tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57078672219307379072024-03-14T00:02:51.359-07:00Roving PressAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-18404473207331870762017-03-16T06:50:00.003-07:002017-03-16T06:50:32.392-07:00Scene of the Crime in Broadchurch – Bridehead Lake, Littlebredy<div style="page-break-after: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Anyone who's been watching the
latest TV series of </span><a href="http://www.westbay.co.uk/broadchurch/locations.php" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Broadchurch</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> will be familiar with this picture below, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2010/01/bridehead-revisited/" target="_blank">Bridehead Lake</a>, <a href="http://www.littlebredy.com/" target="_blank">Littlebredy</a>. It's the place of the crime scene.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This lovely spot in Dorset is featured in Louise
Hodgson's </span><i style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/Secretplacesofwestdorset.html" target="_blank">Secret Places of West Dorset</a> </i><span style="font-weight: normal;">and below are extracts from the
book – so hopefully you can visit in a
more tranquil state of mind than our two Broadchurch detectives!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Be sure to also look in at the <a href="http://wgw.org.uk/littlebredy.com/gardens.html" target="_blank">Littlebredy Walled Gardens</a>, captured in Louise's companion book <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/MoreSecretPlacesWestDorset.html" target="_blank">More Secret Places of West Dorset</a></i>. </span></span></div>
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house, Bridehead. They effected a few changes, extending the house and
replacing the old medieval cottages with ones providing greater comfort. The
grounds surrounding the house were landscaped and the springs dammed to provide
a lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The lake is a focal point for the community, as large bodies of water
tend to be. The old marshy area of the springs has been transformed into the
clearest of waters. Fed by the unceasing flow, the lake empties as a waterfall
that forms the beginnings of the lovely River Bride. The water also supplies
the local manor and the village.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N-xsYJ30wuk/WMqSbWqI1AI/AAAAAAAABtk/01UG4NLk0w0pU1EBx-w0DJS_uTZumitAgCLcB/s1600/Little%2BBredy%2B-%2BLake%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N-xsYJ30wuk/WMqSbWqI1AI/AAAAAAAABtk/01UG4NLk0w0pU1EBx-w0DJS_uTZumitAgCLcB/s400/Little%2BBredy%2B-%2BLake%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A quality to be found
here is the feeling of tranquillity that is one of the special gifts that lakes bestow. The Celts saw lakes as a gateway to the world of the gods,
an entrance to another sort of reality. Strange beings were attributed to
lakes; there were monsters such as the Scottish Kelpie or Water Horse who would
snatch the unwary into the dark depths, there to be eaten. The Loch Ness
Monster is another example of a lake oddity and many Scottish lochs have their
equivalents, strange beings that have been glimpsed but never defined. The
Irish poet and scholar W.B. Yeats thought that creatures were placed in lakes
to guard ‘the gates of wisdom’. </span></span><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_euMHIt7-P0/WMqTayO2g6I/AAAAAAAABts/eiu3nFtFYysVjzlPEpF_R3zQlT5sFFQmgCLcB/s1600/Little%2BBredy%2B-%2BLake%2B%25288%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></div>
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particularly in times of strife, to try to effect supernatural aid. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 36pt;">… </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">The archetypal image
of the Lady of the Lake, receiving in her pellucid hand Arthur’s famed sword
Excalibur, is linked with the idea of lakes as receptacles and revealers of the
Otherworld. … The reflected world is a different world, a captured one, a
doppelganger. Although the lake here is largely excavated, it works so
beautifully within its landscape that it seems perfectly natural and right.</span></span></div>
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the river could come from the Celtic </span><i style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 36pt;">bridda</i><span style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 36pt;">
meaning gushing. Bride is also the name of a widely worshipped Celtic goddess
in pre-Christian </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 36pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 36pt;">.
Known as ‘the Exalted One’, Bride tended the triple fires of smith craft, and
was associated with healing and poetry. She was also connected to sacred
springs and wells. Her festival, Imbolc, falls on 2 February and celebrates the
early beginnings of spring.</span></span></div>
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our young people to appreciate how others live very simply, with next to
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all NEW books, you can enjoy them yourselves or give them away as
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">By Michel Hooper-Immins, Editor of the <a href="http://www.societyofdorsetmen.co.uk/" target="_blank">Society of Dorset Men</a> Newsletter</span></i><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Weymouth and
Melcombe Regis have a long and distinguished <a href="http://www.weymouthmuseum.org.uk/weymouths-story/" target="_blank">history</a>, once warring boroughs on
opposite sides of the River Wey and forcibly united by the 1571 charter of Queen
Elizabeth I. One of the less happy dates in the history was 1348, when the
Black Death arrived in Melcombe Regis, apparently carried ashore by fleas on
rats that fled the ship they had arrived on. <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/Lesserknownweymouth.html" target="_blank">Lesser Known Weymouth</a> </i>begins
as a guide book to the modern resort’s facilities, then goes on to look at some
of the intriguing historical parts of the combined borough.<span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Being Weymouth
born and bred, I found Julie Musk’s book a warm view of my home town, answering
questions I had often wondered about. For example, along Nothe Parade, I have
noticed the steep steps which have railway lines set in the balustrades. The
book says, “they were put in place to transport ammunition to and from </span><a href="http://www.nothefort.org.uk/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Nothe Fort </a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with boats serving the breakwater forts.” So some sort of military railway
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The King’s Statue
is in many ways the centre of the modern town, built to mark the 50th<sup> </sup>year
of King George III’s reign. “The King is dressed in his coronation robes, a
lion and unicorn at his feet.” The Grade I listed monument is built of <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/what-is-coade-stone" target="_blank">Coade stone</a>.<span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This fascinating
book picks out a number of buildings, like the 1816 Masonic Hall, “based on a
Neo-Palladian Grecian temple”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A useful feature
of this brightly written book is that it invites readers to observe features as
they walk round. “What is unusual about two of the windows of the Globe Inn?”
asks the book. The answer, shown upside down on the page, is that two are
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many people don’t
look up and one example is the Gothic facade, dating only from 1924, above
Meech the outfitters. Dragons sit over the window corners and over the
rainwater heads. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brewing around
Hope Square has a long history and the story of Devenish and Groves is well
told in this informative book. The handsome <a href="http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/hope.html" target="_blank">Devenish brewery</a> still stands. “Hope
Square is built on what was once an opening to the sea known as Ope Cove or
Black Hole, before the land was reclaimed in 1781.” <span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the other side
of the river is the Old Fish Market, built from Portland stone in 1855 – “some
of the weathered surfaces clearly show the fossils of shells.” Today, this
handsome building is still used for its original purpose, by <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/Weyfish-ltd-195084580565888/" target="_blank">Weyfish</a> and their
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This excellent 152-page
book brims with useful information and historic stories, some of which were a
revelation to me. The reader would do well to take the book on an outing around
Weymouth, exploring the back streets as well as the main streets, equally
fascinating.<span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>£10.99 from local
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speaker, <a href="https://twitter.com/anarchaeologist" target="_blank">Tristan Boyle</a>, explained the term ‘hidden’, suggesting something
forgotten, unknown or simply boring. He stressed that archaeologists need to engage
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(Photo taken from '<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/SpiritofPortland.html" target="_blank">The Spirit of Portland</a>' by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gary.biltcliffe" target="_blank">Gary Biltcliffe</a>.)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“History is questionable, and it’s OK
for us to use terms like maybe, sometimes and possibly, as the past cannot be truly
known. Each new discovery changes something else, and so archaeology is
dynamic. As we learn things, the past informs the present. Archaeologists
should not just be interested in the past; they also need to be interested in
the present and future. Indeed, history is used to promote current political
ideas. But history is always changing.”</span></div>
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(Photo taken from '<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/magicofpurbeck.html" target="_blank">The Magic of Purbeck</a>' by David Leadbetter.)</td></tr>
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Bristol lost a sense of where its old centre is. It now stands in the gardens at </span><a href="http://www.stourhead.colindaylinks.com/Garden1.html" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Stourhead</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trees are part of our everyday heritage, though often
overlooked. </span><a href="http://www.worcester.ac.uk/discover/dr-andrew-hoaen.html" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Andrew Hoaen </a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">spoke about </span><a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/infd-5w2g5b" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Veteran Trees </a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and </span><a href="http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/woodland-habitats/ancient-woodland/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ancient Woodlands</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. “Some oaks
in Britain are more than 6000 years old, and there are many examples of yews
aged more than 1000 years old, especially in churchyards. Britain is alone
in Europe in having so many old trees.”</span></div>
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(Photo taken from '<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/MoreSecretPlacesWestDorset.html" target="_blank">More Secret Places of West Dorset</a>' by Louise Hodgson.) </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Human interaction with trees is interesting – trees can
tell us a lot about human activity. There are particular trees of special
interest; for example, meeting oaks, where people met at crossroads, and offering trees, often with ribbons tied to
their branches, which still happens today. Any tree with a girth of at least
5 m is a tree of interest.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“However, old trees have no official status and no statutory
records exist, so they are largely ignored by historians. The main
organisations concerned with them are the Woodland Trust, <a href="http://www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ancient Tree Forum</a>,
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences" target="_blank">Natural England</a>, Forestry Commission, <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/hpg/consent/treeconservation/" target="_blank">Historic England</a>, and local government. A
Tree Preservation Order is the best way to protect a tree, or if they are part
of an SSSI or Scheduled Ancient Monument or garden. Indeed, gardens are
recognised for their cultural interest, but not so woodlands and agricultural
land.” He suggested that we have become too monument-centric focused, and the
living vegetation at a site, including trees, contains important information
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in old houses. In the 16th and 17th centuries, there was a strong belief in
witchcraft, Satan and Hell. “This was a general fear felt by the entire
population, and buildings were often marked to ward off spirits. Burn marks
were made by holding a candle steadily against the timber for up to
45 minutes to scorch the wood in a linear fashion – quite a dedicated job.”
