Three Legged Cross, Dorset
Three Legged Cross maps
Historic maps of Three Legged Cross and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Three Legged Cross maps
Three Legged Cross photos
We have no photos of Three Legged Cross, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Mannington, Verwood, St Ives, EllinghamThree Legged Cross books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Three Legged Cross and the local area. View all Three Legged Cross books
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Memories of Three Legged Cross
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Dorset memories
(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
My sister remembers cycling to Gaunts Common just after my great-grandfather died, my great-grandmother stayed at a house there, there was an old railway carraige in the garden which was used as a caravan, and my grandmother stayed there for a while. The owners were probably Steele-Bartlett-Sweatland or Chalk, all family names. Also there was a photo of my great-great-grandfather Edward... [more]
Shared on 19 October 2009
Sister Enid Butler's Orphanage.
I was a child that lived at the 'Sister Butler's orphanage' in the early I960s. This message is to anyone that was also at the orphanage at that time, particularly Alison Burbidge, as I have read her account stating that Alison would have been at the orphanage at the same time as me. I have a lot of memories of... [more]
Shared on 19 June 2009
There was also another lady, sadly deceased, called Mrs Sturney that would have adopted me but was sadly considered "too old". Any information on these people gladly welcomed. Mrs Sturney's first name was Gwendoline as far as I can remember
Shared on 11 November 2008
Extracts From Three Legged Cross & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Three Legged Cross, 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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