matting canst not make a domed roof see, it is loosely woven and will break in our hands. This will not keep the rain from harming Great Telescopum”. But Krys the Gravy Maker answered saying, “Laugh not at Glasseous Fibrus for truly it is wondrous material. Did I not show you how to join iron with a flaming torch? Why believest ye not in what I tell you now?” And the people fell silent at his words and were ashamed. So Krys the Gravy Maker told the people how the loose matting called Glasseous Fibrus could be changed into a solid material of great strength by putting on it a special liquid which he called “Gunge”. And he told them to cover the cage with the same material with which they lined the roofs of their houses which they called “Roofeltin”.

So the people covered the cage with Roofeltin and on it put pieces of Glasseous Fibrus. And Krys the Gravy Maker spake to them again saying “Bind bunches of hair unto sticks”. And they did as he said though they knew not why.

And when all the people had made bunches of hair on sticks Krys the Gravy Maker showed them how to mix the special liquid called Gunge and said, “Now dip thy bunches of hair on sticks into the Gunge so that the gunge will be drawn up into the hair. And dab the bunches of hair quickly onto the glasseous Fibrus until it be well soaked with Gunge and in a short time the Glasseous Fibrus will become as hard and solid as iron. Get not the Gunge upon thy hands for it is wondrous sticky, and thou needest to work right speedily for the Gunge stays not liquid long”. So the People did as he told them and dabbed hastily at the Glasseous Fibrus with Gunge.

But they were strange to the task and were not skilled in the use of Gunge, and some stuck to their hands and bodies and strands of Glasseous Fibrus stuck to the Gunge and verily they were soon much stuck up. And when the strands of Glasseous Fibrus stuck to the people they caused much itching and the people did dance and scratch themselves in great discomfort. But the people of the tribe of Bas were not easily to be beaten and they stuck with fortitude to the work until the domed roof was encased in solid Glasseous Fibrus, all save an opening through which the eye of Great Telescopum would see.

And they made two doors to cover the opening and put one on each side with wheels to move on rails of iron that the doors might open and close. And when they pushed the doors across the opening the edge of one did cover the edge of the other and no rain might get in. And the people watching cried “Behold, the doors shut, ah they shut, ah!” And henceforth the doors were called “Shutah”. Thus was the temple with a domed roof builded.

But one of the Elders whom men called Spondulics spake out saying, “there is still work which we must do before Great Telescopum can be put into the Temple with a domed roof. We shouldest plant low trees and bushes around Sight to hide the Temple from the eyes of unbelievers”. And O-Dela Lune made answer saying, “I knowest a place whence I can get many low trees and bushes” And verily he brought a forest to Sight. And again spake Spondulics saying “We shouldst now make a floor of wood inside the Temple with a domed roof for Konkrit is cold and will chill the feet of the people”.

Now when Sheerdrop the Tax Gatherer heard this his face grew long and pale, for wood cost many quidius and after paying for the Gunge for the domed roof his coffers were nigh unto empty. But Yet again spake up O-Dela Lune Saying “I knowest where there is wood enough to make a floor in the Temple. I will get it and make the floor”. Now the people marvelled at his words and said, “How is it that O-Dela Lune can get so many things so easily for which we would have to pay so many quidius?

We needed a fence and he gave us Chayne Lynx, we needed trees and bushes and he brought them to us. Now we needeth wood for a floor and he giveth it to us. Verily it is passing strange”. But Stevinus the Chief Priest remembered what O-Dela Lune had said when he brought the Chayne Lynx and answered the people saying, “Examine not the oral orifice of the Equus non costus, perchance these things fall from the backs of chariots”.

And the people knew not the meaning of his words but fell silent and asked no more. And Sheerdrop the Tax Gatherer did smile unto himself and rub his hands in secret joy.

Now at about this time the Elders of the tribe of Bas held council and Graimatta the Scroll keeper spake to them saying, “Soon Great Telescopum will be put into the Temple with a domed roof that we may see the wonders of the heavens of which we have heard tell. But how are we to know where we shouldst look”. At his words the Elders were silent for they were perplexed and knew not the answer.

But as they muttered amongst themselves Wiseowl the dealer in ancient scrolls spake sayings “Do not be afraid, for in a far off land across the sea there dwells a tribe which also hast a Temple with a domed roof, yea even mightier then the one we have builded in the land of Fai. I have heard that they knowest much of the wonders of the heavens, perchance they will sell to us one of their great scrolls. There is a messenger who travels across the sea to this land and his name is Geepio. Let us send word with him”.