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“There was a fear of witches’ familiars and spirits entering
wherever air flowed into a building. So chimneys, windows and doors were
especially targeted, with protective marks placed on liminal portals (roof
trusses, the queen post above doors, etc.). Carpenters used a special tool, a
braze knife, to carve interlocking V marks, and other marks were put on by
tradesmen, occupants of the building and servants. Marks were also made for
healing, prayer, purification (e.g. in order to purify a particular room or
space, such as a former prison room), and Candlemas rituals.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at <a href="http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/06/a-complete-jumble-wolfeton/" target="_blank">Wolfeton House</a> near Dorchester.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spiritual middens are sometimes discovered in old houses, in
which broken human rubbish was placed (animal bones, broken tools, pots, pipes,
old shoes and so on) in the hope that such rubbish pits would distract spirits from
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stockings around our chimneys at Christmas, relics of these old cultural
anxieties and ritual protection of the home. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks to Mark Watson for organising a great <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HiddenHeritage2016" target="_blank">Hidden Heritage conference</a>.</span><br />
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James Sharpe, Manager of the SDR Partnership. He explained that this cultural
heritage partnership has at its heart art, literature and music, and is about ‘exploring
creativity, continuity and social change in the South Dorset Ridgeway area’. The
project was run in association with </span><a href="http://www.artsreach.co.uk/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Artsreach</a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.dorsetaonb.org.uk/our-work/south-dorset-ridgeway" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">AONB Dorset </a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">and </span><a href="https://www.hlf.org.uk/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Heritage Lottery</a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> funding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.folkrootslist.co.uk/event/ridgeway-singers-band/" target="_blank">Ridgeway Choir and Band</a>
treated us to some wonderful music. Phil Humphries explained that the
inspiration for this came from the tradition of ‘<a href="http://www.dorseteye.com/north/articles/west-gallery-carol-concert" target="_blank">West Gallery</a> music’. In local churches
up and down the Ridgeway, such as at <a href="http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/steepleton.html" target="_blank">Winterbourne Steeple</a>, <a href="http://www.opcdorset.org/WinterbourneAbbas/WinterbourneAbbas.htm" target="_blank">Winterbourne Abbas</a>
and <a href="http://www.abbotsbury.co.uk/" target="_blank">Abbotsbury</a>, a choir and instrumentalists comprising men, women and boys, of
mixed abilities, would come together to sing and play, not only in support of church
services but also at dances and other occasions. This is described by <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/thomas-hardy" target="_blank">ThomasHardy</a> in some of his novels, especially vivid in <i><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2662/2662-h/2662-h.htm" target="_blank">Under the Greenwood Tree</a></i>. West
Gallery music was popular from the 1700s to the mid-1800s, after which it
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dr Alan Chedzoy then performed
renditions from <a href="http://www.william-barnes-society.org.uk/" target="_blank">William Barnes</a>’ poetry. An expert on both Barnes and Hardy, he
explained how Barnes wrote more than 500 poems in the Dorset dialect, painting
a picture of village life, before the coming of the railway. For over 300
years, village living had changed very little, being very isolated, with people
from neighbouring villages often only coming together on special occasions (at harvest,
feasts, fairs, and so on). Yet, in those days, work was a communal thing, not
solitary as so often today. There was communal feeling and strong village
opinion and politics. But this began to be eroded away with the coming of the railway.
Barnes recorded a complete and valuable repertoire of manners, words and
sentiments of those times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part of the SDR project involved
fifteen local writers coming together to find inspiration, under the guidance
of poet and writer <a href="http://www.gretastoddart.co.uk/" target="_blank">Greta Stoddart</a>. This Creative Writers Group would meet at
different village halls along the SDR, walking the Ridgeway, making notes and
working on poems. Greta explained: “The <a href="https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/188/" target="_blank">Ridgeway </a>is an evocative place. ‘Evocative’
means to call out, rouse or summon, in the sense of calling spirits or being
called by them. It conjures up presences from the past. The act of walking is also
physical, allowing the mind to switch off and the consciousness to let go, welcoming
other thoughts in. With a meditative stride, in such an alert yet relaxed state,
thoughts are allowed to flow.” Listening to the inspired poems read by members
of the Group, you certainly grasped this sense of inspiration and emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Greta feels that the Ridgeway affords
height and length, thus offering a different perspective. “<a href="http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/seamus-heaney" target="_blank">Seamus Heaney</a> is
good at conjuring up the sense of being in the present and past at the same
time (for example, in his poem ‘<a href="http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=13130" target="_blank">Bone Dreams</a>’, inspired by <a href="http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/maidencastle.htm" target="_blank">Maiden Castle</a> near
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thinking about stones, bones and time, we become aware of the
natural transience of all things. This provides an understanding of our mortal
place in the world.” The poets went on to write a communal poem, strung out
along the route of the Ridgeway – and we were treated to part of this as an
inspired group reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last speaker of the afternoon. He has written three diverse novels, but spoke
mainly of his love of the countryside and <a href="http://www.hardysociety.org/about-hardy/hardy-country" target="_blank">Hardy</a>, which inspired his latest
novel <i>Winter</i>, a story based on Thomas
and Florence Hardy. He explained: “The old place name ‘Wessex’ was rescued by
William Barnes when he referred to it in a Foreword to a book. Hardy picked
this up and developed it as a semi-fictional place, ‘partly real, partly dream
country’. He later included a map of fictional Wessex in his novels, such was
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history’ – an archaeological idea but also psychological. Wessex offered him a
sense of Old England, stretching back, evoking folklore, myths and legends, the
old stories of his grandparents. It was important and valuable to Hardy and
gave him a unifying idea for all his novels. It also acted as a get-out in case
anyone accused him of making a mistake: it’s Casterbridge, not Dorchester,
after all!. It became an effective marketing tool, still used today in names
like Wessex FM, Wessex Alarms, and so on. Indeed, the red burglar alarm
installed by the latter at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/max-gate" target="_blank">Max Gate</a> would have raised a Hardy smile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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view of the countryside remained ambivalent; he wrote about the tension between
city and countryside very well. He succeeded because he invented this part
real, part dream country, which many of his readers (town people) loved. In other
narratives, the countryside is variously described as poor but virtuous; a
place of boredom that you must escape from; nostalgic (not as beautiful of it once
was); full of secret violence and nocturnal skulduggery (Sherlock Holmes had
this anti-romantic view of the countryside). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All views contain a certain truth,
but it is what you make of it. Hardy was very good at offering us these various
views and different notions. For instance, contrast Eustacia Vye with Clym
Yeobright in <i><a href="http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/r/the-return-of-the-native/book-summary" target="_blank">The Return of the Native</a></i>.
Hardy was a sort of returning native, an oddity to local people, having left
his birthplace, living the high life elsewhere, then returning to write, with
some humour, of local places and characters. There was a lot of mistrust and
suspicion of him locally.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that biographers are constrained by the facts, while novelists can get inside
people’s heads and say what they might have been thinking. In his book </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">Winter</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">, he offers a personal view of
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To sum up the SDR project, it is
about being in the past and present at the same time. It invokes lots of voices:
singers, historians, poets (ancient and contemporary), readers and writers. I
hope there’s more to come, maybe even a book to celebrate the project, people and
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-45119878648524465242015-11-09T05:15:00.000-08:002015-11-09T05:15:45.299-08:00Mill Street Memories<div class="MsoPlainText">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our latest Dorset book looks at part of Dorchester immortalised in <a href="http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/history" target="_blank">ThomasHardy</a>’s novel <i>The Mayor of Casterbridge</i>
as ‘<a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/photos/hardy/23.html" target="_blank">Mixen Lane</a>’. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Since early
2014, the local community, with <a href="http://www.millstreethousingsociety.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mill Street Housing Society</a>, has been recording
people’s memories of old Mill Street and its remarkable history since the 1850s.
