Category: Local History

St Basil’s mysterious,extraordinary font

The allure of a mysterious Saxon font in Toller Fratrum’s tiny church has fascinated artists for a century, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy n 1934, the...

Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Forty years on: the Bourton Village Video

A window to 1983 – a time when the village suffered endless traffic jams, but there were two pubs and two shops … and...

Shaftesbury | Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

A 60s trip to the seaside | POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a pair of suitably holiday-themed postcards of the coast - both having been sent by children in the...

A century ago in Sherborne : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen century-old postcards of Cheap Street and what was then the Ladies College in Sherborne… Sent to Miss L Sharp...

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Dorset’s master of strings

Dorset luthier Jeremy Walsh on listening to the wood, a double bass jigsaw, holding a $15m Stradivarius and Friday night rave music In his self-built...
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Winterborne Stickland | Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

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