Many of the people who live here in dorset take it for granted. I was born in dorset, grew up in dorset and have never lived anywhere but dorset, and still i can appreciate its beauty and how lucky i am to live in such an amazing place.
I adore Clouds Hill and am very lucky to work there as a room guide. The sense of all pervading peace is in evidence even when the house is full. An extra ordinary and beautiful place. Xx
From my own research the Dor in Dorset is derived from the ancient British (Welsh) dwr meaning water. Dorchester, prior to Roman settlement, was known as Caer Dwr, Caer meaning fortified town. The Romans introduced the suffix ‘chester’ to the fortified towns. In fact many of the place names in Dorset are derived from ancient British names.
My dad's family was from Dorset. After grandma and grandpa married, they settled in Malcolme Regis. Just before WW1, they packed up young daughter and infant son and left England for the US. Grandpa served in the war on the American side. Dad and his younger sister was born here in the States.
BORN IN WEYMOUTH JUST BEFORE THE SECOND WAR. ONLY LIVED THERE FOR A TOTAL OF 13 YEARS ON AND OFF. VISITED OFTEN. MY FAMILY LIVED IN CHAPELHAY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. MY SON WAS THE LAST OF MY FAMILY TO BE BAPTISED IN HOLY TRINITY. NOW WE HAVE ALL LEFT AND LIVE IN AUSTRALIA. BUT I KNOW WHERE MY SOUL IS. ROD PARKER
I loved the Dvorak music. “Down the road....down the road...on my way to home.” I grew up just north of Dvorak’s US vacation spot in Spillville, Iowa. The road, locally called “Dvorak Highway “, went from Spillville northward (perhaps he went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Minnesota). It went past our farm......
Tyneham is a lovely throw back in time to visit and much easier to do these days. The MOD didn't want to reopen access to it save for their obligatory 1 day a year for family of former residents to visit the church and it took a big campaign in the 80s to get them to change their minds. Not their finest moment. Remember all this as my grandmother lived in Swanage for many years. I'm not sure that all the extensive Mowlem and Burt connections with the town are secret, certainly not to anybody that knows the place
I do not know why I have started liking the place from India more as a fairy tale then anything else. Would like to know more about the place, people, culture & cute mayor. Thanks. Dorset Minnesota was in the back of mind. However this has given me immense pleasure because of video quality & description. Thanks
Sometimes at clouds hill you can still hear the echos of Laurence of Arabia's motorbike. Would be interesting to see and hear about lulworths smuggling caves. An old church once stood on the top of the cliffs where there was a tunnel to the smugglers cave.
Regarding the 'Hovis' advert, the presenter says the accompanying music was that of Elgar. It wasn't. It was Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 "From The New World".
Basic error alert! The Hovis advert didn't feature a young lad pushing his bike up Gold Hill to the melodies of Elgar. It was to the melodies of the Largo from Dvorak's 9th Symphony.
T.E. Lawrence's death was very suspicious, dying close to his house where he rode his motorcycle expertly. There are conflicting statements in police reports. Methinks foul play.
August 2018 the UK Government Organization "YouGov" issued the results of it's national poll to find "The Most Popular County in England" No. 1 and the overall winner was Dorset.
My home county. It used to be the most underdeveloped and poorest county in England. Then the yuppies discovered it and it is no longer underdeveloped or poor!
Been to most of those places and Clouds hill is as small as it looks lol. Never knew about the stonework or the red posts so its another bit of information i can wind my kids up with.
excellent hte section on Swanage was fascinating regadless of who wrote the music for the ~Shaftesbury advert. (was that what it was selling I know it was something)
well that was very interesting indeed ! thankyou for uploading ! if any kind landowners in Dorset would be interested in haveing us do a metal detecting adventure and find history please contact us .thankyou Adrian & Simon .Dorset.
I’m quite curious about something. My last name was changed when someone from Dorset came to the USA and I’m 4th generation US citizen. What I’m curious about is that why did they change the number of t’s on there name instead of having just one t it was evident also I was told that our family lived on a dirt road close to a castle as well any whereabouts of that as well.
Dorset is a lovely place to go. some lovely people their to.that say good morning to you their. but hear they take your money and your mobile phone in the morning and run off
The black Death did NOT 'decimate' the 'British' population - it wiped out at least a third. A bit like a nuclear attack. 'Devastate' would be FAR more appropriate (and linguistically accurate).
decimate: kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of. "the inhabitants of the country had been decimated" Sounds like you're being overly pedantic. Don't give me some 1/10 nonsense. It's clear the convention of the use of the word has changed in modern times.
