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Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley photos
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Sixpenny Handley maps
Historic maps of Sixpenny Handley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sixpenny Handley maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset
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Sixpenny Handley books
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Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories
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Dorset Photographic Memories
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories
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Memories of Sixpenny Handley
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Sixpenny Handley, The Roe Buck Inn
My ancester Edward Dutch built and ran this hotel after the village fire in 1892
- as recorded in the censuses of the time. Take a look at my family history at www.thedutchfamily.co.uk/h_dutch.htm
Shared on 03 April 2009
This photo is of my Grandfather, whom I have such lovely memories of. I understand that Grandad used to work with the heavy horses in the days before tractors, so for me this picture is a wonderful find. He was married to Gladys (nee Smith) who was not a local girl, originally a Londoner. They had 6 children, Edgar (Gary), who... [more]
Shared on 07 March 2009
I believe my Great Grandparents Annie and Maurice (Frank) Coombes lived and farmed at Church Farm during the 1920s. My father Thomas (Aubrey) Coombes used to spend most of his school holidays there as a boy. This was a very happy time in his life. Long summers helping his grandfather and being spoilt by grandmother Annie.
When they gave... [more]
Shared on 12 March 2008
Dorset memories
I was the Head Teacher of the Cranborne First School from 1974-1978. The school was situated just off the square. It was a delightful little school and I have happy memories of my time there with my two teachers: Mrs Barbara Bayes and Mrs Gawman (who succeeded me as Head). Lord Salisbury was the Chairman of our Governors and occasionally I... [more]
Shared on 11 May 2009
I am only 23, but I remember the shoe shop very well, as it belonged to my grandfather Alex Adams, and had been in the family for many years. And I do believe the child being walked up the road is my mum Linda Bright, nee Adams, and her gran, my great-gran Emma Adams. She would have been 2-3 years old.... [more]
Shared on 23 February 2009
I was living at Cranborne where my father was the police sergeant. At the time of a crisis, members of the government came to stay with Lord Cranborne at the manor.
The matter of security arose and it was decided a policeman should be on duty at all times as he would notice any strangers. Around the same period the massive... [more]
Shared on 27 April 2008
Cranborne in the early sixties
I lived in Cranborne for two years from November 1963. My father owned the shops at the far end of the terrace in this picture and the building immediately facing, although it was derelict at that time. My sister and I were enrolled in the local secondary school that had opened two months earlier.
Shared on 21 May 2007
My grandmother Mary Brooks was born in Witchampton in 1857. She probably married my grandfather Joseph Childs in the church there in 1876, from there they went to live at Corscombe. I am wondering whether she had siblings and if any descendants are still in Witchcampton?
Shared on 26 February 2010
Extracts From Sixpenny Handley & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Sixpenny Handley, inspired by Frith photos.
This is a timeless photograph. This fine study of a horse and cart at Handley Pond portrays a rural scene that could have been observed at any period during the last several centuries. The man in the cart has recently been identified as carpenter and smallholder Alexander ('Billy') Day, who played the double bass in the village band.
This is an extract from Dorset Pocket Album.
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories
Frogmore Pond provides one of the best shots in the Frith archive. Carpenter and smallholder Alexander William ('Billy') Day (in the cart) played the double bass in the village band wihch was restarted in 1946. The Old Vicarage can be seen on the hill (centre).
This is an extract from Dorset Villages Photographic Memories.
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Wimborne Photographic Memories
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.
This is an extract from Wimborne Photographic Memories.
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