Holdenhurst, The Village c.1965
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Photo of Holdenhurst, The Village c.1965

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During the latter half of the 20th century, Holdenhurst became more or less a suburb of Bournemouth and was blighted by some ugly new development. Holdenhurst's best attraction is its green, which has managed to survive the nearby and growing urban sprawl.

A Selection of Memories from Holdenhurst

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 Holdenhurst

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Memories -mrs roberts miss cook and her chow dog during the early war years they were second mothers to us all,village people were kind and helpfull ,mr pond the water bailiff gave me all the fishing tackle i needed and let me fish free of charge but also came with me to make sure no harm came to me,also most of my mates as well ,i am still in connection with holdenhurst villagers thank you all for my lifes memories to many to mention ron pye of great dean cottages
In 1956 I was an apprenticed grocer with a very poor wage.  My passion was fishing and if I went to see the river bailiff, a Bob Olley, after work to pay for a license, he would often say 'Go and do your fishing and don't worry about the license'.  Bob felt that to make me pay for a half day ticket just for 3 or 4 hours wasn't worth it.  When I caught a 23-pound Pike one Sunday morning, Bob was on hand to not ...see more