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I was born in my Grandparents house - "Wimbourne" - in the valley below the Mill. Many pleasant hours have I spent sitting in the kitchen with my grandmother shelling peas that granddad had grown in the garden. The Mill ...Read more

A memory of Barham in 1959 by Mark Whitaker

I lived at No 26 Penprysg Rd for a large chunk of my childhood having previously lived in Wimborne Road and before that at Maes y Gwaelod (just off the Heol yCyw road). I have so many memories of this place; the ...Read more

A memory of Pencoed in 1955 by Wayne Page

Looking at this photo it is amazing to remember that double-decker buses used to travel along here. I would travel in one from my home at Ferndown while attending Wimborne Grammar School (1945-51) and it always had trouble ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 1951 by Brian Davis

Apart from lack of traffic, this picture of the Square doesn't show too many changes from when I remember it. I left Wimborne Grammar School in 1951 and became a trainee reporter with the Wimborne News in Mill Lane, just ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 1951 by Brian Davis

A Remember Shankhoose in the 1950s cos a wis born 42 Albion Terrace, opposite the Folly Pub , where years later I worked the place in the 80s, The Handy Shop, Run by Florrie Leimann, & Charlie Bickle" & Fishy Broons Chip ...Read more

A memory of Shankhouse in 1950 by Eddie Hindhaugh