Selection of events happening in Swanage and the surrounding area.
WE ARE THE TIME TRAVELLERS Treasures from the Dark Dorset Earth
Treasures from the Dark Dorset Earth
This presentation by Karen Brown
Catholic Church Hall
7:30pm Friday, 28th March 2025, Light Refreshments
Price: £4 (£3 Swanage Museum members)
WE ARE THE TIME TRAVELLERS / Treasures from the Dark Dorset Earth
Join accomplished metal detectorist Karen Brown for an intriguing talk, delving into the stories of everyday Dorset Folk from the Iron Age onwards: Over 1000 years of history. Tales of murder and mayhem, Saxons and shipwrecks – illustrated using the local finds. This presentation is guaranteed to be both visual and entertaining.
Civil War and Author
This presentation by Neil McLocklin
“The English Civil War – local people and places
Building upon Neil McLocklin’s previous talk, with the publication of his second book A Nation Beheaded, the talk will continue the story of the Bankes and other local families and places at this traumatic and transforming time in English history”.
Catholic Church Hall
7:30pm Friday, 30th May 2025, Light Refresments
Price: £4 (£3 Swanage Museum members)
SALVAGE MASTER, A Career in Commercial Diving and Marine Salvage
A Power Point presentation by author and presenter Kevin Patience. Resident in East Africa and the Middle East for many years, he qualified as a diver while serving in the Royal Air Force and discovered and researched aircraft and shipwrecks while serving in Malta and Cornwall. Returning to Kenya he worked on two major ship salvage operations and in 1977 began a career as a commercial diver in the oilfields of Saudi Arabia and latterly as a ship salvage specialist based in Bahrain operating in the Middle East. In 1982 he returned to Kenya to manage Divecon Ltd., with contracts around East Africa. He returned to Bahrain in 1984 and established TechDive, responsible for a number of successful salvage operations in the Arabian Gulf and East Africa. An accomplished author he has published a number of books on East African military and transport history, numerous articles for notable journals and two books on shipwrecks, the most recent on a German sailing ship tragedy on the Cornish coast.
This is a well illustrated talk that details an unusual hobby that subsequently became a full time job in an extremely hazardous environment
Catholic Church Hall
7:30pm Friday, 31st October 2025, Light Refresments
Price: £4 (£3 Swanage Museum members)
History of Purbeck Architecture
This presentation by Brian Margetson
Catholic Church Hall, Light Refresments
7:30pm Friday, 28th November 2025
Price: £4 (£3 Swanage Museum members)