Together they form a fascinating story of the life and hard times of the people
living there. </span></span></div>
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by David Forrester is a fascinating read and illustrated with plenty of old images. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;">In his first
book, </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;"><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/FordingtonRemembered.html" target="_blank">Fordington Remembered</a></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;">,</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;"> </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;">David reminisces about growing up in
and around Dorchester during the 1940s/50s. In </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;">Mill Street</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;"> he takes you further back in time </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;">to this troubled area of Dorchester. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 35.45pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Terry Hearing comments in the Foreword:
‘The wealth of feeling evident in the words of those who were there creates an
emotional atmosphere that brings home a vivid picture of a different world.’ And </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 35.45pt;">David says, ‘To myself and other
like-minded people, it is important that this part of our local history is
recorded, before it is lost forever down the mill stream.’</span></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mill Street Memories – what
an amazing exhibition this was, filling the Town Hall in Dorchester not just
with people eager to see this intrinsic part of local history but with
countless photographs, interviews, drawings and snippets of information many thought
had been lost forever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><img class="mcnImage" height="266" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/df662b40832cdf7d487238e9c/images/4f00e4b6-e17b-4054-9f0d-7890ea1fc30c.jpg" style="border-width: 0in; max-width: 5184px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;" width="400" /></span><br />
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<a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/df662b40832cdf7d487238e9c/images/c6e51fa4-0ce4-4204-9c2e-f82a7ecf4894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="mcnImage" height="320" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/df662b40832cdf7d487238e9c/images/c6e51fa4-0ce4-4204-9c2e-f82a7ecf4894.jpg" style="border-width: 0in; max-width: 400px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;" width="213" /></a><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> David Forrester along with an army of volunteers and researchers cleverly brought to life
this once deprived area of <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/" target="_blank">Dorchester</a>, a dark corner of our town with a
reputation it took many years to shake off. An area once shunned by all but
those who lived there, nevertheless with a life of its own, brimming with
history, packed with stories to tell, Mill Street is a place well known to
David, a place close to his heart. So much time and energy went into this
exhibition, a revelation of times gone by, of lives fraught with hardship and
suffering, yet a place where community spirit thrived and people looked out for
one another.</span><br />
<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">So much to see, so much to marvel at. And of course mention of the two local
men who dedicated time and energy into working to improve conditions for those
whose lives were contained in what was without doubt the most disadvantaged
area of Dorchester. How could you break the terrible reputation that clung to
Mill Street and the folk who lived in and around it? </span><br />
<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> The Reverend Henry Moule,
vicar of <a href="http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/07/fordington-a-short-walk/" target="_blank">Fordington</a>, and A.H. Edwards, the founder of the <a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/dorchester/11463577.Photo_memories_of_great_mission/" target="_blank">Mill Street Mission</a>
and the Mill Street Housing Association are names many of us know, but how much
to we really know about these two gentlemen and the work they did? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Mill Street holds a fascination for many, of whom Thomas Hardy was one. And it is
wonderful to see that David Forrester has written a new book “<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/MIllStreet.html" target="_blank">Mill Street,Dorchester, Thomas Hardy’s Mixen Lane</a>", to keep these stories alive and pass
them on to future generations. </span><br />
<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> This is sure to be a great read, and will be
launched by the time you read this, so be sure to buy one. We owe it to the
hard work of David and his fellow workers to make sure that all he has revealed
is never lost again. Published by Roving Press, it costs £6.99, a real
bargain, with author proceeds going to the Mill Street Housing Association and
the West Dorset Women’s Refuge. You must know someone who would like one in
their Christmas stocking.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-26526461645403120282015-10-21T05:55:00.000-07:002015-10-21T07:43:02.405-07:00Dorchester Remembers the Great War – by Anita Harries from 'Durnovaria Diaries'<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QcX3oNuxdC8/VieJvFG-XLI/AAAAAAAABVs/y4sjhrby76g/s1600/DR%2BCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QcX3oNuxdC8/VieJvFG-XLI/AAAAAAAABVs/y4sjhrby76g/s1600/DR%2BCover.jpg" /></a><i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/DorchesterRemembers.html" target="_blank">Dorchester Remembers the Great War</a></i> is a
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He is definitely like a dog with a bone when it comes to
delving into the many names depicted on war memorials and carved into stones
held within churchyards and cemeteries. He must devote countless hours
researching these names, contacting surviving relatives of those lost before
their time, never to grow old and have families of their own. </div>
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believe that over eleven hundred men enlisted from <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/" target="_blank">Dorchester </a>alone, spread
across the far reaches of the globe from France to Russia, Mesopotamia and
beyond. Those who survived returned home with terrible tales to tell. Those who
never returned have only their name to bear witness to the pointless loss of
life, a cross, a memorial, death their only salvation, a grave holding their
stories for ever, memories lost …until now.<span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/blog/dorchester-history/dorchester-great-war/" target="_blank">Dorchester Remembers</a></i> gives a voice to these stories, personal yet with a lasting effect on
those left behind. Read through this book and you learn how war reflected on
their lives, unravelling a fascinating but often tragic picture of the social
history of the war years. Little would have impacted more on the town of
Dorchester, and Brian brings this to life with his insight into these brave
soldiers and their families, reliving the times and creating reminders of all
that has now been lost to the town. </div>
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prisoner-of-war camp the town once housed and the important military presence
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<span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt;">We are fortunate to have such a wonderful jewel in our crown as
the </span><a href="http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt;" target="_blank">Keep Military Museum</a><span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36pt;"> …. </span></div>
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well worth a read. I find the whole thing spell-binding, discovering names I
recognise, including my maiden name of Bascombe – not as common as some. This
is another treasure from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rovingpress?ref=hl" target="_blank">Roving Press</a>. If you love local history this is a
must. You never know what you may discover about your own family. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.janeausten.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jane Austen</a> was only 41 when she died, but during her short
life she produced some wonderful romantic fiction, loved the world over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Born in 1775, she went to
boarding school in Oxford and <a href="http://theabbey.co.uk/" target="_blank">Abbey School</a> in Reading (still a girls school
today). From the age of 11 she was home schooled. Her father had an extensive
library at home and Jane would spend long hours fostering her love of reading. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In her early 20s she began
drafting her first novels. When her father retired, the family moved to Bath,
but Jane didn’t take to the place and was unhappy there. She wrote little. She did, however, enjoy visits to the seaside, including Lyme Regis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>‘A very strange stranger it
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>in the immediate environs of
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>(Persuasion,
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>[The following text extracts and photos are taken from one of our book, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/lesserknownlymeregis.html" target="_blank">Lesser Known Lyme Regis</a> </i>by Joanna Smith]</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jane and
her family first came to Lyme in autumn 1803 and returned in the summer of
1804, staying for 3 months each time, when it was very much the fashion
for those recovering from the Bath season to visit the recently established
resort of Lyme. In a letter to her sister Cassandra, Jane describes how she
spent her days dancing, rambling and sea-bathing. ...<br /> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"> Although Jane was rather dismissive
of the town, it is clear she loved its surroundings</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. In <i>Persuasion</i> she writes: ‘As there is nothing to admire in the
buildings themselves, the remarkable situation of the town, the principal
street almost hurrying into the water, the walk to the Cobb, skirting round the
pleasant little bay, which in the season is animated with bathing machines and
company, the Cobb itself, its wonders and new improvements, with the very
beautiful line of cliffs stretching out to the west of the town, are what the stranger’s
eye will see’.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many locations in Austen’s novels
are imaginary, but in </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Persuasion</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> she
describes recognisable places in Lyme: the Walk (today’s Marine Parade),
cottages, inns and coastal scenery. In one of the best-known scenes in </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Persuasion</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">, the foolish Louisa Musgrove
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/in-the-museum/writers-and-artists" target="_blank">Lyme Regis Museum </a>has a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Literary Gallery dedicated to
John Fowles, Jane Austen and other writers and artists associated with the
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family moved to Southampton. Shortly afterwards, Edward, Jane’s brother,
inherited some estates from the Knight family. One of these estates was Chawton
in Alton, Hampshire. Edward moved into the great house (now <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChawtonHouseLibrary" target="_blank">Chawton HouseLibrary</a>) and offered his mother and sisters a large ‘cottage’ rent free, about
a quarter of a mile away in the village. They moved in in 1809 and Jane spent
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settled into a happy routine of sitting at her writing table after breakfast, enjoying
long walks in the afternoons, then reading, sewing and conversing in the
evenings. She was an accomplished pianist, and many of Jane’s heroines in her
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, Jane knew how it felt to
be a poor relation, and this sense of being slightly outside high society is
keenly felt in her novels. She lived always in the company of her parents and
siblings, yet enjoyed her fair share of romances, and although never marrying
was a fond and willing aunt to her nieces and nephews. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Diana Shervington is doubly related to Jane as
both her grandmothers were grand-daughters of Jane’s brother, Edward. She came
to live in Lyme in 1986</span>.</span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">‘When I was young we spent a lot of time at the Dower House, near
Chawton in Hampshire, where Jane spent the last 8 years of her life. My
cousin Edward inherited Chawton, but he was bored stiff with Jane Austen! He
was only interested in sport and said, “Everyone keeps turning up all the time
and asking about her. I don’t want to be bothered with all this stuff!” So most
of the things that were owned by Jane and her sister Cassandra came down to our
Aunt. My brother had some of the larger artefacts such as all the first
editions, and as the youngest of the children, some of the smaller, personal
things came down to me. I inherited these things when I was 16. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When I first visited Lyme as
a young woman, I loved it straight away. I was delighted with Pyne House and
was absolutely thrilled to see all the places Jane had described in </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Persuasion<i>. I’d been very aware of Jane all my life
and walked around in a wonderful Jane Austen dream.</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I began to take a
serious interest in Jane when my children were off my hands. I started
researching some of her music books and worked with the founder of the <a href="http://www.janeaustensoci.freeuk.com/" target="_blank">JaneAusten Society</a>. Gradually I came to realise that I could help others by showing
them the artefacts and giving talks. I’ve given some of Jane’s things to the
Lyme Regis Museum, including some of her embroidery, the set of spillikins and
some bone counters with letters on them that Jane probably used to learn her
