Chideock, Village 1912
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Photo ref: 65080
Photo of Chideock, Village 1912

More about this scene

A pastoral scene which might have come from a novel by Thomas Hardy. Harvesters work the fields within the shadow of Netherbury Church in the last peaceful years before the Great War.

A Selection of Memories from Chideock

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 Chideock

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I started school at the age of five following in the footsteps of my brother John and sister Pam and walking each day to school from Quarr Lane, sometimes we used the footpath starting at Frogmore farm and coming out above the football field which was in the field next to the Council houses. Mrs Smith was the infant teacher and Mrs Hurst the senior teacher. I remember my mum taking me to the dentist that came to the ...see more