The archives hold a wealth of information on homemade remedies and recipes to save money during these trying times; from making your own cheese, biscuits, cakes, and sweets to your own cold remedies… (a disclaimer – while some are interesting insights into how ailments were treated in the past we would not recommend all)! There… Read more Tightening the purse strings – Money saving tips from the archives!
Welcome to the fourth part of our series exploring the history of Icen Cottage, Fordington. In previous blogs, we have introduced you to the cottage, shown you some of the earliest documents relating to the cottage, and discussed some of the problems when trying to identify the people who lived in the cottage. This time,… Read more Icen Cottage – George Cull
While it is true that this iconic Christmas carol would begin and end with a partridge in a pear tree, the truth is Dorset possess their own interpretation. The evidence of this fact is backed up in “Dorsetshire Folk-Lore” by John Symonds Udal, on (page 80) where the carol begins and ends with “a sprig… Read more The 12 Days of Dorset Christmas!
This is the fifth and final part of our series of blogs looking into the life of the author John Fowles through the records we hold here at Dorset History Centre. In previous posts, we have introduced you to the author John Fowles, his interest in Mary Anning, his life in and around Lyme Regis, and… Read more John Fowles (Part 5)
It’s that time of year when we’re all writing lists of some kind or another. Whether it’s scribbled on a piece of paper, typed on to a mobile phone or sent up the chimney there will be lists everywhere. There will be: – Christmas cards to send. What we want from Santa. What they want… Read more It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
As the festive season gets underway we take a look at a most unique British art form, The Pantomime (oh no we don’t!) The pantomime began its golden age in the nineteenth century, but its origins can be traced back to the Italian tradition known as ‘Commedia dell’ Arte’, a type of travelling street theatre.… Read more It’s Behind You!
This is the third blog on the history of Icen Cottage in Fordington. In our previous blog concerning Icen Cottage we mentioned a bundle of documents concerning the transfer of the Copyhold of a cottage and garden in Fordington known as Dolls Hole and later as Icen Cottage. In that blog we wrote about Ambrose… Read more Icen Cottage – The Masters Family – Too Many John Masters!
In previous posts, we have introduced you to the author John Fowles, his interest in Mary Anning, and his life in and around Lyme Regis. In this, the fourth part of a five part series, volunteer Graham has looked further into Fowles’ interest in Lyme and the community… — Lyme Regis: places and people In… Read more John Fowles (Part 4)
In two previous blogs we looked at the excitement surrounding Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Dorchester in 1904 before it arrived; and then how the day of the show unfolded. As seen in the previous two blogs the Dorset County Chronicle reported extensively on the show, detailing its arrival, the show itself and its… Read more The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 3)
This is the second blog on the history of Icen Cottage in Fordington, looking at the earliest documents we hold concerning the cottage. If you have missed the first blog, giving an introduction to Icen Cottage, we’d recommend you give that a read first! In the collection of Andrews, Son and Huxtable Solicitors of Dorchester… Read more Icen Cottage – The Earliest Documents
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