Issue 299
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2 October, 2023
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The Purbeck Gazette www.purbeckgazette.co.uk
OLY’S BIG SWIM
‘Human fish’ completes Page 3 epic dip
TIME TEAM IS BACK IN TOWN! Filming returns to Corfe Castle after 30 years Page 7
FELLING FURY
Vandalised 180-year-old tree to be cut down
Page 5
SEAFRONT PLANS
Options for Swanage Page 14 revamp
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