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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

West Dorset Group

PUBLISHING YOUR WORK

Two local writers will be telling us how they tackled publishing their work Paul Radford, with his sister, have recently published their account of life in immediate post-war Guernsey, “Sarnia Cherie” Carlos Guarita is a photographer who has published books about local photographers “Where the Dipping is Ripping, the Dorset photographs of Joseph Robert Potts” and “Clarence Austin The Photographer and the Bridport Wildcat Women” Both will share their experiences with you at our...
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Maude Dudley, The Life of a Live-in Servant Through Letters

Valerie Brenton, from Dorset History Centre, introduces you to a unique collection of letters written by nanny, Maude Dudley, at the beginning of the 20th century The main focus will be using snippets from Maude’s letters to tell of the daily activities undertaken by a nanny, responsibilities and expectations You will have an overview of where you might find records for live-in servants and their employers Maude was nanny to the Williams family of Bridehead, in the Bride Valley Valerie...
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