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Corfe Mullen, Pardy's Hill c.1955
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Stan Leach and his wife kept Corfe Mullen Post Office (top right), which is still going under different ownership. His brand new Volvo once rolled, driverless, across Blandford Road and into Pardy's Hill, coming to rest harmlessly against the tree (centre). The waste ground to the right was once the site of the animal pound, where stray animals were penned to await collection by their owners.

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A Selection of Memories from Corfe Mullen

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 Corfe Mullen

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Very First Memory!
My very earliest memory takes me back to the Second World War. My parents were renting a house in Wareham Road. Dad was working at the RN Cordite Factory at Holton Heath. It was dark, and he was due home at any time. There was an air raid on, and German bombers were attacking Holton Heath - or it may have been the decoy factory in Poole Harbour, I could not have been more than two or three (I'm ...see more
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Clay Mine
In the 50's there was a clay mine,as opposed to an open pit, which was in Candy's Lane. The clay was loaded into railway wagons an taken by rail to a siding in the old Carters works on the Backwater side of the Blandford road.
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A Brief Time Spent At St Micheals Childrens Home
Hello, I was at this children's home for a few months around Christmas time around 1947-49. I am trying to put the pieces together as to why I was sent there and what it was all about, as my family never wanted to discuss this time. I remember we went to see Old Mother Riley in pantomine and there was a older girl called Connie there at the time who tried to escape at one ...see more
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