Winterborne Kingston
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The Fabulous Fez Heads entertain Whitethorn Morris
For very many years the dancers and musicians of Whitethorn Morris have performed in the streets at Wimborne Folk Festival each June and have been fascinated to see another team known as the "Fabulous Fez Heads" there.
This led for the first time, in 2007, to an invitation to join the Fig and Date Fayre at The Greyhound Inn in nearby Winterborne Kingston. A mad day of entertainment was laid on by the Fabulous Fez Heads to which the dancers and musicians from a dozen or so morris sides contributed. Whitethorn Morris were there with a full dance team plus the Whitethorn Band to join in the festivities with a colourful display of "north west morris".
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Contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Dorset memories
The Fabulous Fez Heads entertain Whitethorn Morris
For very many years the dancers and musicians of Whitethorn Morris have performed in the streets at Wimborne Folk Festival each June and have been fascinated to see another team known as the "Fabulous Fez Heads" there.
This led for the first time, in 2007, to an invitation to join the Fig and Date Fayre at The Greyhound Inn in nearby Winterborne Kingston. A mad day of entertainment was laid on by the Fabulous Fez Heads to which the dancers and musicians from a dozen or so morris sides contributed. Whitethorn Morris were there with a full dance team plus the Whitethorn Band to join in the festivities with a colourful display of "north west morris".
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A memory of Winterborne Kingston contributed by John Howard Norfolk
village school
not a memory more a request for information. does anyone know the exact location and the present use of the building that was until sometime in the 1960s " Almer village school " my grand mother was the school mistress & my father & his two brothers were pupils. I have been in touch with the local inn & other local contacts but no one knew of a school in Almer. I have a photo of the school mistress at the door & an engraved teapot from the children to my grandmother.hope someone in the area can enlighten me. look forward hopefully to recieving some information.
A memory of Almer contributed by john martin
The Village Post Office Stores
My parents bought the shop in 1952 and ran it until about 1965, it was then a very busy, thriving business, which served many of the outlying vilages.
I was just 6 when we moved down from Wolverhampton and so had many happy years of village life.
Amongst my friends were Peter & Stuart Fricker whose parents ran Frickers Bakery. I only wish I could buy their bread today. It was the best.
Sid Sweatland & his wife (can't remember her name)ran the Railway Inn, with their three daughters, Sheila, Denise & Francis.
Regards to anyone still living there that remembers those days.
A memory of Spetisbury contributed by Ivan Pearce
Extracts From Winterborne Kingston & Dorset books
The bank on the
corner has become
the Midland Bank,
while across The
Square the familiar
names of Boots the
Chemists and Foyle’s
Library appear on
shop signs. Between
them the draper Albert
Hyland features a
range of blouses and
underwear in his
window display. The
centre of The Square
has become a car park.
An extract from from"Wimborne Photographic Memories".
Less than 20 years have passed since No 52472 was taken, but motor vehicles in the High Street and The Square now outnumber horse-drawn ones by nine to one. Note also that Buddens tailors shop on the corner of The Square has been demolished and replaced by the London Joint City Bank, established in 1836.
An extract from from"Wimborne Photographic Memories".
The design of the
Number 24 Bournemouth
bus and the Morris Minor
van opposite it take us
firmly into the post-war
years. On the far left, two
of the three shops in this
corner of The Square
are now occupied by
chemists, as one of them
is today. The car park
indicated at the corner
of Mill Lane (left) was on
the site now occupied by Safeways.
An extract from from"Wimborne Photographic Memories".
The reverse view of the
previous five pictures shows
the mix of architectural
styles which has helped
to make the town centre
a conservation area. The
decorative pillars on the
corner building (left) are
long gone. In The Square
is the Crown Hotel, a late
Georgian coaching inn
known in the 1890s as
George Payne’s Family and
Commercial Hotel (straight
ahead). It advertises billiards
among its attractions.
An extract from from"Wimborne Photographic Memories".
Gush’s (left) was a well-known restaurant which had already been established at least 25 years when
this picture was taken. Note that the High Street traffic is still two-way, as it continued to be for
another 15 years or so.
An extract from from"Wimborne Photographic Memories".