Puddletown, High Street 1956
Photo ref:
P163043
Photo ref:
P163043
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Puddletown is the 'Weatherbury' of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. This area is rich in Hardy associations. Much of Puddletown was rebuilt in 1864, but the area around the church suggests the village that the young Hardy would have known.
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A Selection of Memories from Puddletown
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 Puddletown
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My grandparents lived in Puddletown from the 1940's to the 1970's. They lived and worked at the Myrtles for Peter Ricardo who was well known in the village.
As a child I lived in the estate office in the square, my father was estate bailiff for W J Brymer for all of the war years. I remember many of the troops were billeted with us in the house, at one time we had fifteen staying in the attic. We also had two American officers with us, one was Captain Pape West, I cannot remember the name of the other. My mother played the organ in church ...see more
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