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The latest discovery: a clip from a BBC film dating from around 1930 (we think!) showing quarrymen at work at Winspit, and the initiation of new members of the ‘Royal and Ancient Order of Marblers’
at the Fox Inn, Corfe Castle.
Village Photography dating back to 1860!
All museum visitors are invited to add comments and captions to the photographs.
If you recognise a time, a place or a person, or yourself - please contribute!
Read the transcripts and collections - records of events and past times in this new archive of the village history from the residents themselves. Contact Tim Arnold if you have text to add, or want to have your knowledge and experience of village life transcribed for future generations. Click the book to read ….
Schematic created by Bob Diffey about the History of Radar and its place in Worth's History.
Click the image to take you to an interactive version where clicking on any part of Spider's Web will take you a fascinating detailed explanation, some with further links, pictures and video
English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer with a longstanding relationship to Worth from the 1920s, eventually buying Lobster Cottage in 1937 which he visited every summer with his wife and three daughters. He and his wife Gwendoline are buried in St Nicholas Churchyard.
Click the photo for an excellent article by Howard Dalton
Auxiliary Life Saving Apparatus Men - The Early Years
by Belinda Norman
A descriptive photo journey through the early years of
THE COAST GUARD -THE FOURTH EMERGENCY SERVICE
Worth Matravers - An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
Hosts of the ‘Online Parish Clerks’ Project - a useful site for local information and historic records of past residents
Worth Matravers Village Hall is a registered charity No: 301207
N. Viney, Worth House, Worth Matravers, BH19 3LQ