alphabet. I like to think that these things will always stay in Lyme for people
to enjoy.’</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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Jane and her family. Its furnished rooms contain objects owned by the
family, and there is a learning centre with interactive exhibits.</span></div>
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with her sister Cassandra, with whom she was very close. Neither sister married
and tender relationships between sisters are often a part of Jane’s stories. Without
central heating, it was quite common to sleep several to a bed. And,
interestingly, the bed was made to the exact specifications of each customer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jane writes with precision and
attention to detail, describing every-day little things vividly. Also, both
her brothers were in the Navy and this undoubtedly influenced her writing. Both
<i>Mansfield Park</i> and <i>Persuasion</i> have strong naval themes. She
doesn’t give many descriptions of her characters’ physical features or clothing – maybe this is intentional, allowing the reader the freedom to create pictures
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><i>Links</i></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.janeaustendetectives.com/" target="_blank">Jane Austen Detectives</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://jauntwithjane.com/" target="_blank">Jane Austen Lyme Regis Weekend</a> 16–19 October</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.literarylyme.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Literary Lyme Walking Tours</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Regency History blog by <a href="http://www.regencyhistory.net/" target="_blank">Rachel Knowles</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10763041/Descendant-of-Jane-Austen-to-harness-the-passion-for-author-by-launching-charity.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jane Austen Literacy Foundation</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.janeaustenfestivalbath.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jane Austen Festival</a> in Bath</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Lesser Known Lyme Regis</i> is available from Dorset publisher
<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">Roving Press</a> (<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/">www.rovingpress.co.uk</a>,
tel 01300 321531).</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-13181373260842701042015-09-19T10:50:00.002-07:002015-09-19T10:50:46.736-07:00A haven for writers and artists in West Dorset<div style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Set in in the heart of <a href="http://www.hardycountry.org/" target="_blank">Hardy country</a>, in the picturesque village
of</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.opcdorset.org/PiddleFiles/Piddletrenthide/Piddletrenthide.htm" target="_blank">Piddletrenthide</a> in <a href="http://www.visit-dorset.com/about-the-area/piddletrenthide-and-piddlehinton-p1124303" target="_blank">Dorset</a>, South
House Writers and Artists Retreat is a unique place for writers,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">artists, creative people and literary
lovers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; padding: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;">Run by Tracy Willoughby and her
artist husband Martin, this 200-year-old Regency-style house is a wonderfully
tranquil place. There are six bedrooms all with big comfy beds, desks and
relaxation space, three bathrooms, a large
lounge/library, homely kitchen with aga, open fires, studio space for
painting, large walled garden and the River Piddle running through the grounds. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">There is no minimum night’s stay
at South House, though with full board including
three home-cooked meals, wine with dinner and plenty of cake, you are likely to
want to linger.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alongside the guest facility,
South House holds a number of residential and non-residential courses for
writers. There is also a fortnightly writers group.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;">For more information on this
unique creative haven visit w</span><a href="http://www.writersandartistsretreat.com/" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">ww.writersandartistsretreat.com</span></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; text-indent: 36pt;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep up to date with our latest events on <a href="https://twitter.com/SHRetreat" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/South-House-Writers-Artists-Retreat-726520144135691/timeline/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-19523697547404860512015-09-13T06:40:00.000-07:002015-09-13T06:42:01.966-07:00An interview with Lyme Regis author and creative-writing teacher Joanna Smith <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m a teacher and writer – I’ve been
teaching creative writing in <a href="http://www.lymeregis.org/" target="_blank">Lyme Regis</a> and Uplyme since 2008. I’ve written three
films that were shot in Southern Africa and my book <i><a href="http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/lymenews/11425421.New_book_reveals_the_secret_attractions_of_Lyme/" target="_blank">Lesser Known Lyme Regis</a> </i>was published by <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/" target="_blank">Roving Press</a> last year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">It’s
a comprehensive guidebook to the town.<i> </i>Bee
at <a href="http://www.serendiplyme.co.uk/" target="_blank">Serendip </a>suggested I should write it as she didn’t have anything up-to-date
and reliable to offer visitors. I loved getting to know the town really well
and interviewing people for the book – there are so many passionate and
interesting people in Lyme. It took ages to write though as many of the best
stories (anything to do with smugglers and underground tunnels and hidden
chambers) were so hard to prove. I lived in fear of perpetuating myths. In a
way, it was a relief to return to fiction!</span> </span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Where did your love of writing come from?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s hard to say! I started scribbling
stories as soon as I could hold a pencil. Like most people though, I just
stopped writing fiction as soon as I left school and poured all my writing
energy into letters and journals and the odd newspaper article. It took me a
couple of decades to get back to fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What were you doing before you moved to Lyme Regis?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did a degree in English Literature in
London, a postgraduate degree in Education from Cambridge University and taught
English in Tanzania and Leamington Spa before arriving in Mozambique in 1994. I
stayed in Maputo for 13 years, teaching literature at the university, training
teachers and writing film scripts. It was a really interesting and positive
time to be there – when I arrived in the civil war had just ended and people
were very keen to start rebuilding their lives. There was a great sense of
possibility and so much to get involved in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Southern Africa?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started writing English subtitles for the
major film company in Mozambique and was asked if I’d like to try writing a
script. What a dream. The company gave me lots of valuable feedback and were
extremely encouraging – conditions that were perfect for waking up my dormant
creativity. I’ve tried to replicate this kind of environment in my writing
groups. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What inspired you to set up the <a href="http://blackdogwritinggroup.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Black Dog Writing Group</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I came to live in Lyme with my 5 year old
daughter and so my first priority was to find work that fitted around her. For
the first year I worked as a carer but missed being around people involved with
books and writing. My main loves were teaching and writing fiction so I decided
to put these together and teach creative writing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How does one join the writing group? (is there a fee
involved? and tell us about group/individual sessions?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I currently run five groups and see some
writers individually. I teach a structured course, introducing the elements of
fiction such as plot, dialogue, point of view and characterization. We also
work hard on developing a writing habit and ignoring the mean snipings of our
inner critic. Creative writing is a wonderful subject to teach as people gain
in confidence and ability remarkably quickly and the groups become very close.
You get to know and trust each other very well when you share writing. I also
see several individuals who can’t join a group or who are more interested in
working on a specific project such as a novel or memoir. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We meet once a week. Every year I teach
three blocks of ten sessions, following the school terms. I start a new group
every January and then the group stays together. If anyone would like to go on
the waiting list, all the details can be found on my website: <a href="http://www.blackdogwriting.co.uk/">www.blackdogwriting.co.uk</a>. Each
block costs £100. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The writing group has released several books? (plans
for anymore?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I produce a book of Stories from the Black
Dog every December. This year will be the 6th volume. All the students submit
their best work: it’s a real thrill for
everyone to see their stories in print - and the book makes a very handy Christmas
present!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which three people would you most like to discuss
literature with?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tend to enjoy books by people I’d like to
meet: wise people who I feel could teach me about life as well as literature.
My current top three are probably Marylinne Robinson, Elizabeth Stout, Tove
Jansson and Sarah Waters. (Sorry, Maths was never my strong suit.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/lesserknownlymeregis.html" target="_blank">Roving Press book page</a> for information on
<i>Lesser Known Lyme Regis</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-73328476916096536792015-08-24T09:40:00.002-07:002015-08-26T05:32:16.913-07:00Fordington Remembered - by Anita Harries from 'Durnovaria Diaries'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pMEDJoUQIQo/VdtIIuo5fxI/AAAAAAAABDs/jjPqYRi7GWo/s1600/FR%2Bcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pMEDJoUQIQo/VdtIIuo5fxI/AAAAAAAABDs/jjPqYRi7GWo/s320/FR%2Bcover.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YWnx4FiFSXM/VdtFKt02uwI/AAAAAAAABCo/JLPRwMaMMA0/s1600/David%2Bon%2BFordington%2BGreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YWnx4FiFSXM/VdtFKt02uwI/AAAAAAAABCo/JLPRwMaMMA0/s320/David%2Bon%2BFordington%2BGreen.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pMEDJoUQIQo/VdtIIuo5fxI/AAAAAAAABDs/jjPqYRi7GWo/s1600/FR%2Bcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"></span></a><span style="color: #606060; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What do you do when summer turns to winter overnight, when the rain comes down
so hard you wonder whether you should put away the deckchairs and build an ark?<br />
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You pick up a book, sit yourself down with a blues-banishing cup of coffee and
immerse yourself in another world. <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/FordingtonRemembered.html" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">Fordington Remembered</span></em><span style="color: #6dc6dd;"> </span></a>by
David Forrester is one of those wonderful books that takes you on a journey
through Dorchester as he vividly brings to life the experience of living here
post-war.<br />
<br /><br />This was without doubt the “wrong end of the town” where families were
disadvantaged, times were often difficult but people went about their daily
lives working hard yet keeping a smile on their faces. </span></span></h1>
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read David’s reminiscences, from St. George’s Infants School to the still
familiar names of much loved shops, some still with us but many lost to the
relentless march of progress, the Magpies football team, street scenes and the
wide open fields that in those days hugged the boundaries of our town. </span></span></h1>
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refreshing to read of an area that means so much to my family. My dad and my
grandparents spent many years in Holloway Road, my grandfather in particular
gave the Swan Inn the dubious benefit of his custom on many an occasion, and
certainly at least one of my brothers attended St. George’s Infants School. </span></span></h1>
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I can just about recall deliveries made by horse and cart, perhaps one of my
earliest memories of my Fordington experiences – that and playing in the river
despite the extraordinary range of items that appeared in there with alarming
regularity. Not actually a part of Dorchester for much of its history, it is
now a far more respectable area of the town. Has it now lost much of the
character it once had, has time dulled its appeal? I guess many would argue the
point, but it is certainly more “up-market” than it was in the times depicted
in David’s book.</span></span></h1>
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How fortunate we are that his memoirs and vivid recollections have created such
an important record of the social history, not just of Fordington but of
post-war life in many other rural areas across the country. </span></span></h1>
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humorous, light-hearted, thought-provoking, depressing in places yet an open
and honest account of growing up and surviving in what was then one of our poorest
areas. </span></span></h1>
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and with some of the proceeds going to the <a href="https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rotary-foundation" target="_blank">Rotary Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.dorsetmesupport.org.uk/" target="_blank">Dorset MESupport Group</a>, I would recommend it as a book worth reading whether or not you
