Fontmell Magna, The Crown Inn c.1955
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F125006
Photo ref:
F125006
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Fontmell Magna was long known to early guidebook writers as 'the village with the maypole', for this symbol of fertility and the seasons survived here for generations. In the 20th century a war memorial replaced the maypole. The Crown Inn, seen here, offers the locally-brewed Badger Ales.
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Memories of Fontmell Magna, the Crown Inn c1955
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. These memories are of Fontmell Magna, The Crown Inn c.1955
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My great aunt Emilly Still lived in the bungalow in the background and we as children spent many happy summer holidays in Fontmell Magna. She and Tom (who I never knew) are buried in the church graveyard.
I remember travelling from our home in Kent to Fontmell in the winter of 1963 during the worst snow storms in living memory to help my mother's aunt.
If anyone reads this I would love to find out more about Tom and Emily. I have visited Fontmell in recent years to put flowers on the grave.
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