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12/08/2022

Seven simple tips for protecting your eyes from UV and why children’s eye health is most at risk

25/07/2022

Today is the 260th anniversary of the Great Fire of Wareham!

Similar to this year, the summer of July 1762 was also very hot and dry. On Sunday afternoon, on the 25th July a servant from the The Bulls Head Inn thoughtlessly tipped out hot ashes onto the rubbish tip. (The Inn was on South street and is now home to Lloyds Bank). In the warm summer wind the fire quickly spread through the old timber framed medieval thatched buildings in the town. By the evening over 140 buildings were destroyed - two thirds of the town.

St Martin’s church was used as a temporary refuge for people who had lost their homes, and some stayed in the church for over a year.

Neighbouring towns sent aid in the form of carts of food to help those who were now homeless. A country wide appeal fund was launched which raised £7,400 including £500 from King George III.

Wareham’s Mayor insisted on strict rules for the rebuilding of Wareham. The old timber buildings of North Street were not to be rebuilt, and the street was widened to provide an adequate fire break. Thatched roofs were also prohibited for new builds.

For a lucky few householders, thanks to being covered by Sun Fire Assurance Company, firemen had gone straight to their properties. Thus it was also agreed that all new properties should have fire insurance and that this insurance company should provide a fire engine. If you walk around Wareham today you will see that many of the houses from that period still bear the maroon discs outside their front doors.

The new houses were built in the typical charming Georgian style of the period, a characteristic the town retains today.

Read more about Wareham and its history https://visitwareham.com

07/07/2022

As experimental drugs prove ineffective against increasing dementia cases in the U.S., researchers argue that improving eyesight can have an effect.

07/07/2022

Two popular Dorset beaches have been named among the best beaches in all of the South West according to the Sunday Times 50 Best Beaches Guide.

The news outlet has created compiled a rapid fire list of the best beaches across the UK and nine of them are based in the South West. According to the Sunday Times, the beach of the year in the South West is Perranporth, Cornwall.

West Bay and Weymouth in Dorset feature in the guide - as did four beaches in total in Cornwall as well as two in Devon. The news outlets' chief travel writer Chris Haslam chose the top 50 out of more than 800 beaches he visited around the UK coast.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3NArlVf

07/07/2022

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16/06/2022

Why read aloud?

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27/05/2022

Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

19/05/2022