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Grandad and Charlie Hounsell

Posted on 4th March 2014

In 2013 Barbara Elsmore arranged an exhibition on Foster's School for the Sherborne Museum and recognised her grandfather on one of the Museum's photographs I found this old school photograph in Sherborne Museum and realised my grandfather, Arthur Collings, was standing on the far left with his hands on the back of the chair of the boy in front of him The photo was taken in 1898 at Foster's School in Sherborne and is of the boys in forms IV, V and VI It was published in the SDFHS journal The... more

WDYTYA? – the last day

Posted on 23rd February 2014

Ann-Marie Wilkinson rounds off her diary with an account of the final day of the show Saturday As we had to pack up today, we took Barry’s car into Olympia this morning - the journey was much better than on Wednesday morning Barry booked the parking online yesterday as it is cheaper to do it in advance, It also meant that he could drop me off outside the exhibitor’s entrance so I only had a short walk As we arrived we could see the queue stretching round the corner and the show... more

The East Dorset Group hear about a Dorset-born Canadian, Ernest Seward.

Posted on 22nd February 2014

Pat Hilbert and John Tanner of the SDFHS East Dorset Group describe their new venue The SDFHS East Dorset Group has now held its second meeting at its new venue, the Hilda Coles Learning Centre at the Priest's House Museum in Wimborne with around 30 attending on Monday 17 February to hear Alan Brown speaking on The Life and Times of Ernest Seward, a Dorset relative of his Ernest fought in the Boer War then emigrated to Manitoba but joined up again to fight in a Canadian regiment at the Somme... more

Who Do Who Do You Think You Are?LIVE

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The SDFHS Chair, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, has been keeping a diary during this year's WDYTYA Tuesday Car nicely packed, just need to pop into the local butchers in Wedmore to pick up some local meat to give to my hosts, Barry and Ann Rideout, who look after me for the next few days As usual the butcher has local meat, this time it is Gloucester Old Spot pork and some of his home made sausages The journey was fairly uneventful, although the traffic was bad around Stonehenge – the new... more

Preparing for ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

Posted on 18th February 2014

Our Chairman, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, and other volunteers will be at the SDFHS table for all three days (20th-22nd February) of WDYTYA Please do come and say ‘hello’ and bring any queries you may have about your Somerset or Dorset familiesWho Do You Think You Are starts on Thursday 20th February at Olympia Preparations have been made and on Friday 14th Steve and I braved the weather to go to Sherborne to pick up all the items we take for the SDFHS tables Barry, John, Wendy and Patricia... more

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