Weymouth Through Time

HISTORY EXHIBITION, TOURS and EVENTS.

Tudors, Plague, Armada, Civil War, Maritime.

(Guardians of the Old Town Hall with Pike And Shot Tour and Event Co)


DETAILS & PRICES

MAIN HISTORY EXHIBITION (upstairs)

5th – 15th July, 11.00am – 4.30pm

Free entry

(donations go towards the renovation of this Grade II Listed Building)

BATTLE OF WEYMOUTH TOUR

July 5th,6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 2pm & 4pm

Adult: £5, Child: (under 16) £2 (not suitable for under 5′s)

Discover the long forgotten battlefield around Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. We visit the scene of blood thirsty fighting, naval beach assaults,battles, and forts and retrace the route taken by the Royalist and Parliamentarian soldiers during the 17 days of fighting in 1645. So come and experience the forgotten English Civil War Battle that cost the King his Harbour, his War, and his head!

Starts & finishes at Weymouth Old Town Hall.

SHANTY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

‘A RATS TALE’

3rd-16th July

7.30pm (not Sundays) plus 2.30pm matinee on Saturdays.

Adults – £9.50
Concs. – £8.50
Family Ticket (2 Adults 2 Concs.) – £34
Play-in-a-Day Workshops (Sundays 10am-5pm : £15)

Action packed family-ukulele-comedy-play about the Black Death!This hysterically historical tale of plague, pestilence and puns features Shanty’s trademark mix of inventive theatre, original live music, and stories that spring from the myths and history we uncover everywhere we go.

Never has the Black Death been so funny.
A Rat’s Tale; Warning! It’s contagious!

Dorset Arts Weeks 2010 Exhibition

Dorset Blues Fine Arts & Crafts

29th May to 13th June 2010

Opening Hours: 10am-6pm

Free Entry

Weymouth Old Town Hall (lower floor), High St, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8JH

Click here for further information

Stoneware pots, hand thrown, using slips, modelling, glaze and
crushed glass to create pieces to compliment any kitchen or
dining table.

Decorative terracotta richly glazed in the colours of the sea.

Ceramic jewellery using porcelain, terracotta or raku with beads
or silver, each a tiny masterpiece.

Painting inspired by nature and its moods and the play of light.

Images inspired by secret worlds, using photographs, text, texture,
voile and perspex, giving transparency and luminosity.’

Group members
Rosemarie James t.01202 716906 e.rosemarie@studiopotter.co.uk
Shairose Jetha t.07811 614747 e.shairose@bejewelled.me.uk
Fiona Kelly t.01202 396788 e.feakelly@hotmail.com
Jenny Price t.01308 421351 e.Jenny@JennyPrice.net
Holly Sandham t.01202 428843 e.hollysandham@hotmail.com
Graham Towler t.01929 551700 e.graham@creative-studios.com

mail: dorsetblues@live.co.uk

Website: www.dorsetblues.esmartdesign.com

Telephone: 01202 716 906

Mobile: 07929 609 304

Directions
A354 to Portland. After Harbour Roundabout left onto High West St. 100m down, opposite Boot Inn. Parking Brewer’s Quay, or Council Offices at weekends.

Click here for Location Map

Accessibility
Disabled access to exhibition on lower floor.

'Transition Towns' FILM SCREENINGS

Free admission

Tuesday 18th May 7:30pm: THE AGE OF STUPID
Tuesday 25th May 7:30pm: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Tuesday 1st June 7:30pm: IN TRANSITION

These three film screenings are a joint venture between the Old Town Hall and the Weymouth and Portland Transition Towns group; and is the first of three films), dealing with the issues of sustainability.

THE AGE OF STUPID
Tuesday 18th May 7:30pm
Drama-documentary-animation; about the possible consequences of a warming planet. This is a hard hitting and provoking film starring Pete Postlethwaite as the curator of a museum interested in the follies and shortsightedness that lead to irreversible climate change. Jet travel, wind turbines and melting glaciers are overlapping story lines given a human face with an interesting interweaved documentary story lines. 90 mins
.
The Power of Community
Tuesday 25th May 7:30pm
A documentary on how a whole community adapted to a low carbon
life as the oil was cut off in Cuba. The positive changes that resulted from more local food production or cycling give a vision of how Chapelhay might adapt to the future. 1 hour.
In Transition
Tuesday 1st June 7:30pm
From Oil dependence to local Resilience’ film produced by the Transition Network. Climate change and peak oil challenge our way of life. How can we move from lives addicted to cheap oil? The Transition movement now has
7000 active villages and towns. Could Chapelhay be the next to plan an energy descent pathway to a happier, healthy future? 1 hour.

DORSET ART WEEKS 2010

Dorset Blues Fine Arts & Crafts

Weymouth Old Town Hall

29th May to the 13th June

‘Stoneware pots, hand thrown, using slips, modelling, glaze and
crushed glass to create pieces to complement any kitchen or
dining table. Decorative terracotta richly glazed in the colours of the sea.
Ceramic jewellery using porcelain, terracotta or raku with beads
or silver, each a tiny masterpiece. Painting inspired by nature and its moods and the play of light. Images inspired by secret worlds, using photographs, text, texture, voile and perspex, giving transparency and luminosity.’

http://www.dorsetblues.esmartdesign.com/

http://www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk/

This group was formed when six of Dorset’s best artists and craftspeople agreed to display their work together during Dorset Art Weeks 2010 (29th May to the 13th June). We were fortunate to secure the Old Town Hall at Weymouth as our venue. Our group includes the following people.

  • Rosemarie James – Studio potter.
  • Shairose Jetha – Ceramic jeweller
  • Fiona Kelly – Studio potter
  • Jenny Price – Fine artist
  • Holly Sandham – Studio potter
  • Graham Towler – Fine artist
  • The Dolmen, Crabchurch Conspiracy Benefit Gig for Weymouth Old Town Hall

    Unique Dorset Celtic Rockers, THE DOLMEN will be performing their new album, The Crabchurch Conspiracy, LIVE on the 6th February at the Weymouth Old Town Hall. All proceeds to go to the hall’s refurbishment fund. Tickets are only £5 but are limited, so if you want to be part of this unique evening then get your tickets early.

    Tickets available via Mark Vine vineline@tiscali.co.uk or goto the Facebook page here for more detials