Bid to eradicate polio now in a purple patch thanks to Rotary
A sea of purple crocuses is a stunning start to spring, so why not buy some crocus corms at...
Fun day of fundraising marks end of lockdown
Light rain in the middle of the afternoon put only a slight dampener on what was indeed a super...
Hedgehog group’s bonfires warning
With the approach of Halloween and Bonfire Night, the Blandford Hedgehog Group is urging people to consider their pets...
Memories to come flooding back with tour of river defences
By Nicci Brown
Older readers may remember the floods in Blandford in the 1970s.
The only way to travel through Blandford,...
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The day that Mr Gladstone visited Gillingham and Mere
By Robert Wellen
After Queen Victoria, William Ewart Gladstone was probably the most famous person in late Victorian England.
In a career lasting more than 60...
Stalbridge: The home of the Friendly Society
By Hilary Townsend
In 1945, when the first General Election after the last war was being canvassed, students from Oxford University arrived in a van...
Lorraine gets there in the end
Lorraine Williams from Stalbridge has reached the finishing line of her epic walking adventure covering a virtual distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats...
