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Dancing in the Community

Anna Golding went from being a landscape architect to a community dance teacher. Margery Hookings meets her to find out more. Photographs by Pete Millson   The joy of dance is everywhere.Whether you’re glued to Strictly, learning to tango at Read more »

Posted by MV on 26/11/2019
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Rivers of Dorset

“See you later alligator—in a while crocodile”. This was a common exchange or song some years ago. But neither of these creatures inhabit the rivers of Dorset. The rain falls on our land and permeates the chalk until it reaches Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/10/2019
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Spirit of Place

Why is that some locations have a special place in our hearts? Is it the landscape, the people, the personal connection or the way some places can literally ground you to the here and now and also to the past Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/10/2019
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The Maer: One of Exmouth’s Hidden Gems

Towards the end of July, I visited the Maer, a nature reserve situated at the eastern end of the promenade in Exmouth. With its sand dunes and sandy grassland, the Maer is a remnant of a much larger dune system Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/10/2019
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“If You Don’t Go To Chapel You Will Never Get On Here”

When I was 16 I took up a General Engineering apprenticeship with a large manufacturing company and was placed with a foundryman for a few months. The Works Manager, an impressive figure, processed through the factory, rotund with a prominent Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/09/2019
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Land fit for Heroes

In 1882, legislation was started to enable Somerset County Council to acquire land for smallholdings. But it was not until the passing of the Smallholdings and Allotments Act of 1908 that Somerset began to create a smallholdings estate. Margery Hookings’ Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/09/2019
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The Folly Mill Lane Firebrand

This is a story of 1833 Bridport. Arson had taken place but the punishment meted out to the perpetrator was much more extreme than would be considered now. It is a true story of earlier life with disastrous consequences and Read more »

Posted by MV on 12/08/2019
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Language or Lingo and Dialect

Perhaps I should not have included ‘Lingo’ in the title as I have since seen a repeat of Dad’s Army in which Captain Mannering rebuked one of his subordinates for using it. I think he thought it to be un-English. Read more »

Posted by MV on 14/07/2019
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Waffle – more than just talk

Margery Hookings is intrigued after receiving a phone call about an innovative project aimed at combating loneliness. She goes to East Devon to find out more. The wonderful sweet smell of waffles is the first thing your senses pick up Read more »

Posted by MV on 14/07/2019
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Monumenta Britannica

John Aubrey, the 17th century Wiltshire antiquarian wrote about the monuments of Britain, under this title. However, this article is about monumental inscriptions in the churchyards of parts of West Dorset. The Somerset and Dorset Family History Society decided in Read more »

Posted by MV on 20/06/2019
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