have a personal affinity with Fordington. Well done David ……. And the wonderful
array of photos are worth a look alone! </span></span></h1>
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What does the word ‘Dorset’ conjure up to you? Cream teas
and rolling hills? <a href="http://www.hardysociety.org/about-the-society" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy</a> (especially with the new film adaptation of <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/far_from_the_madding_crowd" target="_blank">Far from the Madding Crowd</a></i> storming
cinemas at the moment) and <a href="http://www.visit-dorset.com/about-the-area/broadchurch" target="_blank">Broadchurch</a>? Fossils and geology?</div>
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Perhaps less well known is the
fact that Dorset is a bit of a hotspot for big cats, with 223 first-hand
accounts described in <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/RoaringDorset.html" target="_blank">Roaring Dorset!</a></i>
At any time of the year, our book <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/DorsetCountryCalendar.html" target="_blank">A Dorset Country Calendar</a></i> describes what to look for, with lovely pen and ink
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Have you heard of the Dorset Knob
(which has a whole <a href="http://www.dorsetknobthrowing.com/" target="_blank">festival </a>dedicated to it in May in Cattistock)? Or the <a href="http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/dorset/featured-sites/the-cerne-abbas-giant.html" target="_blank">CerneGiant</a>, a sight to see in his
magnificent manly glory, adorning a
hillside above the ancient village of Cerne Abbas (not sure what the monks
would have made of that!). There are plenty of other odd goings-on in the Isle
of Purbeck according to David Leadbetter’s book <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/paranormalpurbeck.html" target="_blank">Paranormal Purbeck</a></i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Whilst visiting <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/hardy-cottage.php" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy’s Cottage</a> in Bockhampton near
Dorchester and <a href="http://www.hardycountry.org/plan-your-visit/" target="_blank">Max Gate</a>, the home he built for himself and his first wife Emma
(both run by the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/max-gate/" target="_blank">National Trust</a>) you can
gain an insight into their lives with <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/sheopenedthedoor.html" target="_blank">She Opened the Door</a>: The Wife and Women who Haunted Thomas Hardy</i>. </div>
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Other more
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stories and poetry, with photographs – an all Dorset production.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lawrence of Arabia’s unusual home
at <a href="http://www.dorsetcamper.com/clouds_hill.html" target="_blank">Cloud’s Hill</a> near Bovington (also run by the NT) is worth a visit, with
beautiful window engravings by Laurence Whistler in nearby St Nicholas Church,
<a href="http://www.moretondorset.co.uk/moreton/st_nicholas_church.php" target="_blank">Moreton</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You might explore Europe’s
largest hill-fort, <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/maiden-castle/" target="_blank">Maiden Castle</a>, with views of the Prince of Wales’ model
town of <a href="http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/features/poundbury" target="_blank">Poundbury</a>. Afterwards visit the <a href="http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/" target="_blank">Dorset County Museum</a> in <a href="http://www.visit-dorchester.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dorchester </a>to
see some of the finds from here, as woven into <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/defendersofmaidun.html" target="_blank">Defenders of Mai-dun</a>: A Story of the Roman Assault on Maiden Castle</i>,
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scenes and see what most visitors miss, then our <i>Lesser Known</i> guidebooks to <a href="http://www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Swanage</a>, <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/Lesserknownweymouth.html" target="_blank">Weymouth</a>, <a href="http://www.lymeregis.org/" target="_blank">Lyme Regis</a> and
<a href="http://www.visitchristchurch.info/" target="_blank">Christchurch </a>may be just the job. Get away from the crowds and explore the
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<i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/magicofpurbeck" target="_blank">The Magic of Purbeck</a></i> also has some great walks and photos of the stunning <a href="http://jurassiccoast.org/" target="_blank">Jurassic Coast</a>, ancient chalk downs and <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wra-1356327326839/841666/" target="_blank">National Heaths </a>around Studland, to inspire more
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influences and history of ley lines, holy wells and Druids, revealed in <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/SpiritofPortland.html" target="_blank">The Spirit of Portland</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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more than just a traditional seaside resort, with loads of music festivals and
even a dedicated <a href="http://www.walkswanage.com/" target="_blank">Walking Festival</a> in September. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If staying in Weymouth, be sure
to check out neighbouring <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/preston.html" target="_blank">Preston, Bowleaze and Overcombe</a> </i>(and the book of that name). <a href="http://www.bowleazecove.co.uk/old_bowleaze.htm" target="_blank">Jordan Hill</a> has remains
of a Roman temple and is a great viewpoint, overlooked by King George III (a
frequent visitor to Weymouth) on his grey stead cut into the hills above
Preston. <a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-constable-weymouth-bay-bowleaze-cove-and-jordon-hill" target="_blank">John Constable</a> loved the area so much he honeymooned here, painting
several local scenes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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reason to come to Dorset, then <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/Secretplacesofwestdorset.html" target="_blank">Secret Places of West Dorset</a></i> will be sure to inspire you. Follow secluded lanes
and ancient tracks, prehistoric sites, nature reserves and timeless villages,
mingling with ghosts and other folklore. Through it, discover the ‘genius loci’
or spirit of the place that is Dorset, and gain a richer insight and deeper understanding
of why Dorset is such a special place.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-30994451318069451472015-06-03T02:17:00.001-07:002015-06-03T02:17:09.806-07:00‘Writing Places’ – celebrating the literary heritage of the South West<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Workshops and events...writers-in-residence...literary
gossip...creative writing masterclasses...competitions...storytelling...trails...author
talks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>What’s this, you say?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s all part of a new project set up by three charities –
<a href="http://www.literatureworks.org.uk/" target="_blank">Literature Works</a>, the <a href="http://www.poetryarchive.org/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwy7qrBRC4lp7_hM3dgIoBEiQA72pCnoSgtddwJOrsCRO5FSG1XwgS7BrD981he0f_RbkzvYQaAt9C8P8HAQ" target="_blank">Poetry Archive</a>, and the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Trust</a> – funded by the <a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/" target="_blank">ArtsCouncil</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Five National Trust houses in the South West – <a href="https://www.dorsetforyou.com/Hardysbirthplace" target="_blank">Hardy’s Cottage</a> and <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/max-gate.php" target="_blank">MaxGate</a> (Dorchester), <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/a-la-ronde/" target="_blank">A la Ronde</a> (Exmouth), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQ3urO52bY" target="_blank">Greenway</a> (nr Brixham) and <a href="http://www.friendsofcoleridge.com/national-trust-website" target="_blank">ColeridgeCottage</a> (nr Bridgwater) – will be hosting a programme of literary events over
the next 2 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night I went to the launch at <a href="http://www.hardycountry.org/plan-your-visit/" target="_blank">Max Gate</a>, with guest
speaker <a href="http://www.uktouring.org.uk/andrewmotion/index.html" target="_blank">Sir Andrew Motion</a> (what a treat!). We heard how this exciting project
is designed to:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">provide experiences that connect people today to these
special places;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">show the intimate every-day life of the authors who lived
and worked there;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">highlight the strong spirit of the places, telling their
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why are these places still so impactful today? What is their
contemporary relevance? It’s all about widening and diversifying the audience,
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Through contemporary writers and poets, you will come to see
how the authors who lived there were inspired, and how this inspiration is
still evident today, working its magic on future writers. Writers-in-residence
will let the essence of the place soak into them, to inspire and encourage new
writing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Discover the conditions under which famous writers, such as
<a href="http://www.hardysociety.org/about-the-society" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy</a>, <a href="http://www.agathachristie.com/" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>, <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/samuel-taylor-coleridge" target="_blank">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a> and the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/heritage/england/devon/article_1.shtml" target="_blank">Parminter sisters</a>, wrote – how
their houses and environment reflected them and inspired their work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The ‘<a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/dorchester/13309385.Sir_Andrew_Motions_helps_launch_writing_project_in_Dorchester/" target="_blank">Writing Places</a>’ project is being trialled in the South
West, and, if successful, may be rolled out across the whole of the National
Trust’s properties with a literary connection. These are not dry, dusty,
historic buildings, but living, inspiring places, capable of moving people today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Details of events can be found at <a href="http://nationaltrust.org.uk/writingplaces">nationaltrust.org.uk/writingplaces</a>. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more about Thomas Hardy, see <a href="http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/writers_dorset" target="_blank">Dorset County Museum</a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hardycountry.org/" target="_blank">Hardy Country</a>, <a href="http://hardyonline.org/" target="_blank">New Hardy Players</a>, <a href="http://thomas-hardy-explorer.co.uk/" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy Explorer</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See also <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/sheopenedthedoor.html" target="_blank">She Opened the Door: The Wife and Women Who Haunted Thomas Hardy</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by <a href="http://www.spyway.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=53" target="_blank">Peter John Cooper</a> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">published by <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">Roving Press</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. This book was inspired by Max Gate and Peter's feeling for the place and its former inhabitants.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-39142192549426746002015-04-12T11:16:00.003-07:002015-04-29T06:31:00.275-07:00Literary connections with the British Council<div class="MsoNormal">
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recently gave a talk (courtesy of the <a href="http://www.william-barnes-society.org.uk/" target="_blank">William Barnes Society</a>) about his
35-year-long career in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/britishcouncil" target="_blank">British Council</a>. It was a fascinating insight into
what the British Council does. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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friendly relations and fostering exchanges and mutual appreciation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">promoting a wider knowledge of the UK and the English language</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">creating
international opportunities for writers</span></span></li>
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founded in 1934 and many well-known writers have worked for the organisation,
including <a href="http://literature.britishcouncil.org/julian-barnes" target="_blank">Julian Barnes</a> and Prof <a href="http://literature.britishcouncil.org/david-lodge" target="_blank">David Lodge</a>. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jim
explained how his job entailed hosting writer’s tours and readings; organising book fairs and exhibitions; publishing pamphlets focusing on particular poets and
authors; editing anthologies; bringing writers into schools; getting them on TV
and radio; among other things.</span></span></div>
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the British Council in 2004 with an OBE for his services. He and his wife
<a href="http://maria-strani-potts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/books-by-maria-strani-potts.html" target="_blank">Maria Strani-Potts, herself a published author, </a>now live in Poundbury, Dorchester. </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EsBAzaW0LaE/U1pYvUbrEsI/AAAAAAAAANg/OKPt28yvc7U/s1600/Dorset%2BVoices%2Bcover%2B(6x4cm%2C150dpi%2CRGB).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EsBAzaW0LaE/U1pYvUbrEsI/AAAAAAAAANg/OKPt28yvc7U/s1600/Dorset%2BVoices%2Bcover%2B%286x4cm%2C150dpi%2CRGB%29.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> In fact, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dorset was
