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Gold Hill wall in Shaftesbury has its vegetation removed
Gold Hill's wall gets a weeding
Gold Hill, the steep cobbled road in Shaftesbury, has had its ancient wall cleaned as part of new plans to help its preservation.

2nd Lieutenant Wilfred E. Elliot fought in WWI Remembering Dorset's WWI soldiers
David Luscombe Eliot from Buckland Newton remembers his uncle Wilfred, who fought and died in World War I as part of the Dorsetshire regiment.

A preserved albino otter in the stores of Dorset County Museum Inside Dorset's County Museum
Away from the exhibitions, there are rooms full of new donations and items too fragile to display - and lots of stuffed animals.


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