Came here to say exactly what you did. The word has become stupidly popular of late, and always used incorrectly. I asked my high school english teacher daughter what decimate meant, after listening to her tell stories of teaching the kids to break down unfamiliar words into their latin or greek roots to determine their meaning. She had the same wrong idea as everybody else seems to. I told her to break the word down, and she went a bit red.
I’m the 6th person so far to think….”Hold up Dr Foyle…it was Dvorak not Elgar whose music was used on the Hovis ad..”. And I’m no historian. A bit lazy Dr Foyle. If you didn’t know it as a fact don’t accept the slapdash research coming out of the production team. Not Simon Scharma quality….. Ho hum.
Many of the people who live here in dorset take it for granted. I was born in dorset, grew up in dorset and have never lived anywhere but dorset, and still i can appreciate its beauty and how lucky i am to live in such an amazing place.
Did you know adrian loveless?
Same!
It wasn't Elgar's music used in the Hovis advert in Shaftesbury. It was Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No.9 (also called The New World)
Excellent, so well presented. I'm a local but must admit the London heritage in Swanage was new to me! Come again Dr Foyle.
I adore Clouds Hill and am very lucky to work there as a room guide. The sense of all pervading peace is in evidence even when the house is full. An extra ordinary and beautiful place. Xx
Love this I cycle through the area all the time
From my own research the Dor in Dorset is derived from the ancient British (Welsh) dwr meaning water. Dorchester, prior to Roman settlement, was known as Caer Dwr, Caer meaning fortified town. The Romans introduced the suffix ‘chester’ to the fortified towns. In fact many of the place names in Dorset are derived from ancient British names.
Born and bred dorset proud of my county !
My dad's family was from Dorset. After grandma and grandpa married, they settled in Malcolme Regis. Just before WW1, they packed up young daughter and infant son and left England for the US. Grandpa served in the war on the American side. Dad and his younger sister was born here in the States.
BORN IN WEYMOUTH JUST BEFORE THE SECOND WAR. ONLY LIVED THERE FOR
A TOTAL OF 13 YEARS ON AND OFF. VISITED OFTEN. MY FAMILY LIVED IN
CHAPELHAY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. MY SON WAS THE LAST OF MY
FAMILY TO BE BAPTISED IN HOLY TRINITY. NOW WE HAVE ALL LEFT AND LIVE
IN AUSTRALIA. BUT I KNOW WHERE MY SOUL IS. ROD PARKER
Ok cool
I loved the Dvorak music. “Down the road....down the road...on my way to home.”
I grew up just north of Dvorak’s US vacation spot in Spillville, Iowa.
The road, locally called “Dvorak Highway “, went from Spillville
northward (perhaps he went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Minnesota).
It went past our farm......
Tyneham is a lovely throw back in time to visit and much easier to do these days. The MOD didn't want to reopen access to it save for their obligatory 1 day a year for family of former residents to visit the church and it took a big campaign in the 80s to get them to change their minds. Not their finest moment.
Remember all this as my grandmother lived in Swanage for many years. I'm not sure that all the extensive Mowlem and Burt connections with the town are secret, certainly not to anybody that knows the place
I do not know why I have started liking the place from India more as a fairy tale then anything else. Would like to know more about the place, people, culture & cute mayor. Thanks. Dorset Minnesota was in the back of mind. However this has given me immense pleasure because of video quality & description. Thanks
Sometimes at clouds hill you can still hear the echos of Laurence of Arabia's motorbike. Would be interesting to see and hear about lulworths smuggling caves. An old church once stood on the top of the cliffs where there was a tunnel to the smugglers cave.
Born and bred in Dorset.
I was always told that the red posts marked locations where gibbets were.
Same here
Yep
I can trace some of my family from Newfoundland back to dorset. I'm really interested I learning everything about it
@@shawntulk84 Dorset is known for three things...
1.) Big cocks
2.) Reggae Music
3.) ABBA
The one near Anderson was used as a guide to the secret location of the Manor during WWII.
Im heading to Dorset soon so got lots of good ideas from this video. Thank you
Did you enjoy it?
Regarding the 'Hovis' advert, the presenter says the accompanying music was that of Elgar. It wasn't. It was Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 "From The New World".
