On Sunday 5th July, The Friends of Rodwell Trail have organised a Tudor Picnic to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Henry VIIIs coronation in the grounds of Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens, Weymouth.

Members of the Pike and Shot Events Company (http://www.pikeandshot.com) demonstrated a selection of muskets used in the Tudor period.

Visit the Dark Dorset website, http://www.darkdorset.co.uk or blog http://darkdorset.blogspot.com and open the door to a world of fascinating folklore and legends.

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On Sunday 5th July, The Friends of Rodwell Trail have organised a Tudor Picnic to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Henry VIIIs coronation in the grounds of Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens, Weymouth.

A Mummers Play, a light hearted look at that good old villain Robyn Hoade was performed by members of the Pike and Shot Events Company (http://www.pikeandshot.com).

Visit the Dark Dorset website, http://www.darkdorset.co.uk or blog http://darkdorset.blogspot.com and open the door to a world of fascinating folklore and legends.

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Dark Dorset presents a glimpse of HRH Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh driving past in the Royal car, after their visit to Weymouth, Dorset, on Thursday 11th June 2009. (The Queen has a copy of Dark Dorset Books for the Royal Library). Visit the Dark Dorset website, http://www.darkdorset.co.uk or blog http://darkdorset.blogspot.com and open the door to a world of fascinating folklore and legends.

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Intro to Purbeck Film Festival 2008. A surreal journey through the purbecks in the company of a few cinema icons, ending up at the Rex Cinema in Wareham. Explains what the festival is all about, the largest rural film festival in the country, bringing the magic of the movies to your doorstep.
Please support the Purbeck Film Festival, its fun watching "Jamaica Inn" in the Square and Compass, or "The Golden Compass" in the grounds of Corfe Castle. See http://www.purbeckfilm.org.uk/

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The Royal Manor of Portland gave a hearty welcome to Her Majesty and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, on 11 June 2009.
They looked around the impressive new Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy at Osprey Quay, Portland - the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games sailing events. Beautiful sunshine, and cheered on by hundreds of flag-waving local school children. They chatted to past and aspiring Olympian sailors, at the " finest sailing waters in the world".
At the brand new Portland Marina, the royal couple then boarded a luxurious Sunseeker Predator motor yacht and set sail across Portland Harbour for Weymouth. Appropriately - the famous Sunseeker -as featured in 4 James Bond movies - is actually built at here Portland, and at Poole, Dorset.
Exactly 65 years before, from this shore of Portland Harbour, and in grim contrast to this world-class leisure and recreational development, nearly 1/2 million Allied troops embarked for the D-Day landings in France,

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The original 6 minute Wolfman cartoon by Tim Hope.

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