People connected to Lyme Regis
We recently received an email from Pat Mahoney in New Zealand seeking help from us in his family tree research. His great great grandfather Patrick… Read More »Patrick Mahoney – Lyme Regis Coastguard 1881 – 1891
We are very sorry to need to relate the death of Bernard Spencer, the Society’s President and former Chairman. In the period since he stood… Read More »Bernard Spencer – RIP
Prizes for Heritage Matters, the arts competition organised by the Society and sponsored by it, Lyme Regis Museum and the Town Mill, were presented on… Read More »Heritage Matters and the “Ron and Norah Driver Youth Heritage Prize”
I am campaigning to the Dorset District Council or the Dorset County Council. What I want them to do is install a plaque at the… Read More »Marking the Monmouth Rebellion by Diana Shervington
On Saturday 13th July, Helen Yool’s family hosted a tea party at the Alexandra Hotel to celebrate Helen’s life. On a beautiful summer’s afternoonHelen’s sister… Read More »Celebration of Life
Belmont is one of Lyme’s most iconic houses. Built in the late 18th Century, and standing on the corner of Cobb Road and Pound Street,… Read More »Belmont – History and Future Plans
It is with sadness that we report the death of our Honorary President, Helen Yool, in Lyme last month. Helen joined the Committee of the… Read More »Helen Yool, 1913-2013
You may be interested in an event celebrating the work of John Fowles at the Oxford Literary Festival on 22nd March. To download a leaflet… Read More »A celebration of John Fowles
On Tuesday 25th September Donald Campbell will start off the Society’s Autumn talks programme with “Lyme Regis’ Undercliff”. Donald is a former chairman of the… Read More »Autumn Talks Programme Starts
On Saturday 2nd June, following the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Parade through Lyme, the Society’s long serving ex-Chairman, Bernard Spencer, was made an Honoured Citizen of… Read More »Our Honoured Citizen
