December 2, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Bristol Channel terminal of #Somerset & #Dorset Railway was #Burnham On Sea.
Porter spies Townswomen’s Guild day trip train at #SturminsterNewton. “Wur be gwain wi all they women?” He asks driver. “I be gwain t’Burnham.”
“Well save one vor I.”
Porter spies Townswomen’s Guild day trip train at #SturminsterNewton. “Wur be gwain wi all they women?” He asks driver. “I be gwain t’Burnham.”
“Well save one vor I.”
October 1, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Bristol Channel terminal of #Somerset & #Dorset Railway was #Burnham On Sea.
Porter spies Townswomen’s Guild day trip train at #SturminsterNewton. “Wur be gwain wi all they women?” He asks driver. “I be gwain t’Burnham.”
“Well save one vor I.”
Porter spies Townswomen’s Guild day trip train at #SturminsterNewton. “Wur be gwain wi all they women?” He asks driver. “I be gwain t’Burnham.”
“Well save one vor I.”
One night I stood for 30minutes listening to one singing in #SturminsterNewton
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
One night I stood for 30minutes listening to one singing in #SturminsterNewton
Well worth using the North Dorset Trailway along the old #SomersetAndDorsetJtRailway from #SturminsterNewton to #Spetisbury - calling at #NTHambledonHill #HodHill then cross #CrawfordBridge to #Shapwick and #NTBadburyRings as the man says, fully of Ramparty Goodness! 😉🤩
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Well worth using the North Dorset Trailway along the old #SomersetAndDorsetJtRailway from #SturminsterNewton to #Spetisbury - calling at #NTHambledonHill #HodHill then cross #CrawfordBridge to #Shapwick and #NTBadburyRings as the man says, fully of Ramparty Goodness! 😉🤩
Our local Police Sergeant Wally Ricketts commandeered boat and lassooed one of our heifers which had slipped into the #Dorset Stour #1960s #SturminsterNewton
This town, is coming like a goat's town
All the wreaths are being chewed down
This place, is coming like a goat's town
Rams won't play no more
Too much butting in Upper Seagry
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All the wreaths are being chewed down
This place, is coming like a goat's town
Rams won't play no more
Too much butting in Upper Seagry
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Escaped goat lassoed by police after Wiltshire village rampage
The goat, which was attempting to eat oranges on Christmas wreaths, was eventually captured.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Our local Police Sergeant Wally Ricketts commandeered boat and lassooed one of our heifers which had slipped into the #Dorset Stour #1960s #SturminsterNewton
Driver observes deathly widow at Sturminster Newton churchyard. Traffic queues likely. #SturminsterNewton #SturminsterNewtonChurchyard
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Driver observes deathly widow at Sturminster Newton churchyard. Traffic queues likely. #SturminsterNewton #SturminsterNewtonChurchyard
Many lads from #Dorset’s #BlackmoreVale took work on the #Newfoundland fisheries via #Poole thanks to trade links due to a heavy woolen cloth exported there from #SturminsterNewton taking our dialect.
June 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Many lads from #Dorset’s #BlackmoreVale took work on the #Newfoundland fisheries via #Poole thanks to trade links due to a heavy woolen cloth exported there from #SturminsterNewton taking our dialect.
S&DJR train carrying a Townswomen’s Guild trip arrives at #SturminsterNewton. Porter to Guard: “Wer be gwain wi all they women?”
“We’m going to Burnham.”
“There’s a waste. Save oone vor I.”
“We’m going to Burnham.”
“There’s a waste. Save oone vor I.”
March 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
S&DJR train carrying a Townswomen’s Guild trip arrives at #SturminsterNewton. Porter to Guard: “Wer be gwain wi all they women?”
“We’m going to Burnham.”
“There’s a waste. Save oone vor I.”
“We’m going to Burnham.”
“There’s a waste. Save oone vor I.”
Robert Young 1810-1908 recalled celebrating victory at Waterloo where his uncle was a Dragoon. Born a Georgian, died an Edwardian and saw an early motor car in #SturminsterNewton #Dorset saw rural transformation as railways arrived.
March 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Robert Young 1810-1908 recalled celebrating victory at Waterloo where his uncle was a Dragoon. Born a Georgian, died an Edwardian and saw an early motor car in #SturminsterNewton #Dorset saw rural transformation as railways arrived.
Notional minimum wage now set at a few magic beans. Photo by George Wright for #Landwrites project at #SturminsterNewton #Dorset
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Notional minimum wage now set at a few magic beans. Photo by George Wright for #Landwrites project at #SturminsterNewton #Dorset
Local Squire George Pitt-Rivers was a Mosleyite and interned during WW2. I’m proud to say that on a visit the pair were jeered out of a tea room here in #SturminsterNewton. Doing that to the Lord Of The Manor took some courage in the 1930s.
September 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Local Squire George Pitt-Rivers was a Mosleyite and interned during WW2. I’m proud to say that on a visit the pair were jeered out of a tea room here in #SturminsterNewton. Doing that to the Lord Of The Manor took some courage in the 1930s.