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Swanage, The Beach c.1950
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The people flocked back to the beach after wartime defences had been cleared. The Royal Engineers warned that dangers remained but town traders eagerly declared the town safe. The sappers were right, and a mine exploded beside crumbling cliffs near the Grand Hotel (centre), killing five schoolboys on Friday 13 May 1955. This view is northwards towards New Swanage, with Cliff Cottage and the Beach Restaurant and Stores (left centre) visible beyond the crowds.

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A Selection of Memories from Swanage

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 Swanage

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12 Station Rd Sutton Clark Hairdresser
At the end of this road on the right would have been my grandfather's hairdresser shop. My Dad, his son, said that his mother would go in the bakery adjoined to the print shop next door to get baked goods for afternoon tea. She served the tea and baked goods to the other hairdressers in the shop. My Dad lived over the shop with his parents and one brother. They lived there until the war when it ...see more
Swanage, Station Road 1925
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12 Station Road, Sutton Clark Hairdresser
Do you know the addresses of these shops? My grandfather had a hairdresser shop at 12 Station Road, Sutton Clark Hairdresser. His son, my Dad, does not have any photos of the shop.
Swanage, Station Road 1925
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Caravan Holidays In Swanage
I have been holidaying in Swanage for 46 years, staying on Ullwell caravan site then Phippards. Happy days walking down to the tap for water, the water use to trickle out of the tap but did not bother us what so ever. The showers cost 10p a go and were usually cold, standing on a red slimey floor, nowhere to hang your clothes or towel. Then there was the shop that didn't sell newspapers! Just sweets ...see more
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Church Holiday
The one and only time Ive been to Swanage was in 1959, when my friend Judith and I were sent on a Social Christian Movement Holiday! Neither of us were very religeous, but had mums who thought we should be. I cant remember much about it, except that we stayed in a Church Hall, that had a stone floor. We were given palliases (we didnt know what they were either) to fill with straw, when we first arrived and showed ...see more
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