Events

Full details to follow. The talk will be held in Hope United Reformed Church at 8 Trinity Street.  Doors open at 2.00 pm and the talk will start at 2.30pm.

‘Upwey Down Memory Lane’ is a talk looking at the village of Upwey some 70 years ago and some of the changes which have taken place. Sue Virgin has collected memories and photos from villagers past and present, putting together this presentation as well as village history exhibitions.  Sue was born and brought up in […]

Full details to follow. The talk will be held in Hope United Reformed Church at 8 Trinity Street.  Doors open at 2.00 pm and the talk will start at 2.30pm.    

After retiring from the Ministry of Defence in 2017, Martin Gething has been a volunteer with the National Trust at Clouds Hill for the last six years.  Discovering little was known about the pre-WWI history of Clouds Hill, he has extensively researched its history from the 18th century onwards. The tiny Clouds Hill cottage, near […]

Something in the region of £40 million has been spent on capital projects that use in full, or in part, World Heritage as their justification, but none, other than the notable exception of the Museum of Jurassic Life in Kimmeridge are 100% about the Site. More importantly, what the Site really needs, and really has […]

David Riches will present the story of Weymouth’s railways.  This begins with the incorporation of the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway in 1845 and the commencement of the line that eventually arrived in Weymouth in 1857.  Starting with Weymouth station itself the story of each of Weymouth’s lines is told via a series of photographs […]

Graham Perry, Chair of the Friends of Weymouth Museum, will present a history of the town’s long struggle to establish a permanent museum which first started in 1858.  The talk will include lots of photos from the museum’s archives including pictures from the museum in the old Melcombe Regis Boys School and some glimpses of […]

During the First World War, an estimated 60,000 volunteers served with the British Red Cross Society throughout Britain, providing much-needed support in caring for sick and wounded servicemen returning from the Front. This talk explores the pivotal role played by Voluntary Aid Detachments in Dorset during the Great War and how their remarkable contributions were […]

Lifeboats and Lighthouses Helen Baggott will take us on a postcard illustrated tour around the coast exploring stories of heroism.  The talk looks at some of the coastal landmarks that reveal stories written by our ancestors. As well as sharing the stories of who sent and received some of the cards, this talk will also […]

This talk, presented by Stuart McLeod, will look at the life of Sir Samuel Mico (1608 – 1666) a rich London merchant who was born in Melcombe Regis. Mico lived and traded through the Civil War and the Plague which were some of most perilous times in our national history.  He owned the original George […]