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The Discovery Centre Knoll Beach, Studland

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

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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.

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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.

Christmas entertainment

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Purbeck Society Annual General Meeting 2017

There will be a formal AGM, where the Agenda papers will be presented and the new committee will be formed. The AGM will be followed by a break for refreshments and then a talk by Peter Bowyer of the Pan Purbeck Action Committee. He will discuss it's role in local housing issues and the partial ... Read more