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Robin Mills at 100

Dorset based photographer, Robin Mills, has been contributing to this magazine for many years.  This month, celebrating his 100th contribution, Robin takes time to reflect on a life of farming and photography.   Unrelated events drew me into taking photography Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/03/2020
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Gearing up for the new season

West Bay has undergone massive changes in recent years, as Margery Hookings discovers.   Almost eight years ago, I was asked to be a part of the Windrose Media Trust’s Forever Archive, a series of films capturing life in West Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/03/2020
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Murmurations and Memories

It was the video that clinched it!  I’d read the reports of starlings gathering in their thousands at sunset over Chesil Beach but when I saw the video of their murmuration and the liquid patterns they carve in the sky, Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/02/2020
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A History of Science in 20 Objects

At the end of last year the Institution of Engineering and Technology published an article with this title in its publication Engineering and Technology. The article was written by Mary Cruse who has just published a new book An Illustrated Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/02/2020
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Where the Dipping is Ripping

At the November meeting of Bridport History Society our new committee member, Carlos Guarita, introduced his latest book entitled Where the Dipping is Ripping. We were shown slides of many of the photographs from the book, which features images produced Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/01/2020
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I Found Ernest Hemingway in my Family Tree

Delving into family history has proved a rich seam for Margery Hookings. Her DNA experience confirmed what she already thought, but it was a message out of the blue which proved the most exciting.   I’ve been indulging myself while Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/01/2020
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Happy Midwinter Solstice

This heading may not roll off the tongue as readily as “Happy Christmas”, but celebrations of the solstice at the sunset on 20-22 December predated Christmas by some 4,500 years. Solstice celebrations have been found by archaeologists to have included Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/12/2019
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Burning the Ashen Faggot

Midwinter fire ceremonies were once very popular in the UK, especially in rural communities. People gathered around the hearth in a noisy, joyous celebration, with the fire bringing light into the darkness of winter. These ceremonies probably have a pagan Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/12/2019
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100 Years of Folk Dancing in Bridport

This year, Bridport Folk Dance Club celebrated its one-hundredth birthday. Monty Crook and Gwenda Selley take Margery Hookings through the minute books from the club’s formation to the thriving group it is today.   It was Sir Thomas Beecham who Read more »

Posted by MV on 26/11/2019
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More Grist for the Mill

In October we looked at the rivers of Dorset, now let us look at some of the mills using the river water for hundreds of years. By the time of the Domesday Book there were many mills throughout the country, Read more »

Posted by MV on 26/11/2019
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