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The boy behind Thomas the Tank Engine
Christopher Awdry inspired his father to create The Railway Series.

Swanage Beach explosion
Looking back at the 1955 event and how it is remembered today.

UK's oldest working postbox
The history behind a 19th century octagonal postbox in Holwell.

The stegosaurus built out of rivalry
How did this metal dinosaur end up in Poole? Steve Harris looks in to the story.

Weymouth's homemade horror house
Enter if you dare. Michelle Langthorne tours Terror Castle, a one night only attraction.

It happened at Rampisham Down
A site in the middle of the Dorset countryside once sparked wild speculation.

The tale of 'Bethan's Rock'
How a young girl's donated rock became Poole museum's 'most famous' object.

The lost treasures of Sutton Waldron
St Bartholomew's in Sutton Waldron is unique with links to the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Last agricultural railway in the UK
Tucked away on a watercress farm near Bere Regis is unique piece of history.

'The butchers that sank the Mary Rose'
There's a family butchers that's been serving Bridport since 1515.