Curator’s blog
Discover a treasure trove of local history and some unusual artefacts in this regularly updated blog from our curator.
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Some weird history
Users of the Twitter website may have seen a piece of weird history which is about a crime which took place in Market Lavington back in 1747. The crime was the somewhat unpleasant mis-use of a hat So...
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Grandad Dobson
In 1953, Market lavington Resident ‘Grandad Dobson’, aged 95, was disqualified from riding his motorbike for three years following a road traffic incident. The case was reported in the Daily Sketc...
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