Playing Cards

Some folks refer to playing cards as ‘the devil’s picture book’. But mostly they are, or have been, a perfectly harmless amusement. There are so many different games that can be played. Some are...

Have Patience

These days, if people have nothing better to do, you tend to see them sitting holding a little black item, busily sliding a finger over it or tapping it. They are probably playing a game on their smar...

An old Malthouse

Beer is made, in part, from malt. Malt is barley which has been allowed to germinate and sprout for just the right amount of time. Traditionally barley was first steeped in water, maybe for a couple ...

A trip to Weymouth

Market Lavington Museum is exclusively about the parish of Market Lavington, past and present. This includes Easterton, Fiddington, Gore and the Russell Mill area as well as what we now know as Market...

Vacuation – a Second World War Card Game

The Second World War ended some 65 years ago. Older residents of the village remember wartime and it is, perhaps, not surprising that we have many mementos of life during those dark years. One of them...

Stonehenge in the 1880s

No, Stonehenge is not in the parish of Market Lavington, but it is easily reached, and even in the 1880s local families went there for a day out. A picture we have at Market Lavington Museum shows mem...