Whatever happened to Tucktonia?

It was the original Little Britain and as the forerunner of Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures, arguably the country’s first theme park. To a generation that grew up in Dorset in the 1970s and early 1980s, Tucktonia was the doyen of days out – leisure-time nirvana on the banks of the Stour. Time Read More…

Out of work… for 44 minutes!

John Batchelor is not the sort of man to let things get in the way of what he wants to do. His quiet determination, unswerving focus and perhaps a healthy dose of naivety have served him well since September 1940 when, at the age of 4½, he first put pencil to paper to draw, recording Read More…