The shops at Canford Heath have changed since the areas housing development has grown over the years. Pictured here circa 1973 is Adastrel Square one of the two shopping parades in Canford Heath with shops that featured were Family Care, S & R selling bread, cakes and dairy, Washeteria, The Plaice, Martin newsagents, Canford Home and Garden Centre, National Westminster Bank, Williams & Farmer, Charles Revell, Weston’s the Chemist, Waitrose, The Wine shop. What are your memories of these shops?

Photo: Grahame Austin Collection.