Controversial time remembered as retired Dorset railwayman greets train
The last Corfe Castle signalman from 1972 was back on the platform to greet a 50th anniversary train marking a controversial moment in time.
The last Corfe Castle signalman from 1972 was back on the platform to greet a 50th anniversary train marking a controversial moment in time.
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre staff and volunteers are hoping permission will be granted for a roundhouse.
Christchurch’s Regent Centre will celebrate its 90th birthday on Boxing Day with a free film showing and a programme of events on 8 and 9 January.
For a little piece of nostalgia to put you in the mood for Christmas take a trip to the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne during December.
The Dorset History Centre in Dorchester has purchased items relating to the writer Thomas Hardy and Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy.
After a two-year break, the Castletown at War event is back on Portland this weekend.
A blue plaque was unveiled on 24 September to highlight the importance of Philip Henry Gosse – Poole’s ‘David Attenborough’ of 170 years ago.
One of the venues for the Wimborne History Festival, which takes place this weekend, is the Museum of East Dorset.
A resident of Wimborne, Ernest Kaye Le Fleming was a local GP, gifted photographer, pioneer of motoring, collector of antiques and local historian.
The festival on 4 and 5 September will take visitors on a two-day, 200-year journey back to life in Georgian Wimborne.
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