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Weymouth Photographic Memories
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Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
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Dorset Photographic Memories
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Memories of Ferndown
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I don't remember the year but I think it was in the 1950s. Where exactly was the Ferndown Zoo? I have a photo of one of my cousins taken with a goat. I really don't remember much about it, I just know I went at least three times. Please help.
Shared on 21 November 2009
(Not just 1955, probably most of the 1950s.)
When my mother was a little girl, she was looked after by a nanny, who in her later years lived at Fairways, a bungalow at the end of Carroll Avenue. In the 1950s when I was very young, we used to visit what seemed a large bungalow in a very large garden... [more]
Shared on 17 March 2009
Dorset memories
My mother was a cook at Canford School. I remember her Christmas parties being held in the great hall. It was/is such a magnificent house. Oh - happy memories.
Shared on 30 July 2009
Ingram Richards was my grandfather. My father (John) was the only child of Ingram to emigrate (in 1927) to Australia. Dad died in 1978. I am a former Australian regular army officer and visited Wimborne on a couple of occasions in the 1970s while on exchange in Germany with the British Army and later when on a secondment to the School... [more]
Shared on 08 October 2009
Hobbs, Haywards and Quarterjack Toys
My parents bought the shop and house in the foreground in 1980. You could just see a 'Hobbs' sign painted on the front of the building and Mr L E Hayward had a toy and pram shop there which he had run since just after the war, I think. You can still see his shop in the model town in Wimborne.... [more]
Shared on 15 July 2009
I can remember being a very nervous new entrant to the Grammar School and going to Langers to buy a tennis racket and hockey stick. The public conveniences and telephone box were opposite, if I remember rightly.
Shared on 01 April 2009
Whitethorn Morris at Wimborne Folk Festival - 2008
I enjoyed this 2008 Wimborne Folk Festival and consider it one of the best of the many I have performed at with Whitethorn Morris over the last 20 plus years. The Saturday procession was packed with spectators enjoying both the performers and the glorious weather - there must have been hundreds watching from the Minster Green alone!
Shared on 17 June 2008
My wife was born in the crown tap in 1959 her parents i believe were the last tennants of the pub. One of the stained glass windows was on display in the priest house musem.
Shared on 25 January 2008
Extracts From Ferndown & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ferndown, inspired by Frith photos.
Weymouth Photographic Memories
Weymouth expanded considerably during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the town attempted to cater for the huge increase in tourists. Several of these photographs show rebuilding work being carried out on sea front properties.
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Weymouth Photographic Memories
The early use of bathing machines made Weymouth a popular resort for sea bathing. As time went by, these machines were replaced by single-sex saloons that ran on rails down to the water, each with a number of cubicles. Affluent visitors were still able to hire single-cubicle changing facilities for themselves.
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Weymouth Photographic Memories
A band serenades the promenaders on a hot Edwardian day. Parasols, perambulator covers and hats deflect the sun's rays. This was the last period when Weymouth sea front could be enjoyed without the regular sound of passing motor cars - and the resultant exhaust fumes.
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