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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

Events

Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.

PUBLISHING YOUR WORK

Date: 13th June 2026
Time: 14:00
Location: Loders Village Hall
West Dorset Group

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 meeting.

All welcome, members £2, visitors £4.

Members’ Evening “Crime and Punishment”

Date: 15th June 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Members’ Evening “Crime and Punishment”

‘The Wall of Death’ by Kay Townsend

Date: 19th June 2026
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘The Wall of Death’ by Kay Townsend

Hospital Blues: Nursing in Dorset in the First World War

Date: 15th July 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: The Bow Room at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
Blackmore Vale Group

During the First World War, an estimated 60,000 volunteers served with the British Red Cross Society in auxiliary hospitals across the United Kingdom, providing much-needed care for sick and wounded servicemen returning from the Front. This talk explores the pivotal role played by the VADs in Dorset during the war and highlights how this remarkable contribution was largely sustained through the efforts of female voluntary labour.

Speaker: Luke Mouland