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
Through four weeks in June and July 2023, Dorset History Centre hosted two students on work experience placements. During this month, they were given the opportunity to learn about what DHC does and how we work. In this blog, Molly gives us her thoughts on the placement… — Hi there! My name is Molly Butcher… Read more Work Experience 2023: Molly’s experience
Through four weeks in June and July 2023, Dorset History Centre hosted two students on work experience placements. During this month, they were given the opportunity to learn about what DHC does and how we work. In this blog, Ben gives us his thoughts on the placement… — Hi, I’m Ben Corben-Hale, a history student… Read more Work Experience 2023: Ben’s experience
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
At DHC we are fortunate to hold many hours of film and video footage featuring Dorset places, events and people form yesteryear. Much of this fantastic history is on formats we no longer have the equipment to play. And the pool of people with the expertise and equipment to transfer original formats to digital is… Read more The Fun of Old Film
If you have visited the Dorset History Centre during June and spent time in the reception area you may have seen the display showcasing some of the many tools, and a few commonly used materials, that can be found in the conservation studio. Our Conservator explains more… — Some of the tools may look familiar,… Read more Conservation tools: a handy gadget to have
June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have previously shared with you various blogs charting some of the challenges in identifying members of the GRT community in historical records. This week we wanted to share the memories of Jean Matthews, a member of the GRT community, about her life at Heavenly Bottom.… Read more Heavenly Bottom: Memories of Jean Matthews (part 2)
June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have already shared with you various blogs charting some of the challenges in identifying members of the GRT community in historical records. This week we wanted to share the memories of Jean Matthews, a member of the GRT community, about her life at Heavenly Bottom…… Read more Heavenly Bottom: Memories of Jean Matthews (part 1)
Throughout June we have shared with you some of the different problems you might encounter when researching your Gypsy Romany Traveller ancestors, and tried to explain why these problems might exist. In the fourth and final part of these blogs, our volunteer has offered one final place you might want to search to find out… Read more Researching Travellers in Newspapers
In our previous blogs we have introduced you to some of the problems when looking for names of Gypsy, Romany and Traveller ancestors, as well as some of the issues of searching through the censuses. In this blog, our volunteer has taken a look at some of the problems the censuses had when recording occupations…… Read more What do you do? The occupations of Gypsy Romany Travellers
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