Other Blackmore's

Former guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow

Richard Doddridge Blackmore, (Born: 7th June 1825, Died: 20th January 1900)

A novelist, who preferred to be called ‘a grower’, a market-gardener, who was more proud of his apples and pears than his novels. He claimed he only wrote books when the markets and frosts left him short on his fruit-farming account. Yet he became a popular novelist in his time, and with one book – a Very Popular Novelist.

Lorna DooneA Romance of Exmoor – a Novel by R D Blackmore
First published in 1869

An historical novel of set on Exmoor and the south west of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685, Lorna Doone, is kidnapped by a band of outlaws who terrorise Exmoor.Can yeoman farmer John Ridd, who is captivated by her beauty, help her to save her? All she wants is to be back with her family!

This tale of love and high adventure is told through the life of John Ridd, a young farmer. It is a moving love story of a man determined to right wrongs and win the heart and hand of Lorna Doone.

The whole novel rigidly defends Victorian values, and portrays a "manly" hero constantly having to prove his masculinity to himself. Regarded as a classic.

Blackmore Vale is a vale, or wide valley, in North Dorset, and to a lesser extent South Somerset in southern England. The vale is part of the Stour valley. The vale is delimited by the Dorset Downs, a chalk ridge to the south; Cranborne Chase, chalk hills to the east; and the watershed between the Stour and Yeo valleys to the northwest (which generally follows close to the borders between North Dorset, South Somerset and West Dorset). The River Stour flows out of the vale at Blandford Forum in the southeast, a town sandwiched between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase. The river flows into the vale north of Gillingham.

The vale is Thomas Hardy's "Vale of the little dairies", and books including Tess of the D'urbervilles were set here.

Taken from: www.westcountrygenealogy.com

Blackmore Vale - The Steam Engine:

Owned by the Bullied Society, can be seen running on the Bluebell Railway.

The Bulleid's Light Pacifics were revolutionary in many respects, and brought a great enhancement of available power to lightly laid West Country lines which hitherto had been unable to accept the more modern Southern Railway express locos.

Specfication:

• Class: West Country
• Wheels: 4-6-2
• Built: 1946
• Numbers and names carried:
• 21C123, "Blackmoor Vale"
• 34023, "Blackmore Vale"

Blackmoor Vale at the Bluebell Railway

The Blackmore Vale Amateur Radio Society - bvars.org.uk

Who Are We?
The Blackmore Vale Amateur Radio Society (callsigns - G4RBV and G7SBV) was formed in 1982 by like-minded radio enthusiasts who found that within the area of North Dorset, South Somerset and South Wiltshire, there was no facility or forum for them to share their hobby. The society grew out of this need, and also the desire to "promote all aspects of Amateur Radio and to assist members to obtain licensed status", as the constitution states.

From Susan's Site:

Sue Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research interests include memes and the theory of memetics, evolutionary theory, consciousness, and meditation.

Please visit her site for more information: Dr Susan Blackmore