Fundraiser for stained glass window in memory of Purbeck WW2 RAF pilots
TWO veterans of the Second World War are giving a talk to raise money for a commemorative stained glass…
Attenborough Sea Monster fossil on display as museum reopens
FOSSIL fans rejoice as the skull from Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster is back on display in Dorset. The…
Former Wren Kathleen remembers service on International Women’s Day
“INTELLIGENT and cheerful, proving to be a willing and accurate bomb range marker. A co-operative and loyal Wren.” Those were…
Mary Anning’s Dorset discoveries honoured on new stamps
DORSET’S iconic palaeontologist – Mary Anning – is being honoured in a new collection of stamps. The Royal Mail has…
Mayor unveils new panels detailing historic Dorchester sites
A SERIES of new information boards give visitors and residents an insight into the history of Dorchester locations. Mayor of…
Up to £300,000 needed to excavate Attenborough dinosaur body
MORE work is needed to excavate the giant dinosaur fossil that featured in a…
Last living resident of village that ‘died for England’ returns – at the age of 99
THE last person to have been born and raised in a now-deserted Purbeck village has made a final visit…
‘Is Swanage dull?’ The question that’s been asked for 100 years!
HAVE you ever wondered what Swanage was like 100 years ago? We’ve examined a copy of the Swanage Times &…
Open weekend at Dorset’s family history research centre
PEOPLE tracing their family history can get some help and advice at a special open day event next month. On…
Special event in Dorchester to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
HOLOCAUST Memorial Day (HMD) will be marked with a special event in Dorchester next week (January 26). On January 27,…