A rare visit to Martin Green's private museum of archaeology and a personal guided tour of sites nearby, including Southampton University's current excavation of an Iron Age settlement, with specific reference to Purbeck. Cost is £25 members, £27 non members, pick up from 9:00am Contact Karen Delahay, 01929 425049, delahays@hotmail.com           ... Read more

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED - OUR APOLOGIES TO ALL WHO HAD BOOKED - THEY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED INDIVIDUALLY. The Bankes' family home with their close ties to Purbeck and intrinsic relevance to the area's history, a visit to Kingston Lacey is essential for anyone interested in the history of Purbeck. The house has impressive ... Read more

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Michelle Brown from the National Trust hosts a visit to the Discovery Centre, Studland. There will be a talk from Michelle about the Cyril Diver Project, followed by a guided walk for those interested. The project is an important personal wildlife research initiative. Refreshments availabe, and free parking for National Trust members. Please contact Karen ... Read more

Jessica Sutcliffe talks about her grandmother, and pioneering photographer, Helen Muspratt, and her contribution to photography from the 1920s onwards. Many of her images are held by the National Portrait Gallery. Free to members, non members welcome, £2 entrance.

Sandra Brown from the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Dorset branch, talks about their efforts to create a National Park in East Devon and Dorset, which will include Purbeck. What impact might there be on housing, business, agriculture or tourism ? Free to members, non members welcome, £2 entrance.

Entertainment and refreshments - Tattie Bogle, a folk duo, will be performing. Free to members, non members welcome, £3 entrance. tattie-bogle Poster attached: 9th-december-2016-event

Young smallholder and local food producer Ben Young talks about the trials and tribulations of running his small producers business Nursery Bridge Smallholding and Gourmet Goats. Free to members, non members welcome, £2 entrance.

Local mosaic artist Robert Field has produced a database of artists who have painted in the Purbeck area over the past 200 years - a list now approaching 500. The talk will highlight how the local landscape has inspired many. Free to members, non members welcome, £2 entrance.

Local author and historian Islay Cooper will talk about her recently written book about Dunshay Manor, set in the heart of Purbeck. It's history dates back to medieval stone quarrying and the Norman conquest, and there are connections to art, medicine and aircraft development. Free to members, non members welcome, £2 entrance.