Pictures and stories from Dorset and Hampshire's past from the Bournemouth Echo

“It seems this new band might catch on” – the musical history of the BSO

4:30pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

“IT seems as if the new band will catch on.”

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Fill the gaps in Ferndown Council School picture

10:30am Wednesday 15th May 2013

This picture of Ferndown Council School taken circa 1952/53 belongs to Peter Talbot, a former pupil, who now lives in France.

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Do you recognise pupils from Convent the Cross in photo taken circa 1969?

2:14pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

RECOGNISE anyone in this photograph of pupils of the Convent of the Cross in Boscombe taken circa 1969 or the names; Yvonne Dufall, Beth Roe, Maria Hannifan, Leonie Cottell, Jacqui Jameson and Geraldine Zupan?

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Looking back at Poole Pottery’s colourful past

11:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

THE large and very detailed archive of Poole Pottery Limited, held at the Dorset History Centre, paints the picture of a thriving and influential company as it grew from a single ceramics factory on Poole’s East Quay to the household name we know today.

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When the bombs fell

4:00pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

HE WAS only a small boy during the Second World War.

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Cherries holding court since 1910

11:08am Wednesday 1st May 2013

AFC Bournemouth have been playing on their grounds next to Kings Park since 1910; when a Bournemouth landowner leased them the land.

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£40k grant to study ecology of Studland

3:00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

THE chance to update ground-breaking work and discover how Studland’s ecology has changed in the last 80 years has won a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

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Thatcher in Dorset

5:00pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

LOVE her or loathe her, she dominated British public life for a generation.

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How Southbourne almost became Eastbourne

12:15pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

Southbourne Creative Hub has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Foundation grant for events to explore and celebrate the area’s history.

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Christchurch on film

10:03am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

IT is famously the town ‘where time is pleasant’ and it has one of the most mature populations in the country.

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