How Swanage shrugged off its industrial past to become a holiday destination…
By Sara Niven. SWANAGE’S place as an attractive seaside destination may seem obvious now. But for decades, the town’s industrial history…
At last it’s Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at @sixtyone. The shop is now ready for the festive season…
Fancy a cocktail?
THE cocktail ring was originally designed during Prohibition in the 1920’s when women were becoming more independent, having been…
Is your garden winter ready?
THE weather has turned and Jack Frost is very much in town. So what should we be doing to make…
Hospital X-ray department set for £255,000 makeover thanks to friends
A DEPARTMENT at Wimborne’s Victoria Hospital will undergo a major £255,000 revamp next year, it has been announced. The radiology…
Wholefoods’ move to ‘brighter’ store
A POPULAR Wareham shop has moved to bigger and better premises. The town’s Court Leet led a special opening ceremony…
Fire safety reminder to businesses in the final run-up to Christmas
FIREFIGHTERS are urging businesses to check their risk assessments and safety procedures in the final run-up to Christmas to…
Still time to enter Christmas lights competition – but don’t delay!
Businesses and households are being urged to do their bit to brighten up Swanage this Christmas. Swanage Chamber of Trade…
Wimborne estate agent marking 75 years serving the town on property
MANAGING the estate of Lord Wimborne led to 75 years of one estate agent serving the people of Wimborne. In…
Moves to reparations are continuing
The American writer and civil rights crusader, James Baldwin, said “History is not the past. It is the present….