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Pymore, Dorset
Pymore maps
Historic maps of Pymore and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Pymore maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset
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Pymore books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Pymore and the local area. View all Pymore books
Weymouth Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Bridport Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Pymore
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We were clearing the last furniture from my mother's bungalow a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking task, having lost her in April. Behind the last set of drawers, on the floor, I found an old sepia photograph. It showed a group of children with some adults, outside a building which must have been a chapel or a school. From the clothes... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2007
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
Extracts From Pymore & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Pymore, inspired by Frith photos.
Bridport Photographic Memories
Mark Twain expected his perfect piece of England to have a castle and the odd ruin. Here Symondsbury may be deficient but it can boast the thatched Ilchester Arms Inn (right), which is named for the Strangways family, owning lands from Abbotsbury Swannery to Melbury House. Looking north, from the lane into the village from Miles Cross, 1868-dated Symondsbury School and tower of St John`s Church in the background can be seen.
This is an extract from Bridport Photographic Memories.
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Bridport Photographic Memories
Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance. Brookview is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.
This is an extract from Bridport Photographic Memories.
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Bridport Photographic Memories
Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the meadow (left to right). Star Cottages (right of centre) are now Gemini Cottages.
This is an extract from Bridport Photographic Memories.
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