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Was our neighbour really Royal?

We had both moved into adjacent new houses, but our neighbour was about 20 years older than us and quite haughty. After a while we became friendly and she asked me to photograph an antique chair she intended to sell. Read more »

Posted by MV on 09/02/2021
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A Christmas Sunrise Surprise

Spectacular sunrises and sunsets often leave us elated: even more so in times as emotional as today. philip explains some of the science behind our memorable experiences.   It was still early and I was in the kitchen, making cups Read more »

Posted by MV on 09/02/2021
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The Mother of all Pageants

Pageants were a phenomenon that brought people together long before cinema and TV. Margery Hookings has been looking at a new collections of films and memorabilia that hopes to bring the whole pageant phenomenon to a wider audience.   Imagine Read more »

Posted by MV on 09/02/2021
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Impressions of a Landscape

How the Marshwood Vale inspired the work of two great artists. The hamlet of Hewood sits almost organically in its surrounding landscape, tucked neatly into the folds of the valley. Trees caress its sides, softening the edges of buildings and Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/01/2021
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Stonehenge keeps Growing

I normally write about this topic for the Winter Solstice, but missed it last year. However I can now wish readers a Better and Happy New Year! Stonehenge is growing mainly in our knowledge, due to modern archaeological methods and Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/01/2021
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The Drift Road – a lost village workshop

The Dorset Diggers Community Archaeology Group was set up in 2012 to work in the community to facilitate the study of Dorset’s deeper past. That means that we are not just a hobby group, but to actively engage local communities Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/01/2021
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Working for a Better Future

Back in November, Margery Hookings invited community leaders in towns in and around the Marshwood Vale to tell readers about their hopes and plans for 2021. After a year dominated by coronavirus, all of us are looking forward to a Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/01/2021
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

I am sure he would have joined me in wishing you a very Happy Christmas. Agatha Christie wrote a novel entitled Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, produced in 1938, but this article is about her first published novel, published 100 years ago Read more »

Posted by MV on 05/12/2020
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19 Silver Linings

A Dorset village in lockdown In August of this year, Jess Morency began writing a blog about life in her village during the pandemic, which has since attracted more than 5,000 views. She tells us how the idea for it Read more »

Posted by MV on 05/12/2020
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A century of sights and sounds

As Windrose Rural Media Trust’s digitisation project, A Century of Sights and Sounds, continues to add old film and audio to the archive, Margery Hookings speaks to members of the team about their work. In the good old days before Read more »

Posted by MV on 05/12/2020
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