Chairman’s Note Welcome to the Autumn edition of our magazine. There has been quite a lot going on. With the Royal British Legion Hall in North Road shutting early we have been forced to move to The Con Club in Darbys Lane to hold our meetings. The first was an …
Chairman’s Note Welcome to this the Summer 2023 edition of the View from Poole and I hope you had a wonderful coronation weekend and didn’t get too wet. Congratulations to Jan Marsh for her work on the unveiling of the Blue Plaque to Louie Dingwall at Sandbanks which is now …
All Society for Poole talks take place at The Con Club, Darbys Lane, Poole BH15 3EU (opposite Oakdale Church) at 7pm for 7:30pm start 20th June 2023 — Talk David Warhurst The history of the Poole – Cherbourg Ferry Service 18th July 2023 — Talk Jack Hawkins Poole …
17th January 2023 — Talk Steve Roberts Dad’s Army – The Home Guard Talk 21st February 2023 — Talk Kevin Patience African Queen …. (The True Story) 21st March 2023 — Talk Christopher Legrand Treasures of Dorset … it’s History, Families, Architecture and Landscape 15th April …
21st June 2022 — Talk Rod Hughes Disaster at Holten Heath 19th July 2022 — Talk Brian Bates When Germans Invaded Dorset 20th September 2022 — Talk Mary Sparks Mapping the Manors 18th October 2022 — Talk Don Nutt Alleyways & Lanes of Old Poole …
Chairman’s Note Welcome to this the Spring 2023 edition of the View from Poole. Time goes swiftly and we’re now well into 2023. Poole still feels a little dark and windswept, but things are changing around us. The new owners of the Barclays Bank building have erected hoardings and so …
The Society for Poole (SfP) applied and received an allocation of £42,000 from BCP Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) fund and have a further application for £22,000 being assessed. The application was to remove, refurbish and reinstate the heritage columns which stand at the bottom of Evening Hill and run …
The original purpose of the Beating of the Bounds of Poole Harbour was to check the various marks and boundaries of the original Winchelsea Certificate, awarded to Poole in 1364, to see that the “bounds” or boundary markers still exist …
Chairman’s Note Welcome to this the Winter 2022 edition of the View from Poole. It is getting dark again however I hope everyone is keeping warm in these difficult times, it won’t be long until Christmas and longer days – honestly. We remain committed to Poole’s heritage however things are …
15th March 2022 — Talk David Warhurst Purbeck Castles 12th April 2022 — AGM Tuesday RBL Hall Free event please come and participate 17th May 2022 — Talk Eddie Gaines (D Day Veteran) Poole and my D Day Jubilee Tea Branksome Dene Chine Room Tuesday 31st …
