"RUMORS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED "
I DID HAVE A SERIOUS SCARE A LITTLE WHILE AGO BUT A PATCH OF COW PERICARDIUM OVER A TEAR INSIDE MY HEART SEEMS TO HAVE DONE THE JOB. I AM NOT NOW GIFTED WITH SUPER HUMAN COW POWERS (MOO!) BUT I AM NOT IN THAT COLD DARK HOLE IN THE GROUND EITHER.
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MIGHT READ ON SOME OF THE REENACTOR BOARDS I CONTINUE TO MAKE TINWARE AND I HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF GENUINE COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED DIPPED TIN INCLUDING SOME OF THE LAST "COKED" TIN TO LEAVE ENGLAND IN THE 1960s.