Glow Badbury, organised by Emerald Ant, September 2023

Wimborne Community Theatre will be creating a new piece of theatre to portray the true story of the Dorset Clubmen at an event titled Glow Badbury at Badbury Rings in September 2023.

Wimborne Community Theatre link. https://www.wimbornecommunitytheatre.co.uk/

During the English Civil War in the 1640s a third sort, "greater than the others both in fortune and number" came together in making demands for a peace between the two warring parties, Royalist and Parliamentarian alike. This third sort went under the name of 'Clubmen'.

Over the time leading up to the performance I will be posting notes/short, worded pieces giving a brief description of those involved in the 1645 forming of associations (Clubmen) and events/places they found themselves at in a "war most horrid". This will continue until the event/ a work in progress.

Hawles/George Hawles of Monkton Up Wimborne Dorset and Thomas Hawles of The Close, Wiltshire, Salisbury 1645. These notes are free to download via Flickr, click on link or image. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAHYNT

The Desires and Resolutions of the Clubmen of Dorset and Wilts.

The Third Sort