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Subject: [DOR] Re: Hemp & Flax Exhibition
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:02:17 EDT


Dear Dorset Listers,

Planning a trip to West Dorset this weekend, then try and make it to Bridport
to see the Hemp & Flax Exhibition. This is your last chance to see it this
year.
See information below.
The Symposium has now over 160 poeple coming, there are a few places left, so
if you want to come, contact me as soon as possible.
Will keep you posted about any future events.

Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard, Chairman West Dorset Group, S&DFHS


SOMERSET & DORSET FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
WEST DORSET GROUP



HEMP & FLAX-

WEST DORSET STORY

PEOPLE – PLACES – PRODUCE

EXHIBITION

BRIDPORT TOWN HALL
TWO DAYS ONLY

SATURDAY 14th OCTOBER 9 – 6.30
SUNDAY 15th OCTOBER 9.30 – 3.30

ADMISSION £1

For more information contact:
Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard 01297 489771 or e-mail


HEMP & FLAX - WEST DORSET STORY
PEOPLE - PLACES - PRODUCE
EXHIBITION


Saturday & Sunday 14th & 15th October 2000



The importance of Hemp and Flax to the area is being researched by the West
Dorset Group of the S & DFHS as a Millennium project and part of our Society
25th Anniversary. This follows on from the very successful Exhibition we held
at Easter and the publication " Dorset people involved in the growing of Hemp
and Flax 1782-1793". A symposium/workshop on "Social unrest in Dorset in the
1800s" is being held on Saturday 14th October in Bridport .

The exhibition focuses on the growing of hemp and flax and the allied
industries of rope, net, twine and sailcloth manufacture in the West Dorset
area over the ages. The importance of the trade to the area and specifically
Bridport is a major feature of the exhibition.

Displays include:
Documents, maps, photos and artefacts.
Bounty Claims 1782 - 1793, list of over 800 growers.
Villages involved with Hemp and Flax.
Industry in Bridport - past and present.
Trade with North America and Russia.
Family Histories of local families involved in the trade,
from the factory owners to the hemp and flax growers.
Migration from the area to other parts of England and all over the world.

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