So the Elders sent word with Geepio to the people of the far off land called Smithsonia, and when the people there heard of the need of the tribe of Bas, the people of Smithsonia replied saying, “What thou needest we canst sell thee”. And so it was that the Elders did buy for the tribe of Bas the Great Book of Sao, though their resources were sore taxed to raise the quidius.

Now the Elders, knowing that the Great Book of Sao had much value, desired a place wherein to keep it safe, and he of the sign of three legs and no tail spake saying “In the city there dwells a man whose name is Thorni and he has many iron boxes. I will go to this man and tell him of our needs and being a man of good nature he will surely give us an iron box in which we may keep the great book of Sao. So he of the sign of three legs and no tail did as he had said and Thorni sent answer to the Elders that they should Wait at the Temple with a domed roof, and an iron box would be put in a chariot and brought to them. And when the chariot bearing the iron box came to Sight and the Elders saw the iron box they cried out in a loud voice, “Rock the corvus, rock the corvus”. (The exact meaning of this unusual incantation is not known to the translator, but it is assumed to be an expression of great wonderment.)

Now the box was exceeding heavy and the people laboured mightily to put it inside the Temple where they hid it beneath the floor which O-Dela Lune was then building. And when it was in place O-De1a Lune did fashion a secret door in the floor above and the people said, “Now is the Great Book of Sao safe”. And henceforth they called the iron box “Safe”.

Whilst all these things were being done others of the Tribe did make a garden around the Temple with a domed roof wherein they might hold the secret ritual which they called “Meet Your watch”. (It is known that this ritual always took place at night and was timed to be held when the Moon was either absent from the sky or was low on the horizon. Despite much research however the translator has failed to determine its significance. A1l that has been established is that about a dozen members of the Tribe took part in the ritual at any one time and that the proceedings were interspersed with cries of “Yea”, “Now” and “Korlookatha”. The most likely explanation is that the ritual had some connection with the ceremony of changing the Temple Guard.)

And others laboured to build a road to Sight for the way was deep in mud . And when the people put stones into the mud they vanished in the mire and left no trace. Many chariots, heavy laden with stones were brought to Sight from the quarries of the land of Fai before the road has finished, and much Palus Alus was needed to revive the road builders.

And when all was finished Great Telescopum was brought forth from the storehouse of John of the Green Fingers and was taken up into Mount Ashtoneii in the land of Fai and was placed on the pillar of Konkrit in the Temple with a domed roof. And when all was ready the Elders of the tribe of Bas did gather together in the Temple and through the eye of Great Telescopum they beheld the wonders of the sky. And the people came and all marvelled at what they saw. And again the people of the tribe of Baa came to visit the people of the tribe of Bas, and with them came the Great One, Spreader of the Word and Raiser of the Brows, whom men gaited Patriarch Maximus. And Patriarch Maximus went with the people to the land of Fai to see the Temple with a domed roof, and when he saw all that they had done

he praised them and they were much pleased.

And together they went down from Mount Ashtoneii in great joy to the place called flowering Bushes where they feasted and made merry.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE (in order of appearance) 

JAMAUS THE CHIEF PRIEST - JIM ASHTON (Chairman)

JOHN OF THE GREEN FINGERS - JOHN GARDNER

SWINDINAE - CYRIL SWINDIN

HE OF THE SIGN OF THREE LEGS AND NO TAIL - ALAN QUIRK

HERBERTICUS - VYRNWY HERBERT

GORDONUS - GORDON JONES

STEVINUS THE NEEDLE BEARER - STEVE PINE

GRAIMATTA THE SCROLLKEEPER - MAURICE BRAIN (Librarian)

JOHN THE TINKER - JOHN PEDLAR

SHEERDROP THE TAX-GATHERER - CLIFF MARTIN (Treasurer)

TIMBAFELLA THE SCRIBE - GEORGE WOODMAN (Secretary)

TOMUS - TOM WATKINS

PATRIARCH MAXIMUS - PATRICK MOORE

O-DELA LUNE - BILL CLARE

KRYS THE GRAVY MAKER - CHRIS BROWNING

SPONDULICS - JOHN MONEY

WISEOWL - BOB GILBERT (Antiquarian Book Dealer Wiseowl Bookshop)

GEEPIO - GENERAL POST OFFICE

THORNI - THORNE & SON (Safes and Security Systems)