Controversial time remembered as retired Dorset railwayman greets train
The last Corfe Castle signalman from 1972 was back on the platform to greet a…
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Iron Age roundhouse project for Hengistbury Head
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre staff and volunteers are hoping permission will be granted for a…
The Regent Centre celebrates 90 years in Christchurch
Christchurch’s Regent Centre will celebrate its 90th birthday on Boxing Day with a free film…
Victorian Christmas cards on view at Museum of East Dorset
For a little piece of nostalgia to put you in the mood for Christmas take…
Shedding light on two men named Thomas Hardy
The Dorset History Centre in Dorchester has purchased items relating to the writer Thomas Hardy…
Castletown at War event on this weekend
After a two-year break, the Castletown at War event is back on Portland this weekend.
Poole commemorates the importance of Philip Henry Gosse
A blue plaque was unveiled on 24 September to highlight the importance of Philip Henry…
Museum of East Dorset hosts History Festival
One of the venues for the Wimborne History Festival, which takes place this weekend, is…
Sir Ernest Kaye Le Fleming exhibition at Museum of East Dorset
A resident of Wimborne, Ernest Kaye Le Fleming was a local GP, gifted photographer, pioneer…
Wimborne History Festival back for 2021
The festival on 4 and 5 September will take visitors on a two-day, 200-year journey…