The steam train Oliver Cromwell arrived in Weymouth yesterday pulling the Dorset Coast Express on a special excursion from London Victoria Station. Arrivals of these trains are always a very popular sight in Weymouth and the arrival of Oliver Cromwell was no exception with lots of people taking photo as viewpoints along the mainline into [...]
There was a surprise in store to crowds who flocked to The Dorset Seafood Festival today when they found themselves being serenaded by traditional Elizabethan lute music out side The Weymouth Heritage Centre in Trinity Street close to the quayside. Dave Allan, accompanied by Kevin on the Lute, who runs the Weymouth Heritage Centre explains [...]
Dave Allan who runs The Weymouth Heritage and Visitor Centre was recently involved with the Chalk Valley History Festival just over the Dorset border in Wiltshire as organiser of the living history aspects of the festival. When not organising festivals and re-inactment events around the country Dave can be found in The Weymouth Timewalk Heritage [...]