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Eype, Dorset
Eype maps
Historic maps of Eype and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Eype maps
Historic map of Eype
Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset
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Eype books
Displaying 3 of 13 books about Eype and the local area. View all Eype books
Weymouth Photographic Memories
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Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
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Dorset Photographic Memories
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9 Eype photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Eype
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My dad was Cyril Henry Sprake, I have memories of travelling to Eype to see my gran, she was Day then. As grandad and uncle Robert died during the war, I am interested in knowing which of the local Sprake families was grandad's.
I too think of the area as my spiritual home, I have said to my family that I... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2008
My Mum, Nesta Smith (nee Sprake) was born in No. 3 Eype Cottages and lived there up until she married my Dad (Ron Smith) in July 1949. They met when he was stationed close by with the Royal Army Service Corp. They used to do their courting by the old phone box apparently! Dad proposed to Mum up at Golden Cap... [more]
Shared on 19 June 2006
Dorset memories
Since my blog of 2007 concerning my time as a boarder at the Visitation Convent school 1942-1947, I have noted with interest that other former pupils (though not from the years I was there) have commented on their experiences of the place. Mostly, their memories are sad and bitter ones. It has made me think back again at my years there.... [more]
Shared on 07 October 2009
I was disturbed to read the Memory posted in early September from a contemporary about our common primary school, Bridport Visitation Convent. It was reprinted in the Bridport News of October 1st so needs to be balanced I feel. That gentleman clearly doesn't remember his time there with relish but I wonder why he didn't put his schooldays into the context... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2009
I was sent to the Visitation Convent at the age of 6 and was there for four terrible years. Like others who have written their memories of their time at the school, for me it was a very severe, cruel, harsh enviroment, devoid of any love or affection from the nuns. The punishments were frequent, for messing my pants or wetting... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
I was a boarder there for about a year aged about nine or ten in about 1957. It was the unhappiest period of my life before or since. I don’t recall a moment of kindness, sympathy, or humanity from any of the nuns. As a lonely rejected child I received nothing from them but harshness, punishments, and cruelty. And I was... [more]
Shared on 09 July 2009
Convent of the Visitation - Bridport - Dorset
CHAPTER TWO
School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945
One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified considerably. The older you get, the more you tend to look at your youth with rose tinted glasses. So in relating to my school years... [more]
Shared on 08 January 2009
I was saddened to read the blogs of boys that had such an unhappy experience of days as a boarder. I was there from 1951 until 1957 and whilst I also remember the less than idyllic food and discipline, I tend to believe that was a reflection of the societal norms of the immediate post-war period. Are we in danger of... [more]
Shared on 22 December 2008
Extracts From Eype & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Eype, inspired by Frith photos.
This delightful photograph shows that even a century ago visitors were catered for in the Bridport area. In those days the lemonade and ginger beer would almost certainly have been home-made. The watering cans were no doubt ready to water the plants in the cottage garden.
This is an extract from Dorset Photographic Memories.
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England in the 1880s Photographic Memories
John Kiely`s Refreshment Rooms in South Street had a rustic look, accentuated by moss on the thatched roof and the windows open for air in a hot summer. `Accommodation for TEA PARTIES`, the sign reads. `Ginger Beer Lemonade Sold Here.` Francis Long, in Bradpole Road, was the local soft drinks manufacturer.
This is an extract from England in the 1880s Photographic Memories.
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Bridport Photographic Memories
The tea room at Jessamine Cottage at Eype, run by Mrs Edith Warren, had a rustic look, accentuated by moss on the thatched roof and the windows open for air in a hot summer. `Accommodation for TEA PARTIES`, the sign reads. 'Ginger Beer Lemonade Sold Here.' Francis Long,in Bradpole Road at nearby Bridport, was the local soft drinks manufacturer.
This is an extract from Bridport Photographic Memories.
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