This month marks the 185th anniversary of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. Today the name is all but forgotten yet it is a landmark in the development of the trades union movement. Formed to right a vindictive wrong it ended up costing its founders almost everything. Towards the end of October 1833 the men Read More…
Tag: Puddletown
Decadence and depravity…with added cheese
It may not have the swish of Swinging London; it’s not as far out as San Francisco, or as groovy as Goa, but Dorset has more than played its part in hippy history. More specifically, the lysergically-enhanced happenings in a ramshackle recording studio set up in a farmhouse near Tincleton make for a fascinating footnote Read More…