by Anthony Harrison | Apr 16, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized
DORCHESTER’S STREETS AND UTILITIES The earliest bylaw I have found dealing with public hygiene in Dorchester dates from 12th January 1693 when the Quarter Sessions Court sitting in the Borough ordered, “that every Inhabitant within this Borough in every Street thereof...
by Anthony Harrison | Feb 4, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized
Sounds like the start of a really bad dad joke, right…….? Join Dorchester Sheroes in their quest to erect Dorchester’s first non-royal female statue and celebrate an overlooked shero from our past. This project aims to be a collaborative, community-led campaign...
by Anthony Harrison | Sep 20, 2023 | Events, Uncategorized
How to do Social Housing – the Vienna model. Visitors to Vienna probably won’t be surprised to hear that in 2023, (and for the eighth time!) Vienna has been declared the most liveable city in the world by the Global Liveability Index compiled by the Economist...
by Anthony Harrison | Jan 6, 2023 | Events, Uncategorized
Here are all the details of the current programme, more to be added as soon as they are arranged! DCS Talks Programme 2022-2023
by Anthony Harrison | Jan 6, 2023 | Events, Uncategorized
We are delighted to announce that we have managed to secure David Beaton, author of Dorset Maps published by Dovecote Press, to deliver this presentation. It will cover the history of map-making in general and Dorset in particular to show how different political,...
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