Author: Bernard Burgess Introduction We have grown used, in our modern world, to being governed by democratic methods based on well-organised political parties. These processes evolved in Europe and the […]
Category: International influences
PIRATES,CASTAWAYS &CODFISH 150 YEARS OF POOLE MARITIME HISTORY HOW WE SHARED THE FINDINGS OF OUR RESEARCH I. Mayhem at the Inn The main features of this play are historically correct. […]
Author: Brian J Galpin Introduction All parts of the south west peninsula of England and northern coast of France sent boats to the Cod fishing grounds in Newfoundland for 350 […]
Governor Woodes Rogers Woodes Rogers was a boy in Poole until his teens, when his family moved to Bristol with their shipping and trading business. He went to Newfoundland as […]
Our project concerns Poole’s Maritime Heritage between 1580 and 1730, a fascinating 150 years of development to the town and port of Poole. So much happened across the period and […]