Over the past few weeks, Alastair Nisbet has explained how the Children of World War II project was born, researched, and marketed. In the final part of this small series, today he explains what the legacy of the project has been… — In her stories Jean talks about dancing the Palais Glide along the promenade… Read more Children of World War II – Dancing the Palais Glide
Over the last two weeks Alastair Nisbet has explained how the Children of World War II project took shape. This week he explains what the next step was for the project… — A vital part of any project is getting your work to the audience. In our case getting people listening to our audio dramas quickly… Read more Children of World War II – Getting it out there
Last week we introduced you to the Children of World War II project. If you missed that blog, go and have a read of it here. This week, Alistair Nisbet explains how the project evolved… — Eighty years on, the children from our four schools had a lot to learn. In stepped a wonderful team… Read more Children of World War II – Turning recollections into audio drama
One of Dorset History Centre’s latest accessions is the eight part audio drama series Children of World War Two and the research behind it, including more than five hours of oral histories that went into producing it. At the time of writing more than 5200 episodes of the drama have been streamed. In the first of… Read more Children of World War II – How to make a drama about the Home Front
May is Local History Month, and we wanted to open our blog up to some of the many local institutions which are around Dorset during the month, so that they can tell you more about themselves. We start with Blandford Fashion Museum… — Did you know that Blandford Fashion Museum is currently one of the… Read more Blandford Fashion Museum
On Wednesday 30 April 2025 we will be hosting the first of an ongoing series of short talks about some of the fascinating records within the archives at Dorset History Centre. So what’s going on? Once a month Dorset History Centre will be hosting a short talk about some of our records led by one… Read more Join us for “From the Stacks”
History students from Bournemouth University have been working with local volunteers, Talbot Village Trust, and Dorset History Centre to explore Talbot Village’s hidden past. Final year History students from Bournemouth University have been working with grant-giving charity Talbot Village Trust and a group of local volunteers to create a new exhibition celebrating Talbot Village’s unique… Read more Talbot Village’s hidden history explored in new Bournemouth University exhibition
Every box in DHC’s repositories is a remnant of a human experience – from farm accounts to heartfelt diaries. So it’s no wonder that writers, including our supporter Minette Walters, find inspiration in the archives and put fingers to keys to retell stories of times long past. Read on to find out how Sue Ashby,… Read more Historical Plays set in North Dorset
History will be made on the streets of Poole this month with the first performances of SALT, the town’s first community play. With a community cast of around 100 actors and musicians aged nine to 86, as well as many more who have been making props and costumes, building sets and will help with the… Read more SALT: A Community Play for Poole
In March, Dorset Archives Trust held a series of lectures relating to Thomas Hardy, exploring different themes of his life, his work and his interests. The lectures were held to help fund-raise for our Thomas Hardy project and to demonstrate the multi-faceted nature of one of Dorset’s most famous sons. Dorset Archives Trust Vice-Chair, Sara… Read more The Hardy Lectures
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