Author: Dick Stainer
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More of Fontmell in the news
Life, death, Crime & punishment in the 19th & 20th Centuries SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A BOY (16th, September, 1866) On Saturday, the 3rd inst., an accident of a serious nature happened at Piper’s Mill, Fontmell, to a boy named Thomas Steel (probably Still) of the same place. It appears that the boy’s brother was working…
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The Dorset Clubmen
The Dorset Clubmen (This article formed part of the Archive Society Exhibition August 2013) Clubmen’s Down Between Compton Down and Fontmell Down, on the very edge of the north east boundary of Fontmell Magna Parish, is Clubmen’s Down. Its exact location is unclear: at different locations at the top of the downs are three information…
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Archive Society Exhibition 2013
FONTMELL MAGNA VILLAGE ARCHIVE SOCIETY will be holding an EXHIBITION showing NEW ACQUISITIONS – MEMBERS RESEARCH – UNSEEN ARCHIVES from the 8th to the 11th of August 2013 between 10:00am and 4:00pm in the VILLAGE HALL ADMISSION FREE There will also be opportunities to talk to members, search the archive and possibly see items not…
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Life & Death, Crimes & Punishment – News of Fontmell in the 19th century
Life & Death, Crimes & Punishment – News of Fontmell in the 19th century The following represents just a small sample of reports and articles published in the Dorset County Chronicle & the Western Gazette during the 19th century. 28th, May, 1863. The Chronicle reports of the 26th anniversary celebration of the Fontmell Magna Friendly…
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A.G.M. September 2012
FONTMELL MAGNA VILLAGE ARCHIVE SOCIETY Notes on the Annual General Meeting at the Village Hall Thursday 20th September 2012 at 4.00 p.m. Present Roger Hillman, Chris Bellers, Geoffrey Tapper, Carl Johnston, Helena Rigby, Judy Westgate Apologies Dave Hardiman, John Gadd, Gay Mole, Dick Stainer, Chairman’s report…
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Fontmell Magna in Australia
Fontmell Magna in Australia In 2011 a couple, Brenton and Therese Leitch from Highbury, South Australia visited Fontmell where their their family lived and worked 150 years ago. They were shown round the village by Member John Enderby, to whom they sent a delightfully-written and illustrated, privately printed book of their family`s history. The book…
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JOHN BLOOM IN LONDON
This is a poem written in the Dorset dialect by William Barnes. It is reported to have been inspired by the visit to the Great Exhibition in 1851 of Job Rose, the miller at Woodbridge Mill. JOHN BLOOM IN LONDON (All true) John Bloom he wer a jolly soul, A grinder o’ the best o’…
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Newsletter January 2012
Newsletter January 2012 Click on the above link to open the newsletter
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Newsletter October 2011
Newsletter October 2011 Click on the link above to open the newsletter
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A.G.M. September 2011
FONTMELL MAGNA VILLAGE ARCHIVE SOCIETY Notes on the Annual General Meeting at the Village Hall Thursday 15th September 2011 at 4.00 p.m. Present: Roger Hillman, John Gadd, Chris Bellers, Geoffrey Tapper, Dick Stainer, Carl Johnston, Helena Rigby, Gay Mole Apologies: Judy Westgate, Dave Hardiman Chairman’s report – Roger welcomed Helena…