September 2019

Desertion, Drinks and a Diarist

Volume 9 of Hutchin’s Extra Illustrated is the thinnest volume of the series, but still has plenty of interesting additions! The first item we wanted to mention was a cartoon entitled ‘A trip from Wareham to Uxbridge by Worcester, or, Many a slip between the cup and the lip’. There have been several political cartoons… Read more Desertion, Drinks and a Diarist

Work Experience and Herrison Hospital

Earlier in the year Dorset History Centre had two work experience students join us for a month. In the second of three blogs they have written, Maddie talks us through her experience… — As part of my second year of Museum Studies at Reading University, I undertook a work placement at DHC, in particular indexing… Read more Work Experience and Herrison Hospital

Tough Grades: Conserving the Railway Plans

In a previous blog, our volunteer Clare discussed working on the ‘grade 2’ railway plans, and explained how the conservation grading system works. Here, Jenny, our Conservator, takes us through what is required for those plans graded 3 and 4, those with significant damage or active deterioration. — Of the original 132 railway plans, there… Read more Tough Grades: Conserving the Railway Plans

Work Experience and Dorset Heritage Week

Earlier in the year Dorset History Centre had two work experience students join us for a month. In this blog, Sarah talks us through her experience… — Throughout July I was lucky enough to complete a work placement at the Dorset History Centre. I have studied the different aspects of archiving including public services, cataloguing… Read more Work Experience and Dorset Heritage Week

Death of a Sailor-man (and other tales from the Coroners of Poole)

Having looked at taxes last month, this month we will shift our attention to look at the other half of that famous expression… deaths! Dorset History Centre holds parish burial registers for 300 different parishes around Dorset, but what if your ancestor met an unnatural death that had to be investigated? Whilst we hold recent… Read more Death of a Sailor-man (and other tales from the Coroners of Poole)