50% rise in visitors marks ‘exceptional year’ for Purbeck Mining Museum
VISITOR numbers at a Purbeck museum increased by 50% in a year. The work of volunteers at the Purbeck Mining…
Talk will reveal how gladiators might have fought in Dorset…
A CHISELLED man, complete with weapons, faces off against a snarling wild beast as thousands of enraptured fans look…
Train driver marks 53rd anniversary of last British Rail trains to Swanage with historic journey
ONE man experienced a full-circle moment after he returned to drive a steam train out of Swanage on the…
Victorian steam locomotive set to ‘whistle off’ in Swanage on New Year’s Day
A UNIQUE Victorian locomotive in Swanage, alongside other heritage locomotives across the UK, will sound its whistle on New…
Plaque to honour school boys who died in mine accident on Swanage Beach 70 years on
“YOU just can’t comprehend something like this happening now.” Those are the words of former-Forres School boy Seb Warner, now…
Where you can get your special Poppy Appeal pint glass in aid of the RBL
MANY of us – in our unruly teenage years perhaps – may have taken a pint glass we liked…
Here’s your chance to visit Dorset Museum – completely NAKED
AN unusual – and possibly rather chilly – trip to Dorset Museum is taking place on September 17 that…
Cannon fire to once again ring out around Corfe Castle
HISTORY is coming to life at Corfe Castle next weekend. The 11th century castle will host a dramatic re-enactment of ‘The…
Piece of Thomas Hardy history back in Dorset after two decades across the Atlantic
A PIECE of Dorset’s literary heritage has returned to the county after it went up for sale in the…
Earl of Abergavenny: Wordsworth, waves and missing chests of silver off the Dorset coast…
ON February 5, 1805, stormy weather was battering the Dorset coast. Among those struggling to navigate the rough seas was…