Stunning aerial shots of: Shaftesbury, Dorset’s highest market town, founded by King Alfred the Great; the gardens of Shaftesbury Abbey and Museum; and steeply cobbled Gold Hill. A replica of the bike used in Ridley Scott’s famous 1973 Hovis ad. A rare alabaster altarpiece in Gold Hill Museum showing perhaps the burial at Shaftesbury of St Edward the Martyr. His shrine attracted pilgrims and the hostility of Thomas Cromwell and his master, King Henry VIII. Next door to medieval St Peter’s Church, Sun and Moon Cottage, once the Priest’s House with a Squint into the Church, now part of free-to-enter Gold Hill Museum. On display: evidence of the annual Byzant Ceremony securing Shaftesbury’s water supply from springs at the bottom of the hill. Also shown: Dorset Buttons; sewing machines; the “Shaftesbury” locomotive nameplate; a mummified cat; film of US Sherman tanks in Shaftesbury High Street 1944; artefacts from both World Wars; Newsham Fire Engine dating from 1744. Authentic Dorset-accented voiceover describes the work of the volunteers of the Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War Project, and The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society. Views of Museum Library, Garden and Garden Room, available for hire. Light fades over time-lapse footage of Gold Hill, with distant view of the Blackmore Vale. Visit goldhillmuseum.org.uk Written by Ian Kellett and narrated by Dave Hardiman, volunteers at Gold Hill Museum.

Video created for Gold Hill Museum by the team at Shutter Mountain Media Co. www.shuttermountainmedia.com

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