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Page last updated at 12:25 GMT, Thursday, 12 November 2009

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.

There were 50 mannequins in the collection discovered in Poole Rare Soviet uniforms revealed
A collection of former shop dummies dressed in original military uniforms from the Soviet Union has been revealed in Poole.


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