WIMBORNE Model Town guides are appealing for information about four old dioramas that featured in the original 1950s site.
Ahead of celebrating its 70th anniversary, the volunteer run charity attraction is hoping someone knows the whereabouts or has documentation of previously existing landscape models of local attractions.
The first guide book for the 1/10th scale layout of Wimborne described four additional landscape models – the Weymouth White Horse, Badbury Rings, Bath Hill and Bournemouth and Purbeck’s Blue Pool.
The models were situated towards the exit area and became superseded by ongoing developments, including coin operated dodgems in the 1970s.
Model Town spokesperson Greg Hoar said: “It would be wonderful to see any pictures that early visitors may have taken of the landscape models as nothing exists in our archive.
“We would be very pleased to hear recollections and anecdotal evidence of the Dorset dioramas and visits during our formative years as we look back over the last seven decades.”
If you are able to assist ahead of the anniversary on August 1, e-mail greghoar@wimborne-modeltown.com or call 07503 699370.
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