A stroll down memory lane in Dorchester

BADLY BURNED: Dorchester fireman Ernest Daniels

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

RON Beasley’s memoires continue to prompt people to get in touch, most recently Julie Clegg who was born at 8 High East Street in Dorchester.

Unknown soldiers aboard doomed HMS Genista

ILL-FATED MISSION: Can anyone name these four sailors, who may have served on HMS Genista?

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

GERRY Harding has been in touch from Ireland where he is looking for information regarding the attached photo of four sailors.

Musings of the 1920s and '30s

PAYING A VISIT: Hitler Youth in Dorchester in April 1935

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

INTERESTING snippets of Dorchester’s past have come our way courtesy of Warren Davis, who lives in Old Came Rectory, the former home of William Barnes.

Chippy all set for 40th-year celebration

Ray Johnson, front, Len Johnson, centre, and Lauren Johnson, back at the Marlboro

12:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

ONE of Weymouth’s most popular fish and chip shops is gearing up to celebrate 40 years of serving up some of the best traditional seaside grub.

Ron continues his tour of historic county town

12:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

Crossing the road (from the now sadly-defunct White Hart) to Mr Budd’s shop and back up to town was Grassby’s, Dyers the grocer and Channon’s garage, the Morris Agency.

We're here for the beer

Mick Jackson, Chris Ruffell, Tony Sargent and Louis Gallery with the last cask of ale to be made at Devenish Brewery in Weymouth

12:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

BEER matters to a lot of people, not least of all Weymouth resident Chris Ruffell who was present when the last cask of ale produced at Devenish Brewery in Hope Square was rolled out of the premises.

Artefacts show history of ‘band at end of pier’

COMPOSERS: In Bournemouth for special concert are Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Dan Godfrey, Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Sir Charles Stanford; standing are Sir Edward German and Sir Hubert Parry

10:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

BOURNEMOUTH Symphony Orchestra has teamed up with Bournemouth Library to mount an exhibition of artefacts, pictures and programmes from the past 120 years to celebrate the orchestra’s long history.

WI’s summer of celebration

BEST FOOT FORWARD: An archive picture from Wyke Regis

10:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

IT STARTED life five years after the Great War ended and now members of Wyke Regis WI are preparing for a summer of celebration as their group marks its 90th anniversary.

Highly driven

Highly driven

4:00pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

Reader Mr Brown has been in touch with this image of Mike Brown driving his Ferguson tractor and muck-spreader at Woolbridge farm near Wool.

Memories of Tubby

FRIENDS FOR LIFE: Tubby Clayton and his dog Chippie

4:00pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

With reference to your article concerning Tubby Clayton at Wyke Regis. My father was a friend of Tubby – in fact they were together at the Toc H in Southampton when I was born. The enclosed photo (postcard) is of Tubby Clayton with his dog “Chippie” – whose story is on the reverse side (as attached). I thought this may be of interest to Steve Pitman that he has the right person.

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