In the Dorset History Centre Frampton of Moreton collection there is an 1854 letter from Henry Frampton seeking advice on how to deal with a local farm labourer, John House, who had been charged with vagrancy. To understand the context of the letter we need first to back-track to find out who John House was.… Read more The ‘removal’ of John House from Affpuddle
Due to the changing world in 2020, Dorset History Centre took the decision to increase the volume and frequency of our blog content so as our readers have something interesting to read on a regular basis. We currently produce two blogs a week, on a variety of content highlighting the work we are still doing,… Read more Dorset History Centre Needs You!
At DHC our trained volunteers are usually collecting oral history interviews and we are usually working with several community projects which are planning a project or recording. However, with the advent of Covid these activities ceased. We have followed advice from the Oral History Society and The British Library and have thrown the efforts of remote volunteers into transcription and analysis. The volunteers have done… Read more To Record or Not to Record…
The sewing structure of a book is mostly invisible and, unlike a decorative cover or marble endpaper, is rarely noticed or admired. However, it is the keystone upon which the rest of the binding is made. Choose an inappropriate style, materials or tension and the lifespan of the book will be greatly shortened. This blog… Read more The techniques that bind us!
In the local studies library at the Dorset History Centre you can find a large collection of journals. These journals are packed with fascinating articles and are often an underused resource. In this new series of blogs we will be highlighting some of the interesting articles within them! This is the fifth in our series… Read more The Journals of DHC: 1940s
This is the second instalment in our blog series about the non-conformist reverend James McClune Uffen and the diary he kept of his Journey from Dorchester to New Zealand in 1911. You can read the first part here. This blog will look at the ship’s first stop, animal sightings and how they celebrated Coronation day.… Read more Reverend Uffen’s Leaving Dorset! (Part 2)
Chichester “Indeed Repentance oft I swore”! groaned the Elephant, as he struggled to raise a very pink bald head from the pillow. Geoffrey had no one to talk to. – so on the whole was lucky! We bade each other a somewhat bleak au revoir and wished each other a Happy and Sober New Year!… Read more “In Search of Christmas in England”: 28th December
And the day after! It was not so hard after all to lift the head from the pillow, – for in the words of the wise Elephant “If the wine is good – there is no evil aftermath”! and the wine was certainly good. I had been promised a day seeing as much as possible… Read more “In Search of Christmas in England”: 27th December
Boxing Day was misty and inclined to a fine drizzle. We pottered round Corfe Castle for a short time and then decided we would seek pastures new at all costs. “I can’t stand another damp meal” said Jumbo, “and “Bridget” nearly wept all over me again early this morning when she brought tea”! So we… Read more “In Search of Christmas in England”: 26th December
The Main Street We walked around the old town and peered into the small country shop windows and bought – at least Mouse bought some more Christmas Cards, – feeling they were a sheer necessity at this eleventh hour, if only to put inside her own woolly boots! I shall never know why we didn’t… Read more “In Search of Christmas in England”: 25th December
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