their inspiration for the <a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9689128.Book_showcasing_literary_and_photographic_talents_of_Dorset_launched/" target="_blank">Dorset Voices </a>project, with a book of that name
published with <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/" target="_blank">Roving Press </a>in 2012 and supported by <a href="http://www.creativedorset.co.uk/" target="_blank">Creative Dorset</a>. <a href="http://corfublues.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jim</a>, Maria and <a href="https://gailaldwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/interview-with-louisa-adjoa-parker/" target="_blank">Louisa Adjoa Parker </a>were the three editors tasked with compiling the book from the best submissions from local Dorset people.</span></span></div>
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Foreword: ‘<i>... such a splendid anthology. I pray it will give
pleasure and inspiration to others</i>.’<i> </i></span></span></div>
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what they are writing about or depicting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/DorsetVoices.html" target="_blank">Dorset Voices</a> features over 40
different writers and 24 photographers in its 128 pages. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is available from <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/Ordering.html" target="_blank">Roving Press</a> at the special price of just £4.99. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">On a
Dorset cliff-top – </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.frostmagazine.com/2014/11/a-day-in-the-life-of-author-frances-colville/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Frances Colville</span></a></span></b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He stood – as he stood every day – closer to the cliff edge than he
should have done. Dressed in his old gardening clothes he looked like a man who
cared for nothing – which indeed was the truth, since the sudden death of his
wife six months earlier. He toyed, as he always did, with the idea of jumping,
of ending his misery with a silent whoop of satisfaction as he crashed on to
the rocks below</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It took seconds, minutes perhaps, for him to realise that the screaming
he could hear wasn’t inside his head. Roused from his misery he turned and saw
a lone woman, a hundred yards or so further inland, shrieking with terror. For
the first time in six months he found himself aware of another human being.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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had seen a grass snake – two, three feet long – next to her shoe. To reassure
her, he hunted for it, but it had vanished into the undergrowth. Unable to
think of any other means of calming her, and loathe to leave her alone in such
a state, he offered her tea at the beach café.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a chance for many weeks, wondered if he would ever realise that even on such a
lovely spring day it was far too early in the year for grass snakes.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Guest blog by author <a href="http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/dorset/paranormal-purbeck-a-study-of-the-unexplained-by-david-leadbetter.html" target="_blank">DavidLeadbetter</a>, </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><i>Paranormal Purbeck:
A Study of the Unexplained</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNpIt4UlCniiiCyO8vot1jn6F2pScmRWL8OVeozly713r4GbOn" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNpIt4UlCniiiCyO8vot1jn6F2pScmRWL8OVeozly713r4GbOn" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Following publication of <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/paranormalpurbeck.html" target="_blank">my book by Roving Press</a>, a number of people
have written to me, giving details of experiences that occurred to themselves
or members of their family. One of the most bizarre accounts was sent by Barry
Goldsmith from Southampton, who described what happened in his parents' house
one summer day in 1961. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barry's
father had been working in the garden and his mother was out shopping. At about
11 am his father came indoors to prepare the vegetables for their midday meal,
removing his gardening boots before going into the kitchen in his stockinged
feet. He had just finished peeling the last potato and stepped back to pick up
the saucepan lid when he trod on something sharp, which really hurt his foot.
When he looked down, he saw it was a wedge-shaped piece of a china plate with a
scalloped edge about the size of a cheese triangle. He realised it had come from one of their dinner plates and that his wife must have
broken it. Thinking no more about it, he threw the broken piece in the pile of
vegetable refuse and wrapped it all up before putting it in the dustbin.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Later, when Barry's
parents were having dinner, his father casually mentioned the broken plate.
Barry's mother immediately said she had not broken any plate and pointed out
that they were actually using both their plates at that moment for their
meal. It was thought that the broken piece must somehow have come in from
the garden on his father's clothes.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Later that evening, they were both in the lounge watching television when they
were startled by a loud crash from the kitchen. They went to see what
had happened and found to their amazement that one of their two dinner plates
had leapt from the rack above the cooker and now lay in three
pieces about 6 ft away near the kitchen sink. Barry's mother picked up the
pieces and placed them together. They fitted perfectly, with the exception of
one small triangular piece which they could not find. Barry's father said he
knew where it would be and went out to the dustbin and retrieved the parcel of
peelings. There amongst the rubbish was the piece he had put there that
morning. It fitted the plate perfectly!</span></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";">In writing to me, Barry
emphasised that he and other people have found it very hard to take in this
experience, but that it happened exactly as he told it. </span>What happened to Barry's parents challenges
our whole concept of <a href="http://www.manage-time.com/linear.html" target="_blank">linear time</a> and cannot be explained rationally. <span style="text-indent: 47.2666664123535px;">There are well-documented cases of objects mysteriously materialising and dematerialising, but it must be very unusual for a piece of a broken object to appear some hours before the object itself broke!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/awesomemysteries/images/versai7.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/awesomemysteries/images/versai7.gif" height="200" width="143" /></a><a href="http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/awesomemysteries/images/versai6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/awesomemysteries/images/versai6.jpg" height="200" width="120" /></a> There are examples of
where people seem to have been transported backwards or forwards in time: <a href="http://www.darkdorset.co.uk/paranormal_purbeck" target="_blank"><i>Paranormal Purbeck</i> </a>has a story about how
a family appeared to be taken back in time in a garden, and there is the famous
example of a <a href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/11/cases-of-time-slips/" target="_blank">time-slip</a> where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moberly%E2%80%93Jourdain_incident" target="_blank">two ladies who visited Versailles in 1901 </a>saw
people dressed in 18th-century costume and both experienced a dreamlike
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<span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 35.45pt;">In the case of Barry's parents, though, it would seem that the piece
of china plate was somehow transported into the future: in other words, part of
the event happened in the wrong sequence. This tells us that there is something
fundamentally wrong with our 'normal' understanding of time.</span></div>
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgUG8pFbOwNYZUY-9DBFIpsDZNuDGFgax5EJb-uAHcEXCk0fFTcg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgUG8pFbOwNYZUY-9DBFIpsDZNuDGFgax5EJb-uAHcEXCk0fFTcg" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Those who undergo
mystical experiences or practise deep meditation describe how time becomes
meaningless and there is no sense of past, present or future: time is seen as
an unbroken whole, not divided into parts. In the physical world and our
everyday lives, time is conceived as moving in a certain direction, but is it
'time' that moves, or ourselves? If the latter, which part of us 'moves'?
Clearly, the physical body, ages with time, but
consciousness does not, though it can undergo growth and evolution. It seems
that it is consciousness that is timeless, resulting in our concept of linear
time being inadequate at a deeper level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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present is constantly moving away from us (becoming past) and at the same time
we may be anticipating the future; the present is therefore actually very
difficult to conceive and may not really exist. </span>In higher consciousness states such as
meditation and mysticism, where there is a great sense of being and oneness,
time becomes an illusion for the person having the experience and there is no
sense of awareness of the present. This also seems to be the case in the
<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dream-states/" target="_blank">dream state</a>: consciousness (or the subconscious mind) creates a blend of images
from the past and, on occasions, the future in a mix of time where there is
clearly no present for the dreamer.</div>
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width="400" /></a><span lang="EN-US"> The conclusion must be that time has a
certain validity for our normal waking <a href="http://www.livescience.com/47096-theories-seek-to-explain-consciousness.html" target="_blank">consciousness</a>, but only in the sense that out physical bodies are constantly
experiencing change and therefore movement through what we term 'time'. The
linear concept is only valid in a limited sense, and unusual experiences, such
as the one that occurred to Barry's parents, point towards a higher,
transcendent, perhaps multidimensional form of time, almost beyond normal
human perception. The question of why the piece of broken china appeared when
it did on that particular day and whether there were unseen forces behind it
will probably go unanswered, but it does have profound implications for our
understanding of time. Physicist <a href="http://www.david-bohm.net/" target="_blank">David Bohm </a>argued that total order is
contained in some implicit sense in each region of space and time: in the case
of a hologram, for instance, each part of it contains the image of the whole,
so perhaps each moment in (linear) time holds information about all of time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em; text-align: left;">Roving Press – December Newsletter</span></span></strong></span></h1>
This month’s Newsletter has suggestions for stocking fillers, presents and thank-you gifts (don’t forget the postman!), as well as Literary Snippets and Events. Ho, ho, Happy Christmas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;" valign="top">Or read about the Roman assault on <a href="http://visit-dorchester.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=42" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">Maiden Castle</a>, then visit the <a href="http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/archaeology_gallery" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">Dorset County Museum</a> to see some of the artefacts that are woven into <a href="http://cyderscribes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/interview-author-david-macphearson.html" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">David Macpherson</a>’s factional story<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/defendersofmaidun.html" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; word-wrap: break-word;">Defenders of Mai-dun</a></strong></span>. It makes any visit to Maiden Castle so much more interesting and alive.<br /><br />For a post about Roman Dorset see this<a href="http://dorsetdorset.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/roman-dorset.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+DorsetDorset+(DORSET+DORSET)" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">blog spot</a> and for a reminder of just how awesome the place is <a href="http://www.visit-dorset.tv/maiden-castles-links-with-chesil-beach/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">visit-Dorset-TV</a>. </td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195156683196076929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707867221930737907.post-20841403841477266812014-11-28T03:05:00.000-08:002014-11-28T03:05:33.170-08:00Adventure stories inspired by Portland and Chesil Beach by Carol Hunt<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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sea monsters, smugglers and pirates. This intriguing history inspired <i>The Portland Chronicles</i>, my
time-travelling stories for children set on the <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Isle of Portland</span>, </span>following the adventures of
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arc of pebbles from <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Portland</span>
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bank of jewel-bright stones shields <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/Portland/680735/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Chiswell</span> </a></span>and <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/Portland/660750/" target="_blank">Ferrybridge</a> </span>from the Atlantic storms, but the many <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://theshipwreckproject.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">shipwrecks</span> </a></span>that lie within the arc of Chesil are
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Intriguingly it is home to
the <i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="http://carolhunt.co.uk/tag/portland/" target="_blank">Veasta</a></span></i>, a mysterious sea monster that inspired
my first story, <i>The Portland Sea Dragon</i>.
