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Life after Lockdown – Part 2

Continuing her series of observations from those looking at what we may have learned from lockdown, Margery Hookings hears from more local people. Jo Neary, Team Vicar/PIoneer Priest Beaminster Area Team, wife and mother of three My first reflection is Read more »

Posted by MV on 03/07/2020
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Abbotsbury

Abbotsbury is an historic village. It is an interesting village, worth visiting again when the “shut down” is over, with attractions for all ages. The oldest history of Abbotsbury is passed as you proceed to it from the west on Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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Balloons and Confetti

Despite media focus on fears for the elderly and those in Care Homes, there is another side to the story. Susan Blacklock has seen bunting, fairy lights, positive acceptance and ‘stern stuff’. Coronovirus has created a level of fear amongst Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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Beer Quarry Caves

Temporarily shut by Coronavirus pandemic – join us when we open If curses could kill the coronavirus would be long dead. I’ve contacted an ancient Irish poet friend and asked him to get out his great book of Ulster Curses, Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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Dance on the Wyld Side

Sue Kirkpatrick, a musician with Wyld Morris, explains a tradition that sees dancers greet the dawn On Wednesday evenings, in the darkest wettest depths of the English winter, a heavy rhythmic thumping echoes through the dense and otherwise silent gloom Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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Lifelines

A community initiative for wildlife corridors in the Char Valley. By Owen Day and John Blanchard As we emerge gradually from the lockdown, many of us are wondering what kind of future awaits us. It seems clear that our economy Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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Life after Lockdown

No one can deny that lessons have been learned in the last couple of months. Margery Hookings hears some of the positive stories through COVID-19. It’s been a funny old thing, this lockdown in the time of coronavirus. We’ve all Read more »

Posted by MV on 01/06/2020
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The Mayflower

You may know this as the name of the ship which took many of the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World in 1620. If we did not have the present national emergency, no doubt we should have many references to Read more »

Posted by MV on 04/05/2020
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The Father of Radar

In the February edition of The Marshwood in A History of Science in 20 Objects I mentioned that I would have included Radar. Radar was included in the Brooke Bond Picture Cards of 1975 which I also referred to, but Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
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Become a Friend of our Ancient Hillforts

A new project aimed at protecting Dorset’s historic hillforts has been unveiled by The National Trust. Margery Hookings finds out more. I’m lucky enough to live not far from the lower slopes of Lewesdon Hill in the west of Dorset. Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
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