We, the organisers of the Crabchurch Conspiracy Commemoration Weekend, would like to express our sincere thanks to all those who participated in it, in spite of the most horrendously stormy weather for centuries leading up to the event, which prevented many participants from travelling down as planned.

However, those staunch souls who did battle through the storms and take part in what was a fantastic re-enactment, did a sterling job of making up for the deficit in numbers.

In particular, Poole Re-enactment Society, Lord Ralph Hopton’s Regiment of the English Civil War Society and all others who came along to help us fulfill our promise to our many sponsors from within the Weymouth Licensed Victuallers trade.

The landlords and landladies of The Belvedere, The Boot Inn, The Old Rooms, The Sailors Return, The Globe, The Black Dog, The Edinburgh and last but not least, Finns.

Thank you also to Weymouth’s very own Celtic rock legends The Dolmen for what was a weekend of magical live music, firstly at No 6, at which they played for free and on Saturday night at the Weymouth Pavilion where they performed out of their skins along with author, historian and TV presenter Professor Ronald Hutton and the brilliant writer of the Stonewylde series, Kit Berry, ably assisted by Cap’n Steve Howl.

Thanks also to our main sponsors, the Dorset Burger Company & West Dorset Aquatics. All of the above and many more, too numerous to mention have made the Weymouth Old Town Hall a nice profit towards refurbishment costs which will benefit all the people of Weymouth once the work is done there.

And finally, a very special thanks to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Weymouth and Portland, Ray Banham and Pamela Nixon for laying a wreath for the fallen 500 of the Crabchurch Conspiracy and for taking such a keen interest in this old town’s glorious English Civil War history.

Next year is the 370th Anniversary and we have something very special planned to commemorate it.

Mark Vine & The Guardians of the Weymouth Old Town Hall

Walpole Street

Weymouth