Shaftesbury, High Street c.1950
Photo ref:
S593007
Photo ref:
S593007
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The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins. It has achieved popularity with visitors who wish to explore the far north of Dorset and the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.
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A Selection of Memories from Shaftesbury
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 Shaftesbury
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I'm trying to trace a place where my great, great grandfather and his parents. On his birth certificate it states that he was born in White's Buildings, St James, Shaftesbury. I'm struggling to find where this building was, if anyone can help I would really appreciate it
Trying to locate where a family lived, do you remember Gerald green and/or nellie huygens, they worked at the big house we think wimcombe park and married in tisbury. They lived in a cottage in shaftesbury around 1932.
any help would be gratefully received thank you.
We lived from the late forties until 1957 in the Council houses at Crookhayes, The fields behind our houses were numerous and we used to enjoy watching the cows gadding about. The hedges surrounding the fields were great for the children to play in camps hollowed out of the hedgerows. In the summer a labourer came to cut the long grass behind our houses with his scythe. It all seems so idyllic now ...see more
We lived in French Mill Lane so needed to walk up Gold Hill to go shopping. I was a toddler at this time and we had a jack Russell called Pepe. Mum used to tie him to the front of my tricycle and he would pull me up the hill.
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