Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954
Photo ref: C694013
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Photo ref: C694013
Photo of Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954

More about this scene

Thomas Hardy writes of a journey into Cranborne in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', where the present Fleur-de-Lys tavern is depicted as the much less salubrious 'Flower-de-Luce'. In the woodlands of the Chase, Tess is seduced by Alec D'Urberville, though Hardy's imagination makes the area much wilder than it would probably have been even in his day.

Memories of Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954

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. These memories are of Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954

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I am only 23, but I remember the shoe shop very well, as it belonged to my grandfather Alex Adams, and had been in the family for many years.  And I do believe the child being walked up the road is my mum Linda Bright, nee Adams, and her gran, my great-gran Emma Adams.  She would have been 2-3 years old.