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Cerne Abbas, Cerne Abbas Giant c.1995
Photo ref: C668701K
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A Selection of Memories from Cerne Abbas

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Cerne Abbas

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

My cousin and I were sort of evacuated to Cerne abbas, staying with Mrs Hardy in the village shop, remember she had an oil cooker which would suddenly burst into flames, terrified the life out of me. We went to school, but for the life of me cannot remember any names, except for a girl called Brenda from Birmingham. Mum and aunt would come now and again, due to the lack of buses, what was it one a week we sat on a ...see more
I was one of 14 cyclists from Sussex who descended upon Cerne Abbas on Good Friday 1962, staying until Easter Monday.  We literally descended, as the route we used was to come over the hill from Piddletrenthide swooping down the narrow lane into the village.  We had left Sussex that Friday morning at about 7am and arrived in Cerne at about 7pm.  We were 8 blokes and 6 girls and we were booked in at the Old Cerne ...see more