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Sherborne is now Casterbridge

Posted on 23rd October 2013

Patricia Spencer describes the temporary transformation of the SDFHS centre Arriving this morning for a meeting at our Sherborne Centre we found that the exterior of our building had been transformed into 'The Friends' Alms-House' as it will appear in the new version of Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd which is being filmed in Sherborne this week There is a news report about the filming in Sherborne here on the BBC website Patricia... more

Open Day on 12 October

Posted on 14th October 2013

Patricia Spencer reports on the recent SDFHS Open Day After a very wet start to the day, the sun came out in Sherborne in the late morning on Saturday, encouraging shoppers to drop into our Sherborne Research Centre for our Open Day Many commented on our lovely premises, which we lease from the Sherborne Almshouse, founded in the fifteenth century Our building isn’t quite as old - part of it was built in 1893 when the previous buildings on the site were demolished to widen Cheap Street;... more

SDFHS AGM and family history talks

Posted on 26th September 2013

Barbara Elsmore describes attending her first SDFHS AGM Arriving at the Oaktree Arena at Highbridge on Saturday 21 September there was a real buzz about Organised by the SDFHS Sedgemoor Group team, led by Christopher Deane and Lin Hoddinott, and held in a spacious family run venue the scene was set for my first AGM What a day it turned out to be Up first was Nick Barratt on the ‘Future of Family History’ His talk was stimulating to say the least and he included mention of the way in... more

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