Canford Magna, Canford School 1936
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Photo of Canford Magna, Canford School 1936

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The Guests, who made their fortune in the South Wales iron industry during the industrial revolution, sold Canford Manor in 1923, when it became a public school. In 1992 an art history professor famously discovered a 3,000-year-old carved stone slab in the school tuck shop. It was later identified as a frieze of the Assyrian King Assurnasirpal II, and sold at Christies for £7 million.

A Selection of Memories from Canford Magna

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 Canford Magna

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I lived between Boscombe and Southbourne from 1954 until 1956 and I remember some family outings in our very first car - a black Ford Prefect saloon. Trips into the Dorset countryside were exciting for me and also for my father who had never taken a driving test because he had a licence before tests were introduced! Sometimes we went through Canford and my father told me it was a wonderful ...see more
My mother was a cook at Canford School. I remember her Christmas parties being held in the great hall. It was/is such a magnificent house.  Oh - happy memories.