Picture this, it’s the year 1888, it’s December, on the cusp of Christmas and the good folk of Weymouth are going about their everyday business as usual. For some though, it was not to be a good ending to their year. Pretty much like todays inhabitant’s of our seaside...
My name is Peter John Cooper and I am a playwright working for AsOne Theatre Company of Weymouth. 2018 in the centenary of the publication of one of the most controversial and influential books of the 20th century – Married Love by Marie Stopes. This book and its successors,...
We Are Weymouth is the tourist information website set up by Weymouth Business Improvement District (BID). Weymouth BID Chairman Steve Newstead, said of this news “it’s fantastic to see that unique events which take place in the town are being recognised as some of the best in the country." He...
Thank you to everyone who entered the #loveweyportparks photography competition. The competition, which celebrated our beautiful parks and gardens, saw around 80 photographs entered from across our borough. They are all available here: https://storify.com/Dorsetcomms/we-love-our-parks and the winning shot (fourth one down) of flowerbeds is captioned. Sarah, who is from Portland...
I'll tell of the Battle of Hastings,
As happened in days long gone by,
When Duke William became King of England,
And 'Arold got shot in the eye.
It were this way - one day in October
The Duke, who were always a toff
Having no battles on at the moment,
Had given his lads a...
NEW TOLPUDDLE BOOK BRINGS HOPE TO READERS ACROSS BRITAIN
November 8, 2017: Author and journalist Alan Gallop will be meeting readers and signing copies of his new book ‘Six for the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ at Waterstone’s bookshop 45-46 South Street, Dorchester on Saturday November 11 between 10.00am and 12.00 mid-day.
The book...
You've 'eard 'ow young Albert Ramsbottom,In the Zoo up at Blackpool one year,With a stick and 'orse's 'ead 'andle,Gave a lion a poke in the ear.The name of the lion was Wallace,The poke in the ear made 'im wild;And before you could say 'Bob's your Uncle,''E'd up and 'e'd...
On a cold and frosty late January evening in 1987, 18 railway enthusiasts arrived at Peter and Heather Foster’s home in Dorchester to watch some railway films and so the Dorchester Area Group of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust was born. Thirty years on, around 40 members of...
Chickerell-born Town Councillor and Mayor John Dean has been invested as the 127th Chief Ranger of Honorary Court Highclere No. 1 Weymouth of the Ancient Order of Foresters, founded in the Borough exactly 130 years ago. The Honorary Court has met in Weymouth four times a year since 10 October 1887, when it was founded by Pelly Hooper, Town...
There’s a famous seaside place called Blackpool,That’s noted for fresh air and fun,And Mr and Mrs RamsbottomWent there with young Albert, their son. A grand little lad was young Albert,All dressed in his best; quite a swellWith a stick with an ‘orse’s ‘ead ‘andle,The finest that Woolworth’s could sell....
