As part of his passion for physics, Purbeck School Sixth Form Student Max de Wit has been undertaking research on AEE Winfrith and helping Dorset History Centre to develop the historical record for the site. Recently, Max had the privilege of recording an oral history with Ian Upshall, whose working career was centred in the… Read more Cutting Edge Scientific Research in the Heart of Hardy’s “Blasted Heath”
‘Times have changed from the Times they used to be; people don’t care about us much now. I’ve been thinking we must be almost the last left in the country of the old String players; Barrel-organs, and they things next door to ‘em that you blow with your foot [ Harmoniums!] have come in terrible… Read more The Hardy Family Music Manuscript Books
In a previous blog post, we introduced you to the author John Fowles, and gave you some background on his life, as well as his interest in Lyme Regis and genealogy. — Mary Anning One family missing from the list of Lyme families given in the previous post was the Anning family. The palaeontologist Mary… Read more John Fowles (Part 2)
While the summer of 2022 has been a memorable one, having broken record levels of heat across England and Wales, the summer of 1930 proved to be greatly significant for the Bournemouth Division of Girl Guides after the movement secured fourteen acres of the Ancient Camp of Dudsbury from its then owner, Lord Wimborne. The… Read more The Dudsbury Guides and their link to the past
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