World postcard day is coming up on the 1st October and here at Dorset History Centre, we continue to be intrigued by our growing collection. A deltiologist’s dream, it incorporates virtually the entire history of this most fascinating medium. Although the post office first introduced their own pre-stamped cards for short messages in 1870, it… Read more World Postcard Day
In the summer we were joined by Debbie, as our new Past Lives Future Proofed Community Engagement Officer. We’ve given her a couple of months to get to grips with the role and learn about how DHC works, and now we wanted to introduce her to readers, and explain a little more about what she… Read more Introducing Debbie
Back in April Dorset History Centre was awarded £603,777 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to begin to develop a project which will result in the expansion of our repositories, the re-shaping of the public entrance to the building, and a whole range of outreach and engagement activities. Since then things have been busy, as… Read more Past Lives, Future Proofed (1)
Dorset is unsurprisingly rich in maritime heritage given its multiple bays, harbours and coastline that stretches for close to 100 miles. However, that heritage is comprised of a mixed bag of fortunes and we have a newly catalogued box of images of shipwrecks that have occurred along our coast (D-DPA/2/WY/2/9). These are heavily concentrated around… Read more The Avalanche and the Forest
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