Blandford Forum, The Market Place c.1960
Photo ref:
B282021
Photo ref:
B282021
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Memories of Blandford Forum, the Market Place c1960
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When I was 8 or 9, (1961 or 1962) I attended the old, one-room primary school in Blandford. We used to have hot school dinners delivered in a van every day. The school room was heated by a huge stove in the centre of the classroom, with a large chimney up and out of the roof. I lived a couple of bus stops from the school but I’ve no idea of the school’s exact location.
If anyone attended the school ...see more
In the 1960s we used Blandford as our main shopping town, we lived in Child Okeford six miles away.
Hobbs were a good toy shop, Frisbys shoe shop, Cherrys outfitters were another must when shoppinG for clothes, indeed both Frisbys and Cherrys used to bring their vans round the villages every other week.
We used to catch a Hants and Dorset bus from Steepleton Corner to visit one of the two Cinemas, and after the ...see more
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