Basic error alert!
The Hovis advert didn't feature a young lad pushing his bike up Gold Hill to the melodies of Elgar. It was to the melodies of the Largo from Dvorak's 9th Symphony.
25 years I’ve been in Dorset, it is my adopted county and proud of it.
T.E. Lawrence's death was very suspicious, dying close to his house where he rode his motorcycle expertly. There are conflicting statements in police reports. Methinks foul play.
very professional video
Thanks for this interesting bits about Dorset.
So enjoyable and informative! Thank you!
August 2018 the UK Government Organization "YouGov" issued the results of it's national poll to find "The Most Popular County in England" No. 1 and the overall winner was Dorset.
very interesting video! I always wondered about the origins of Red Post. Dorset is my home county, but I still learnt a lot!
Maiden Castle is NOT made up of fist sized stones.
stunning place
My home county. It used to be the most underdeveloped and poorest county in England. Then the yuppies discovered it and it is no longer underdeveloped or poor!
Many of the proper locals are still poor and are being priced out of their homes.
There is still some vey deprived areas of BCP within stones throws of Millionaires holiday homes. Certainly is an economically diverse area
I love Dorset ! SHAFTESBURY is the best
U wanna share some info please
Dorset pride!
I live in poole
Been to most of those places and Clouds hill is as small as it looks lol. Never knew about the stonework or the red posts so its another bit of information i can wind my kids up with.
excellent hte section on Swanage was fascinating regadless of who wrote the music for the ~Shaftesbury advert. (was that what it was selling I know it was something)
@kathykisslight1 very true. :)
I'm homesick for it.
well that was very interesting indeed ! thankyou for uploading ! if any kind landowners in Dorset would be interested in haveing us do a metal detecting adventure and find history please contact us .thankyou Adrian & Simon .Dorset.
Wonderful
I’m quite curious about something. My last name was changed when someone from Dorset came to the USA and I’m 4th generation US citizen. What I’m curious about is that why did they change the number of t’s on there name instead of having just one t it was evident also I was told that our family lived on a dirt road close to a castle as well any whereabouts of that as well.
We all live on dirt roads near castles mush it’s the best place in the world
I'm from dorset
Where was that freeze located..please
Dorset is a lovely place to go. some lovely people their to.that say good morning to you their. but hear they take your money and your mobile phone in the morning and run off
The foreigners do that...
I hope you enjoy in your new country ;-)
The black Death did NOT 'decimate' the 'British' population - it wiped out at least a third.
A bit like a nuclear attack.
'Devastate' would be FAR more appropriate (and linguistically accurate).
decimate:
kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
"the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"
Sounds like you're being overly pedantic. Don't give me some 1/10 nonsense. It's clear the convention of the use of the word has changed in modern times.
Or mud flood
Malcolm Canning Mud flood = diarrhoea
😫😒😒 why are people like you like this😅 hus wording was fine lol
Came here to say exactly what you did. The word has become stupidly popular of late, and always used incorrectly. I asked my high school english teacher daughter what decimate meant, after listening to her tell stories of teaching the kids to break down unfamiliar words into their latin or greek roots to determine their meaning. She had the same wrong idea as everybody else seems to. I told her to break the word down, and she went a bit red.
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He didn't choose Dorset, he enlisted in the Tank Corps at Bovington, so not a sort of random choice as this rather trite video suggests
if he says dorset wrong one more time...
thats how i say it and i live there
That's how you say Dorset
Evatron same
Evatron I guess you mean you should pronounce the r Dorrr-set.
Evatron It would help your case if you could SPELL Dorset (it has a capital D)
tyneham
My follow extreme sport lovers are looking for great ideas in Dorset ?
I’m the 6th person so far to think….”Hold up Dr Foyle…it was Dvorak not Elgar whose music was used on the Hovis ad..”. And I’m no historian. A bit lazy Dr Foyle. If you didn’t know it as a fact don’t accept the slapdash research coming out of the production team. Not Simon Scharma quality….. Ho hum.
Who actually is the national trust.
As of 2019, it had about 5.6 million subscribed members - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty
creekmoor the best place in Dorset 🥸🥸🥸🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳🥳
shame portland was not talked about as this goes back to the stone age
I live in Portland, I'm kind of glad it wasn't mentioned.
For retirement Dorset 💯
I think Butch " Pee Wee " Givans lives in Dorset