A previous Artswork Media student had given me the name of a local landlady, who was very helpful during his personal project. I decided I would visit Stanton Drew to complete a recce and talk to her about the possibility of using her pub – The Druids Arms to film in and find out whether either herself or one of her regulars would be willing to volunteer to tell the Stanton Drew story to camera for me at some point.
On our arrival (after taking a few wrong turns) we found ‘The Druids Arms Pub’, I noticed on the wall the previous landlady Trish had left and the pub was now being ran by someone else. The new landlord came across very cheerful and friendly so I asked him whether he would be interested or knew of someone that would be willing to help me. He informed me that recently they have discovered Stanton Drew’s Stone Circles are around 10000 years older than Stonehenge and therefore the Stanton Drew story has been confirmed a myth. He told me that he wasn’t sure about the story, but one lady in the village might be able to help me so he took my number and said he would get in contact after speaking with her.
Moving on from the pub Sam and I visited the Stone Circles, where I took the opportunity to take a few pictures and make some notes in order to complete a recce.
Feeling a little disappointed with the result of not finding a contributor we decided to visit the village church, to see if I could find anyone there who would be able to help me, unfortunately there wasn’t; however I did managed to find the Stanton Drew Parish magazine, which listed all the local contacts of different groups and associations.
Reading through the magazine I found a small piece on the Stone Circles with a name and number to contact for further information on the latest report. I followed this lead and managed to speak to a lady called Elizabeth. After explaining my project to her she told me to ring back tomorrow and I would be able to speak to her husband who would possibly help me, either by contributing himself or putting me in contact with someone else.
Hopefully I will get to speak to Gordon (Elizabeth’s husband) and I will be able to feature the story within my documentary as originally planned.
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