The public is being invited to travel back in time and board an evocative ‘1970s Express’ live music steam train celebrating the 40th anniversary of the award-winning Swanage Railway’s re-birth back in 1976.
An authentic replica of 1950s Wimborne, with its diminutive buildings and tiny shop window displays, Wimborne Model Town has been attracting and charming visitors for decades.
A new £500,000 level crossing at Norden Gates was used for the first time on 11 June when two late-1960s-built Class 50 British Rail express heritage diesel locomotives hauled a train containing some 450 passengers from Derby to Swanage.
With such a huge decision for the country to make on Thursday, 23 June 2016, the EU Referendum campaigns are being stepped up locally.
Jennie Deavin, a Bournemouth hotelier, celebrated 45 years in hospitality by partying with some of her many ‘protégés.’
The National Trust team at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne have welcomed some new arrivals.
The 2016 European Football Championships will begin shortly and those wanting to purchase last-minute tickets are likely to be targeted by fraudsters posing as official sellers.
Activities for this Sunday’s birthday celebrations on 12 June for Her Majesty the Queen have just stepped up a notch in Ringwood as two well-known celebrities will be on site during the event in the town’s Market Square.
With just days to go until the first New Forest Arts Festival starts this weekend, around 60 guests attended the festival launch yesterday (7 June) and had a chance to meet some of the artists.
