Charmouth, c.1965
Photo ref: C66114
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Photo ref: C66114
Photo of Charmouth, c.1965

More about this scene

The Wayside Cafe (left) and the George Hotel (centre) face the Queen's Armes Hotrel and Gear's Garage (far right). Apart from earlier royal connections, the Queen's Armes buildings were for a time a school, run by the Congregational minister, the Rev Benjamin Jeanes. His notable pupil in 1820 was Henry Alford (1810-71) who became Dean of Canterbury.

A Selection of Memories from Charmouth

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Charmouth

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I was delighted to find this photograph as the Edward Archer Vince who owned the shop shown and mentionned in the text was my Great Great Grandfather and my Great Grandfather Frederick Harold Vince grew up here.....