10 interesting then and now photos capturing the changes in North Dorset over the years, including Blandford, Ashmore, and Shaftesbury.
 

Black and white photo: Shaftesbury's new pedestrian crossing photographed for the Echo July 1953

Colour photo:  The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo:  This photo of Ashmore village pond was taken by an Echo photographer in May 1956 

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo:  A view of Salisbury Street in Blandford circa 1910

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo: Tarrant Keynston's post office circa 1920 with the Wimborne Road crossroads beyond

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo: Children look curiously at the photographer in East Street, Blandford in 1890

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo:  Blandford railway arches being blown up in 1978

Colour photo:  The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo: Gold Hill at Shaftesbury, pictures circa 1900.  Image courtesy of Gold Hill Museum

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo: Shaftesbury's Gold Hill the scene of the famous Hovis advertisement, pictured around the beginning of the last century

Colour photo:  The same view in 2014

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Black and white photo: The Corn exchange, market place, Blandford picture in August 1969.  Picture Kitchenham Ltd

Colour photo:  The same view in 2014

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Black and White photo: Former railway arches in Blandford pictured in 1978

Colour photo: The same view in 2014

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