Nostalgic memories of Lulworth Camp's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Hello, Sadly, as a Yank, I have no memory of West Lulworth but I'd love to learn more from those who do and/or those who can refer me to the old, buried secrets about the Smugglers vs. the Revenuers and Coast Guard back in the 1830s and 40s, in the Weymouth District, particularly in West Lulworth, Preston and Melcombe Regis. It is only from newspapers and birth announcements, that I can confirm that my ancestor, ...see more
I lived in Lulworth Cove from 1949 to until 1972. It was a fantastic place to spend your childhood and have many happy memories of time spent with my sister and friends. Crabbing, swimming, rowing boats across the cove for picnics the other side! Durdle Door, Mewps Bay etc etc such fabulous times that I will never forget. The stories I could tell!
Walks with my aunt, Dorothy Whitlock, and cousin Donald from Lulworth via St Oswalds to Man O'War Rocks then Durdle Door, back up through caravan site and down to Sunnyside where we lived at Lulcote.
I was stationed at Lulworth Gunnery School from late Summer 1947 thru Nov. 1948. I remember the long up-hill walks from Wool Station at 3:15 am after a weekend away from camp, and the Guard Duties and adajunts Parade on Sat. mornings. I had a good job driving all over Dorset, Aldershot. and Suffolk. In my final months I was promoted to Lance Corporal and put in charge of the Camp Fire Dept. Which got me ...see more
My memories as a child are walking over the army ranges from West Lulworth to Mewps (as a family group) after lunch on a Sunday to collect winkles for tea. I also remember beach combing on the shore of the bay and finding all manner of flotsam washed up - from timber to discarded cigarettes. The picture is Man'o'War rock looking east towards Ball Stone rock and St Oswald's Bay.
I worked as the kitchen porter at The Castle Inn, Lulworth in 1966. I was nineteen years old and thought it would be good to spend the summer by the coast. As I thought of myself as a bit of an artist I would have the Dorset countryside to inspire me. I wasn't a very good artist, but I looked the part with full beard, corduroy jacket and a guitar that I couldn't play. This was pre-hippie and ...see more