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Wimborne Remember When

Old hand painted postcard of Canford Village, Wimborne submitted by G Gulliver.
Postcard of Wimborne Square circa 1920s or 30s
Pamphill School circa 1930's.
Wimborne Boys School in 1932.
ignals Section of Wimborne Home Guard with pigeons. Pt Cecil George Ellis in the centre with Pte Rowland Lester Reginald Lawrence to the left of him in the front row, wearing glasses. Submitted by John Pidgeon. Picture belongs to the son of Pt Cecil Georg
Coles furnishers and ironmongers shop in Wimborne in the late 1950's. The Coles family turned the shop into the Priest's House Museum.
Canford Bridge in 1959
In 1954 extensions to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne opened.
Wimborne Minster vicarage in King Street in 1958. Built in the 1870s when the country parsons entertained in a big way, it was demolished and replaced with a more modern four bedroom dwelling home to the vicar Rev Stanley Epps and his wife.
Tice and Son Garage, Wimborne. 1960's sent in by Bernard Head.
From the River Allen Tice garage and old Central garage, left, alongside East Brook Bridge in East Street, Wimborne in 1969 before the buildings were demolished to make way for a supermarket fronting East Street with shops facing onto a riverside landscap
Wimborne Railway Station in 1964.
The Crown Hotel, Wimborne in 1964. Demolished in the 1970s for Barclays Bank development.
In 1964 bulldozers carved out a new road at Rowlands Hill, Wimborne. The road would link East Borough to Rowlands in the biggest single private house development scheme ever undertaken in the town.
In 1967 the first pedestrian controlled crossing in Dorset started working in East Street, Wimborne. Before the lights were installed the area was a pedestrian nightmare with its heavy traffic. Now pedestrians could press a button and wait for the traffic
In 1968 Priors Walk in Wimborne scheduled for widening. The Ministry agreed to go ahead purchasing the forecourt of Wessex House, left, for the road scheme.
Wimborne Model Town circa 1969
Wimborne in 1976 Credit to Kitchenhams LTD
Wimborne Market in 1970 - selling mainly clothes not livestock.
In 1973 a petition to make Leigh Arch in Leigh Road, Wimborne safe for pedestrians was handed to North Dorset MP David James by campaigner Mrs Winifred White. The narrow arch carried heavy traffic along the A31.
Enthusiasts and volunteer workers on an archaelogical site at Lake, near Wimborne in 1973. The site was an important military establishment in Roman times.
Round Table bed race in Wimborne in 1976.
Folk festival in Wimborne in 1979.
The creation of Wimborne By Pass in the early 1980's. Credit to Kitchenham Ltd
In 1980 building of the Crown Mead shopping precinct and Safeway supermarket in Wimborne by Arthur Oakes Ltd.
In March 1986 Canford School launched a new rowing boat, Lady Ela, on the River Stour. In the boat are the first eight John Monk, James Webb, Mark Tennant, Mike Taylor, Richard Telfer, Tim Wiltshire, Tom Webster and Jeremy Morris with their cox Nick Rober
On April 25 1992 Wimborne FC won the FA Vase trophy at Wembley Stadium after beating Guiseley 5-3. Taffy Richardson hold the trophy aloft with the Magpie players behind.
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