Bridport, East Street 1966
Photo ref: B207047
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Photo ref: B207047
Photo of Bridport, East Street 1966

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A rare shot from a postcard cameraman in that it shows people, close-up and in motion, passing the photography sign for Leslie D Frisby (left). Next-door is the Packhorse Hotel. Beyond the Esso petrol logo of Stevenson`s Garage are road signs, pointing into Barrack Street, for Beaminster and Crewkerne. Opposite, in a view eastwards towards Dorchester, is a bullish advertisement for W W Hoskins and Son, high class butchers: `We buy and sell only the best`.

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This is me, pushing my daughter Allison, with my mother Phyllis Carey. I was staying with my parents prior to joining my husband at RAF Muharraq, Bahrain in the summer of 1966. Recessed next to Hoskins the Butchers is the Congregational Church (now the United Reformed) where I was christened, attended Sunday School and Junior Church and was married. Our three children were also christened there.
The lady with the shopping bag and wearing sunglasses in this picture is my mother, Hilda Hounsell. She had either visited the library or her sister who lived at the bottom of Easst Street.