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Remember When: Dorset in the 1930s 32

Remember When: Dorset in the 1930s

Tom Spratt and Ted King at Pelhams in 1930s
Beating of the Bounds, some time in the mid 1930s
Peggy McGill and friends on the beach in 1932.
Wimborne Minster Infants School or Sunday School, circa 1937
December 1937: members of St Michael's Choir who sang carols daily throughout the week just before Christmas in Brights Restaurant, Bournemouth.
The Echo offices decorated for the King's Coronation in 1937.
JJ Allen decorated for the coronation
Bobby's Store, now Debenhams, dressed up for the Coronation
The Kentell family relax in fields near Berry Hill, 1932
A postcard of the West Cliff zig zag, from 1931
Bournemouth Pier Band about 1936. Left to right, Frank Randall, Cyril Pocock, Castaldini, Charlie Mace, Ernie Dibben, Frankie Reece and Titch Stevens. Castaldini survived the 1908 tram crash on Poole Hill in which seven passengers were killed.
Bournemouth Pier Band about 1936. Left to right, Frankie Reece, Charlie Mace, Ernie Dibben, Frank Randall, Titch Stevens, Castaldini,and seated at piano Cyril Pocock. Submitted by Gordon Randall - son of Frank Randall.
A postcard showing Boscombe Marina Overstrand in 1931
Postcard of Boscombe new prom, postmarked April 1935. Submitted by John Stimson. Note buildings on the left which are two storey, whereas the previous building had only one level.
Employees outside Malmesbury Park Diaries. Harry Charles is seen back row right.
Simon C Dunk brought in photos of George Hartwell garage in Westover Road, Bournemouth, when it held a rally in the1930s. Simon's grandfather Joseph MaCann Dunk was the manager of the garage. He is on the right, wearing tartan socks and glasses.
A caron the George Hartwell Rally pulls out of the Westover Road garage
The George Hartwell Rally in Westover Road
Walter Barrett of Poole was a fruit seller on Bournemouth beach, known as The Banana Man by regular holiday visitors.
Another picture of fruit seller Walter Barret, known as the Banana Man, on Bournemouth seafront
Actor Percy Marmont and a crowd of theatre girls with his car in Bournemouth, 1932.
Construction of the Pier Approach baths, 1936
The Bertam Mills Circus visiting Bournemouth in 1939
The Girls' Friendly Society, at St John's Church in Surrey Road.
A postcard from the 1930s showing Bournemouth Square
Amity Cinema in Poole
W J Stevens staff and premises, High Street, Poole
Heatherlands School May Queen 1935
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