Architect Phil Proctor moved to Shaftesbury in 1978. We join Phil on a walk around Bell Street and Bleke Street as he reveals the subtle signs which give clues to the area’s recent past.
In March 2015, Gold Hill Museum embarked on an ambitious project to research the stories of the residents of Shaftesbury during World War I.
There are eleven blue plaques on buildings in Shaftesbury. Sir John Stuttard wants an additional sign to recognise the Shaftesbury reformer, John Rutter.
Shaftesbury’s Abbey Museum has a new project.
Historian Robert Mullins shares more stories about growing up in Shaftesbury.
Harvard and Chipmunk planes took off from Compton Abbas Airfield and flew over Park Walk yesterday.
Enmore Green musicians John and Margaret Cluett share their memories of performing folk songs around Shaftesbury as Tatti Bogle.
Motcombe-based author Rosie King, who writes under the pen name of Rosie Lear, published the fourth book in her mediaeval mystery series earlier this week.
Today is the last day of the Coles Funfair at Barton Hill.
John Brickell shares stories of his family’s market garden at Cann and the greengrocers shop he opened with his ex-wife to sell his produce on Shaftesbury High Street.