Restored Victorian locomotive rolls in to new home at Swanage Railway
A VICTORIAN steam locomotive that has taken six years and £650,000 to restore to full working order has rolled…
A VICTORIAN steam locomotive that has taken six years and £650,000 to restore to full working order has rolled…
DORSET’S history centre has been handed a £35,000 grant to help preserve the archives of author Thomas Hardy. The Dorset…
A FORMER military hospital in Dorchester could be developed to create three homes, if plans are approved. Plans submitted to…
A VICTORIAN locomotive has moved under its own steam for the first time in 75 years after a £500,000,…
ICONIC aircraft of World War II will take to Dorset skies once again next month. The Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster…
TRAINS and beer will be on offer at a special event this month. Swanage Railway is set to host its…
By Neill Child, Wareham Museum volunteer. “It was a rather noteworthy country town…it wore its antiquity with a sort of…
By Sara Niven. In the third and final part of our look at a new book on the history of…
By Sara Niven. SWANAGE’S place as an attractive seaside destination may seem obvious now. But for decades, the town’s industrial history…
By Sara Niven. FROM stone and spa to steam – and everything in between – the history and mixed fortunes…