Dorset exhibition to illustrate summers through history

People who love looking at photos from bygone eras won’t want to miss a one day exhibition being held at the Dorset History Centre this Saturday 17 August.

Included is a picture of the Bankes family – who lived at Kingston Lacy, just outside Wimborne.

The free exhibition at the centre on Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RP from 10am–3pm will include images drawn from a wide range of archive collections illustrating summers in Dorset over the last 150 years.

There will also a display of more contemporary Dorset photography from the Dorchester Camera Club – itself nearly 90 years old.

And to link with the Dorset Cider festival in the town’s Borough Gardens, there is a film of old-time cider drinkers at ‘Will’s Surgery’.

For more information about the Dorset History Centre visit https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/dorset-history-centre