Verwood, Cross Roads c.1955
Photo ref:
V9001
Photo ref:
V9001
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Verwood was a hamlet attached to the nearby parish of Cranborne until the railway arrived just before the First World War. Speculators built many homes, and this substantial little town is now a favourite place for retirement.
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Memories of Verwood, Cross Roads c1955
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. These memories are of Verwood, Cross Roads c.1955
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This photo brought the memories flooding back. My parents moved to Verwood in '57. My dad worked for the De Havilland Aircraft company in Christchurch. I'm searching my memory but I think the building on the left had a stationers called Nellie Hopkins. More interesting to me was a fish and chip shop just opposite the car photographed there. In front of Nellie Hopkins was Shearings Garage, selling Esso ...see more
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