The <i>Veasta</i> was first seen in 1457 and
its last recorded sighting was on the day of the solar eclipse in 1999.
Flintlock, my 17th-century smuggler, describes it as a fiendish creature that
rises from Chesil waves: ‘Some folk see a great fish with a curved tail. Others
a giant sea horse.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inspired by this strange
monster and the ever-changing seas of West Bay, the Portland Sea Dragon is a
green and gold sea-weedy creature. In the story, Isabel travels into the past,
encountering smugglers, witches and a sinister mermaid, to find this elusive
dragon. Lucky Isabel flies with the dragon along Chesil Beach, heading into the
mists of <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.ridgewayreading.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/roots-group-moonfleet.html" target="_blank">Moonfleet</a> </span>country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Smugglers and pirates have
long been associated with Chesil Beach. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="http://www.dorset-life.com/dorset/smuggling-smugglers" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Smugglers</span> </a></span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">arriving late at night on the dangerous,
sloping bank could tell their exact position from the size of the stones, and
pirate ships lie beneath the waves.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In <i>Portland Pirates</i>, while marauding pirates are busy a’piratin’ the
Isle, Isabel finds their ghost ship, the <i>Fortune</i>,
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of the famous Chesil sunset. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/SpiritofPortland.html" target="_blank">The Spirit of Portland: Revelations of a Sacred Isle</a> by <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="http://www.belinusline.com/" target="_blank">Gary Biltcliffe</a> is a great read.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #151515; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">Carol took a degree in English Literature and
History at University College, Chichester, trained as a teacher, and worked in
publishing for several years in Petersfield.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white;"> She
</span><span style="background-color: white;">left work to bring up her three children and moved to Portland in 2005,
then later to </span><a href="http://wykeregis.webs.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Wyke Regis.</a> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #151515; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">She has been adviser to young people for </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Connexions South Central</span> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #151515; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">and </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/helping-children/our-programmes/children-affected-adult-substance-misuse/waves" target="_blank">Waves</a></span><span style="background-color: white;">, Weymouth, and enjoys
meeting youngsters and talking to them. She regularly gives talks to school
children about her inspiration and writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For an interview with her see <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="http://cyderscribes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/interview-childrens-author-carol-hunt.html" target="_blank">Cyderscribes</a></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Brian Bates<br /><br />A good read this centenary year and a great social history of the time. Author royalties are being given to charities Sense and Sightsavers.</td></tr>
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See our <a href="http://rovingpress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/thomas-hardys-mixen-lane-in-fordington.html" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">Roving Press blog</a>.<br /><br />Anyone with memories of Mill Street should call David on <span class="skype_c2c_container notranslate" data-isfreecall="false" data-ismobile="false" data-isrtl="false" data-numbertocall="+441305250882" dir="ltr" id="skype_c2c_container" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0px 0px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat !important; border-collapse: separate !important; border: 0px none rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; bottom: auto !important; clear: none !important; clip: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 175, 253) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 0.99em !important; left: auto !important; 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by David Leadbetter<br />‘One of the most fascinating books to have come into my hands for a long time.’ George Willey, <em>Swanage and Wareham Advertiser</em>. Find out why understanding what we term 'paranormal' is of fundamental importance to comprehending the world we live in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;" valign="top"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Editor Jerry Bird reviews David's book in </span><em style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://www.merrymeetmagazine.co.uk/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;">Merry Meet</a>: Journal of Folklore & Pagan Heritage</em><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">. Issue 51 of </span><em style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Merry Meet</em><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> also features the Swing Riots in Fordington, demise of the White Hart in Dorchester (with a great photo of the old place in Thomas Hardy’s day on the back cover), Stonehenge’s new visitor centre, a handy folklore diary and events, and other book reviews.<br /><br />Thanks to Geoff Stubbs </span><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">for reviewing</span><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> </span><em style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Paranormal Purbeck </em><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">in </span><a href="http://purbeckjournal.co.uk/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><em style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Purbeck Journal</em></a><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">.</span><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Author David Leadbetter is now on </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Leadbetter/e/B00J6ASQVK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" style="color: #6dc6dd; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; word-wrap: break-word;">Amazon</a><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">. See also interview at </span><a href="http://cyderscribes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/interview-author-david-leadbetter.html" style="color: #6dc6dd; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; word-wrap: break-word;">Cyderscribes</a><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">.</span></td></tr>
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This is the season for making the most of what's on our doorstep now
the grockles have gone home. In this our first newsletter we feature
our latest 'Lesser Known' guide and others in the series, all
designed to get you out exploring Dorset. There's also something for
those who enjoy cuddling up with poetry, and some further Literary
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emotional response in the reader or listener. You can use various
rhythms, word plays or rhyme schemes to help generate that
emotion.' </em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A Collection of New Prose, Poetry and Photographs. And for
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thanks Peter. (Don't worry, he's not as scary as he
looks!)<br />
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Poetry Forms</span></a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">from
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joins our stable of local guides. Rather like having your own
personal guide, each book has bespoke walks and maps. They appeal
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with plenty of pictures to entice you out of your armchair.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Author Joanna Smith lives in Lyme, where she runs
the <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=dae25d4841&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Black Dog Writing Group</span></a>. She spent two
years researching the book. <em>‘So
much has been written about the town’s history, literary links,
walking trails and fossils, but I wanted to write a comprehensive
guide that brings all these facets of the town together. </em>
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<em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The book includes interviews with dozens of local
people such as fishermen, artists, fossil hunters, historians and
wreck divers, which give a real insight into contemporary Lyme and
explain why it’s such a vibrant place’.</span></em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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Click <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=313678f849&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">HERE</span></a> for a review by Bridport News and
read our <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=2e3f231d84&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Roving Press blog</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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philanthropist <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=2f9bb7643e&e=9ae52d90f4"><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Thomas
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<em>“At the top
of the car park, Coram Tower is unmistakable across the main road.
It was built in the 1880s as St Michael’s College, a school for the
sons of clergy. The school closed in 1899 and the building was
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<em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> Thomas was born in Lyme in 1668, the son
of a skipper, and was sent away to sea at the age of 11. In about
1720, when he was in London supplying stores to the Navy, he came in
contact with destitute children living near the banks of the Thames.
He was so shocked by their suffering that he spent 17 years fighting
to set up an institution that would care for them. </span></em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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The <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=ffa1eb93f8&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Foundling Hospital</span></a> was opened in London in
1741 for the ‘education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young
children’ and was the world’s first incorporated charity and the
first children’s charity in Britain; 27,000 children grew up in the
Hospital until it closed in 1954. The charity lives on today as
Coram, an organisation that works with disadvantaged children in the
UK.”</em> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=72a417b125&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">Priest’s Way</span></a>
between Swanage and Worth Matravers has been restored, as
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Life </em>magazine. Take a look at our blog
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Unwelcome visitors in Weymouth Bay<br />
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Royals Take a Dive<br />
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Our book has the full story, and more:<br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“... in the
mid-1700s something happened to take the focus away from the
harbourside feuds. </span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Doctors began advocating saltwater bathing as a cure
for all manner of things (gout, rheumatism, skin complaints, gunshot
wounds, bruises, strains, eye problems, etc.); it was even
recommended as a cure for ‘persons of corpulent habits, who become
unwieldly’ (according to local author John Love). ...</span></em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
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Ralph Allen was an influential socialite at the time, and when he
fell ill his doctors advised the ‘saltwater cure’. So he took himself
off to Weymouth, where his health improved. In 1780, the Duke of
Gloucester (King George III’s younger brother) came to Melcombe on
Allen’s recommendation to try ‘the cure’, which worked so well he
took up summer residence. Then came the King himself. His Family is
said to have holidayed almost every summer in Weymouth from 1789–1805,
originally staying at his brother’s Gloucester Lodge. Thus gradually
Weymouth was transformed from a commercial port into a fashionable
resort – ‘England’s Bay of Naples’.”</em></span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it! Are you brave enough? When was the last time you went sea
swimming? I’ve just got into open-water swimming and would
love to hear from anyone who swims locally. Please <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=8061ebbf90&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">email</span></a>.</span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: green; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sun, sand and inequality: why the British seaside
towns are losing out</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
An interesting read in <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=1f89a19a3f&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Guardian</span></em></a>. Having written <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lesser Known Weymouth</span></em>,
I can vouch that the town has loads of great features and shouldn't
be dismissed as a backwater. Looking beyond/above the 'For Let'
signs it's still a great town with a rich history – a brilliant
place with the best silky sand, gentle beach, special areas like
the Nothe and Jordan Hill, and so much to do. Perhaps you have
an excuse now? There are plenty of backstreets to explore in <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=671fe9b69d&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lesser Known Weymouth</span></em></a>.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The July edition of <a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=0b05428be1&e=9ae52d90f4" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dorset Life</span></em></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> has a feature on boundaries (the borough
variety) written by Jo Draper. The following extract from our book
explains a little about the old custom of '</span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://rovingpress.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8acc5f72d2738e35b3387b76&id=7b899ef315&e=9ae52d90f4"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Beating the bounds</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">' in Weymouth:<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“As the path
leaves old Radipole, there is a small stone bridge opposite
Letterbox Cottage. A stone in the river here has special
significance. Over the centuries, a ‘Beating the Bounds’ ceremony
was held, traditionally during the fifth week after Easter, when
people would walk the 10–12 miles (16–19.3 km) around the borough’s
boundaries. On the way they would bless the crops and give thanks
to God. These boundaries were marked by stones, gates, walls and
trees, and in the old days boys and girls were ‘bumped’ or
sometimes beaten with a rod at these boundary posts ‘to determine
and preserve recollection of its extent, and to see that no
encroachments have been made upon it, and that the landmarks have
not been taken away’ (William Barnes, quoted in Udal 1989).
