Category: Local History

CRANBORNE PETTY SESSIONS, April 12th, 1906 BRUTAL CONDUCT OF A STEPMOTHER | Then & Now

We love pairing a vintage postcard with a photograph taken in the same spot today. Now, alongside the postcards, we’ll feature a newspaper article...

Sun gods over the Blackmore Vale

CPRE’s Dark Skies adviser Richard Miles delves into the past to discover some remarkable connections hidden in our local landscape You may be surprised to...

POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION: Bloxworth

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards sent by the same ‘N’ from Bloxworth, a village just to the east of Bere Regis,...

The house that became history

From a burgage plot to the woman who installed plumbing– looking back at the evolving centuries of stories of Wimborne’s historic museum As readers of...

The real Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in Dorset

North Dorset CPRE’s Rupert Hardy looks at Major Gus March-Phillips, whose daring missions helped shape the modern Special Boat Service Guy Ritchie’s latest film, The...

Gillingham | Then & 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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Tree Planting for Nature’s Sake

Tree by tree, species survival project manager Seb Elwood is helping restore woodland across Dorset. He tells us why it matters more than ever The...