In June 1904 Col. W. F. Cody, aka ‘Buffalo Bill’ and his Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders Show appeared in Dorchester for one day only. The advert, shown below, appeared in the Southern Times on 28th May 1904 advertising the forthcoming show. It details the many attractions of the show, such as; ‘An… Read more The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 1)
Are you a budding gardener with some CD cases lying around your house? Before she left us, our Digital Archives Trainee got very creative with a fun project to turn CD cases into a DIY greenhouse! — At Dorset History Centre, I have been working to preserve all the CD-Rs in the DHC collection by… Read more Build your own CD greenhouse!
Easter is a time to celebrate new life. The dormant cold of winter has given way to the burst of colour that we so gratefully cherish every spring from the gorgeous daffodils, snowdrops and tulips to the bouncing lambs seen in the fields and the iconic emblem of the Easter Bunny- a beloved creature leaving… Read more An Easter Tail
Hello! My name’s Eimear and I started working at the Dorset History Centre at the beginning of 2021 as a Digital Archives Trainee. I’ve been here thanks to The National Archives Bridging the Digital Gap Programme which aims to increase digital skills in the archives sector but sadly my fifteen-month traineeship has come to an… Read more Goodbye from our Digital Archives Trainee
Could you imagine the song of French birds in Cattistock? The estate-name Chantmarle is formed of a surname deriving from a French place-name ‘sing blackbird’. Brog Street in Sleight, Corfe Mullen, was found to be on the line of a Roman road or strǣt – a demonstration that place-names can be significant for archaeology. Cancer… Read more The Survey of English Place-Names: Dorset – congratulations are in order!
The village of Broadwindsor in Dorset well and truly put itself on the map with the culmination of a community project led by Windrose Rural Media Trust. Artist Megan Edwards created an interpretive map as part of The Place I Love, which celebrates the local landscape and rural heritage. The project included field names research,… Read more Broadwindsor: The Place I Love
It is unknown how long the custom of April Fools has been popular. But it’s safe to say this day of practical jokes ignites everyone’s mischievous streak! Delving into the newspaper archive has revealed a Victorian perspective to the historical and cultural reasoning for the jokes and japes that occur on the 1st of April,… Read more A Fool’s Education
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