Weymouth Museum has the original ebony and silver boundary rods.
The long but jolly walk also involved rowing boats and the scaling
of walls. Nowadays, the Mayor and Corporation occasionally re-enact
the ceremony, with school children carrying small boundary rods.”</span></em></span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our author Peter John Cooper was part of the line-up of speakers. 45 years as a playwright – congratulations Peter; see his
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A crowd of 70
plus people turned up to view an array of photographs from the Mill Street
Housing Society’s Archive in St George’s Hall, <a href="http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/07/fordington-a-short-walk/" target="_blank">Fordington</a>. Included were glass
slides, perhaps used in a magic lantern or such like, that had been discovered
in a barn by a committee member of the <a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11166174.DT1__Residents_take_trip_down_memory_lane_to_remember_Mill_Lane/" target="_blank">Mill Street projec</a>t.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As if by a miracle, they proved to be undamaged. Having been
enhanced, they were transferred to a memory stick and author <a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10837305.Author_tells_tales_of_a_Dorchester_childhood/" target="_blank">David Forrester</a>
was able to keep them running as a slide show all afternoon. This proved to be
a great success; areas long forgotten by many were there on the screen as large
as life. Shouts of ‘That’s my granny’ or ‘There’s my uncle, outside our old
house’ were to be heard. What excitement!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also on display were two bound volumes of <i>Musings by the Mill Stream</i>. These
contained all the quarterly News Sheets sold from 1927 at the grand price of 1d
first produced by A. Edwards. They contained an incredible amount of
information about what was happening in Mill Street, day by day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At one very moving moment, a gentleman opened the book and
there looking at him was a photo of his father (a Mill Street resident) who was
killed in the war. At the time he was only three and a half years old and of
course does not remember his father. So here, in one incredible moment, was a
photo and details of his father’s service record. This was news to him, and
also an exciting moment for those of us present at that time. It was so
wonderful to share that with him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Alfred Edwards, founder of the <a href="http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/dorchester/11463577.Photo_memories_of_great_mission/" target="_blank">Mill Street Mission</a>, explained to those
present the purpose of the project. This being to record the memories of those
who lived in Mill Street or had relatives who lived there. He explained the
importance of doing this now, before the memories are lost forever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the <a href="https://www.dorsetforyou.com/dorsethistorycentre" target="_blank">History Centre </a>in <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjw5ZKiBRDhqa-Yjcml9kYSJABia-RnjfPQgE3Wu3KR2-8Hj7uGjzkHWpq5j1gcHsCaAflesRoC5Qrw_wcB" target="_blank">Dorchester </a>as an important piece of social history. The
information will also be transcribed and used as the basis for <a href="http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/blog/dorchester-history/fordington-remembered/" target="_blank">David Forrester</a>’s
next book, <i>Mill Street, <a href="http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/writers_dorset" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy</a>’s
Mixen Lane</i>, which will be published by <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/" target="_blank">Roving Press</a> before the end of 2015,
as a follow-up to his highly successful book <i><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/FordingtonRemembered.html" target="_blank">Fordington Remembered: Growing Up in and Around Dorchester</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your memories, you can join in a relaxed but recorded chat with others; of
course, it is the information we are after, your name will only be used if you
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our best-selling book at the <a href="http://www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk/page/home" target="_blank">Dorset County Show</a> this year was <a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/DorsetCountryCalendar.html">A Dorset Country
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of Dorset wildlife, weather, local matters and farming around Milton Abbas are
reminiscent of a gentler place and time, and his simple pen-and-ink drawings delightfully illustrate his writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">‘The Dorset
County Show was a good show, with many more stall exhibitors this year. In the
1950s it thrived too, when there were many feed and corn merchants, sadly now
all gone – firms like Blandford & Webb, Dorset Farmers, Christopher Hills
and the like, whose marquees were a familiar sight. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">It
was the custom to have lunch and tea and a drink with them. The food and drink
were copious. Father would meet up with his farming friends and they’d go from
tent to tent swilling down free whiskys and become more animated and unsteady
throughout the day.</span></blockquote>
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year, I remember, Christopher Hills put on badger’s ham sandwiches. Imagine the
outcry if it happened today? Everybody had a good day. People dressed up, the
men in country tweeds and the women in colourful dresses, some wore hats as
well. At the end of the day, the now redder-faced farmers could be seen
threading their erratic ways like sheep through the parked cars, followed by
their wives, weighed down with children and brown carrier bags.’</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">‘Darkness
and damp lay heavy in our fog-bound valley at the bottom of Long Ash hill. All
was still except for the continual dripping of the trees. Sounds carried clear
and far. A mile away, I heard Hilton Church strike three and over the hill the
Abbey schoolboys cheering on their first XV team. Two or three days later, the
wind</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">backed to the south-west and blew hard to
make all the leaves turn up and show their undersides – a sure sign of rain, as
the old men always say. Suddenly, it became very mild as the warm front came
through. The wind slipped under the cloud and brought the longed-for rain. The
next day the grass had grown 2 inches because the soil was still so warm
and the weather so mild.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The swallows have gone and so have the last of our
runner beans. One tends to get fed up with them when you</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> have</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> been picking them since the middle
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> In the woods there are crunchy
leaves to scuff, the smell of autumn and a wonderful crop of chestnuts. We must
have picked a bucketful and all for free. The prickly outer covering is easily
dealt with by stamping on them and the nuts burst out under the pressure. Raw
or roasted they</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">re lovely now
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> We had one of those gorgeous
golden days recently, when the grass is covered with spiders’ threads. It</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">s when you see </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">gossamer</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">’,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> a passing floating thread with a
tiny spider suspended like a parachutist. This wondrous spider activity is a
sign of rain; we had some later, though only a drop fell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></blockquote>
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never see glow worms now. By chance, I read an article that described why. It</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-indent: 36pt;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-indent: 36pt;">s because of light pollution; those
people who leave their outside lights on in towns and cities, and the
illuminated motorways and junctions. The glow worm needs darkness, real
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stood by the yard gate, facing the road and the farm buildings, unlocking the
padlock and chain. As I fiddled with the key a rabbit ran from behind me and
almost jumped over my foot. A second later a stoat followed it, just missing
me. I watched in amazement as they crossed the road, the stoat chasing the
rabbit. They turned and ran towards the farmhouse backdoor and out of sight.
Three seconds later they came back one behind the other, re-crossed the road,
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stoats will throw
themselves about by contorting their bodies to mesmerise their prey, aided it
is said by a parasitic worm that enters the stoat’s brain by its nose and eventually
kills it. As stoats appear not to have any predators, except man, I can believe
it. Sheep have a condition called ‘Gid’ which is caused by a worm that goes up
one of their nostrils and into one side of the brain. The poor sheep runs
around in unsteady circles and often falls over. In times past it was said the
old shepherds would punch the affected sheep in the head – they must have had
fists of iron, a sheep’s head is very hard – to crack the scull, to loosen the
worm and cure the sheep.’</span></span></blockquote>
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of year for enjoying Dorset’s seaside. A new book just published, <i>Lesser
Known Lyme Regis</i>, delves into a side of <a href="http://www.lymeregis.org/" target="_blank">Lyme Regis</a> you might not know, with
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s rather like having your own personal guide. Author
<a href="http://www.blackdogwriting.co.uk/about-me.html" target="_blank">Joanna Smith</a> lives
in <a href="http://www.lymeregis.com/" target="_blank">Lyme Regis</a>, where she runs the <a href="http://www.blackdogwriting.co.uk/" target="_blank">Black Dog Writing Group</a>. She spent two years
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">‘So much has been written about
the town’s history, literary links, walking trails and fossils, but I wanted to
write a comprehensive guide that brings all these facets of the town together.’
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The bizarre 'moonscape' known as the <a href="http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/lyme_regis_fossils.htm" target="_blank">Ammonite Graveyard</a>, <a href="http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/discovery-and-learning/fossils-as-you-see-them-on-the-beach" target="_blank">Monmouth Beach</a></i> </td></tr>
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with dozens of local people such as fishermen, artists, fossil hunters, historians
and wreck divers, which give a real insight into contemporary Lyme and explain
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Liz Martin, a volunteer miller at the <a href="http://www.townmill.org.uk/" target="_blank">Town Mill</a>, weighing out freshly milled flour.</i></td></tr>
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Known Weymouth </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">and </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">Lesser Known
Swanage</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt;">, two other titles in the series published by Roving Press, the book
will appeal to locals as well as visitors. It takes you on a personal tour to reveal
the quirkier side of Lyme Regis.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vantage point on Bell Cliff. The Georgian cannon was retrieved from the Cobb in 1974 where it had spent many inglorious years as a mooring post, stuck in the harbour floor near the Gin Shop.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/lesserknownlymeregis.html" target="_blank">Lesser Known Lyme Regis</a> is available in local outlets and direct from Roving Press (<a href="http://www.rovingpress.co.uk/">www.rovingpress.co.uk</a>, tel 01300 321531),
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>the history of the stone
trade. <a href="http://dorset-ancestors.com/?p=1466" target="_blank">Purbeck stone</a> is the cause of much local pride and quarrying goes back
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</span></span><span dir="LTR" style="text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.durlston.co.uk/" target="_blank">Durlston Country Park</a>, with
the <a href="http://www.dorsetmap.co.uk/anvil_point_lighthouse.html" target="_blank">Lighthouse</a>, newly renovated <a href="http://www.durlstoncastle.co.uk/" target="_blank">Durlston Castle</a>, dolphin spotting, flora and
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maps exploring the Square, High Street, Peveril Point, Mill Pond and hills
around <a href="http://www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Swanage</a>;</span></span></div>
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Known </i>guides to Weymouth and Lyme Regis are available from Roving
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