If you’ve been reading the account of Frederick Keynton, early twentieth century Landlord of the Black Dog at Broadmayne, you’ll remember that his father, George, was a Foreman with GWR’s locomotive division at Weymouth, but in 1892 George Keynton changed tack. He moved to become the Landlord of the Black Dog in Broadmayne – still… Read more The Black Dog and a Slew of Christmas Weddings [Part 2]
Everyone at Dorset History Centre would like to wish all of our customers and blog-readers a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year! — A reminder that Dorset History Centre is open the following days during the festive season: Wednesday 27th December Thursday 28th December Friday 29th December — Wednesday 3rd January Thursday 4th… Read more Merry Christmas!
Christmas Day weddings were common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as this was one of the few days off granted to working people, and on Christmas Day, 25 December 1863, George Edward Smith, engine fitter, married Sarah Lester at Swindon, Wiltshire. And so begins a story, threaded through with Christmases, which we uncovered because… Read more The Black Dog and a Slew of Christmas Weddings [Part 1]
Our new Reprographics Assistant Tara has been getting her hands on a collection of glass plates, and has been fascinated by what she has found… — When I started my job here, I learned of a collection of glass plates that had been donated to DHC and that were part way through being digitised. Having… Read more A Glass Plate Mystery
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