Heritage Officer Gifts

Planner at work.

'I think we're losing sight of out roots.'

'Forget what?'

'Sometimes I wish we'd never told him he was adopted.'

"...We've traced your lineage all the way back to a 15th-century East European Count."

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Don't you sometimes worry that if they do give us our stuff back we'll lose some of the sense of grievance that's so crucial to our cultural identity?"

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

Baby car seat for a Native American.

'I've just discovered that one of my ancestors was a Security Goose for the Roman Army...'

Architects and Engineers - Restoration of old Buildings.

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

Scot country dancing,

"He's retreated into nationalism."

"No, we won't take Greek relic instead!"

'Daddy says, 'Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won't drown'. Well, let's just hope social services don't hear about this.'

"Just a moment, please. I would like my mother's maiden name included."

"Some of my peonies go back to 1872."

Archeological find in the Myanmar jungle.

"My only hope is that future generations honor this day of independence with a huge one-day sale."

Notre Dame Fire

"My family's been working this land for at least 400 years...!"

'It's a coat of arms, not a logo.'

"Your DNA test came back – you're 49% from the Amazon, 49% from the Caribbean, and 2% from some plastics plant in Texas."

"My pappy built this shell with his bare claws. I'll be damned if some freeloader moves in."

Keeper giving Lords best position for shooting

oh no - here comes the national trust again...

"Have they no shame?"

"I'm sorry son, but one day all this will be yours."

'So what do you do?'