Ever wondered why the Dorset village of Sixpenny Handley holds a Waistcoat Festival? The event, which this year takes place on Saturday 21st May, commemorates the most dramatic event in the village's history. On 20th May 1892 the village was burnt to ...
The problems of the fictional Mr. Bertram were shared by a number of real life Dorset squires including William Coker of Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley. Coker was born in the West Indian island of Nevis but moved to England. When financial needs pressed ...
A MAN has been airlifted to hospital with serious spinal injuries after falling down a six-metre well. Emergency services were called to Sixpenny Handley, a village in East Dorset, at 12.27pm. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service used specialist equipment to ...
A doctor was lowered down the well in the village centre of Sixpenny Handley to assess the man, who said he had back and neck pain after the fall. A spokesperson for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said they were called at 12.27pm this afternoon and two ...
It is believed the man injured his neck when he fell down the well in Back Lane, Sixpenny Handley. He was rescued by firefighters after a doctor was winched down the well to assess the man's injuries and adminster pain relief. A spokesperson for Dorset ...
Richard Dennett says he is devastated by news of the proposed withdrawal of the daily bus service in the village of Sixpenny Handley where he has lived for 10 years, "If the cuts go ahead I will have no option but to leave the village as I have no ...