Author: Geographers' A-Z Map Co Ltd
Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited
ISBN: 9781782570677
Category : Dorchester (Dorset, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This A-Z map of Weymouth and Dorchester features 38 pages of coloured street mapping covering: *Bridport *Abbotsbury *Charminster *Broadmayne *Broadwey *Preston *Isle of Portland *Crossways *Wool *Wareham *Corfe Castle *Swanage
Weymouth and Dorchester A-Z Street Atlas
Author: Geographers' A-Z Map Co Ltd
Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited
ISBN: 9781782570677
Category : Dorchester (Dorset, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This A-Z map of Weymouth and Dorchester features 38 pages of coloured street mapping covering: *Bridport *Abbotsbury *Charminster *Broadmayne *Broadwey *Preston *Isle of Portland *Crossways *Wool *Wareham *Corfe Castle *Swanage
Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Limited
ISBN: 9781782570677
Category : Dorchester (Dorset, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This A-Z map of Weymouth and Dorchester features 38 pages of coloured street mapping covering: *Bridport *Abbotsbury *Charminster *Broadmayne *Broadwey *Preston *Isle of Portland *Crossways *Wool *Wareham *Corfe Castle *Swanage
Weymouth, Dorchester & Portland in the Great War
Author: Jacqueline Wadsworth
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473866340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
When war was declared in 1914, the people of South Dorset were taken by surprise. Initially, there was excitement as the garrison town of Dorchester sprang to life, and Britain's Grand Fleet steamed from Portland Harbour to its war stations in the North Sea. But when the fervour subsided, what was it like for ordinary people? This book describes how they settled down with purpose to a life at war.Traders made the most of new markets, and women learned to cope not only with food shortages and blackouts, but the constant fear that their loved ones wouldn't return. Many threw themselves into the war effort. An enormous prisoner of war camp was established on the edge of Dorchester; wounded Australian soldiers were sent to recover in Weymouth, where they became firm favourites with the ladies; and soldiers billeted in Portland homes didn't always treat their hosts with the respect they deserved. Included in the book are the stories of a German spy who slipped through the net at Wyke; a teenage soldier shot dead by his friend; a scandal at a local military hospital; the touching friendship that developed between a nurse and a wounded Belgian; and what everyday life was like at Weymouth Torpedo Works.This warm account of life in Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland during the Great War ensures that the people at home, who lived through those five dreadful years of conflict, are remembered, too.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473866340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
When war was declared in 1914, the people of South Dorset were taken by surprise. Initially, there was excitement as the garrison town of Dorchester sprang to life, and Britain's Grand Fleet steamed from Portland Harbour to its war stations in the North Sea. But when the fervour subsided, what was it like for ordinary people? This book describes how they settled down with purpose to a life at war.Traders made the most of new markets, and women learned to cope not only with food shortages and blackouts, but the constant fear that their loved ones wouldn't return. Many threw themselves into the war effort. An enormous prisoner of war camp was established on the edge of Dorchester; wounded Australian soldiers were sent to recover in Weymouth, where they became firm favourites with the ladies; and soldiers billeted in Portland homes didn't always treat their hosts with the respect they deserved. Included in the book are the stories of a German spy who slipped through the net at Wyke; a teenage soldier shot dead by his friend; a scandal at a local military hospital; the touching friendship that developed between a nurse and a wounded Belgian; and what everyday life was like at Weymouth Torpedo Works.This warm account of life in Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland during the Great War ensures that the people at home, who lived through those five dreadful years of conflict, are remembered, too.
Dorchester Girl
Author: Judith Kirwan Kelley
Publisher: Sdp Publishing
ISBN: 9781736199015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Judith Kirwan Kelley provides a unique "lived" perspective on growing up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, during tumultuous socio-political times. Deeply impacted by the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the decade of the 1960s dramatically shaped the contexts of living in America. The changing family as well as the social movements for Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Rights of the Disabled, the sexual revolution, among other forms of cultural upheaval, all played their part in the life of one Originally from Dorchester (OFD). Written with humor and pathos, the stories are based on the author's experiences, backed up by a comprehensive investigation of written sources which explore the complex history of mandatory school desegregation in Boston, and other cultural phenomena occurring at the time. Kirwan Kelley's detailed elaborations of family, neighborhood, and complex cultural dynamics are reflective of both the consistency and unpredictability of life. Intended to inform as well as to entertain, Kirwan Kelley clearly demonstrates appreciation of having come of age in Dorchester. She is, and always will be, a Dorchester Girl at heart.
Publisher: Sdp Publishing
ISBN: 9781736199015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Judith Kirwan Kelley provides a unique "lived" perspective on growing up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, during tumultuous socio-political times. Deeply impacted by the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the decade of the 1960s dramatically shaped the contexts of living in America. The changing family as well as the social movements for Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Rights of the Disabled, the sexual revolution, among other forms of cultural upheaval, all played their part in the life of one Originally from Dorchester (OFD). Written with humor and pathos, the stories are based on the author's experiences, backed up by a comprehensive investigation of written sources which explore the complex history of mandatory school desegregation in Boston, and other cultural phenomena occurring at the time. Kirwan Kelley's detailed elaborations of family, neighborhood, and complex cultural dynamics are reflective of both the consistency and unpredictability of life. Intended to inform as well as to entertain, Kirwan Kelley clearly demonstrates appreciation of having come of age in Dorchester. She is, and always will be, a Dorchester Girl at heart.
The Great Western Railway Official Guide, 1909
Author: Great Western Railway (Great Britain)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Weymouth Sands
Author: John Cowper Powys
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780715638750
Category : Weymouth (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Drawing on his own vivid childhood memories of the seaside town of Weymouth, Powys creates a striking collection of human oddities, through which he shows his deep sympathy for the variety, eccentricity and loneliness of human beings.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780715638750
Category : Weymouth (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Drawing on his own vivid childhood memories of the seaside town of Weymouth, Powys creates a striking collection of human oddities, through which he shows his deep sympathy for the variety, eccentricity and loneliness of human beings.
Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club
Author: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Public Documents of Massachusetts Being the Annual Reports of Various Public Officers and Institutions
Author: Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
Book Description
Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Author:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Annual Report of the Adjutant-general, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with Reports from the Quartermaster-general, Surgeon-general, and Master of Ordnance, for the Year Ending December 31, 1862
Author: William Schouler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales
Author:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Publisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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