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| Blandford Forum, Dorset |
| These two postcards were mailed in August 1951 but appear to be from the 1920s. |
| A lovely old postcard of East Street from around 1910. My aunt, May Biddulph, lived at Lyston House - just out of the picture on the right. (Z) |
| The Market Place in a postcard which appears to date from the 1950s. |
| An undated Edwardian postcard of the Market Place. |
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| An undated postcard of Bryanston School. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| This postcard of Salisbury Street was mailed in 1919. |
| An undated postcard of the Cottage Hospital, Blandford. |
| Salisbury Road in the early 20th Century. |
| A 1918 postcard of the Bridge. |
| Bryanston Lodge. |
| A 1922 postcard of Salisbury Street. |
| Bryanston. |
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| Blandford Camp was built during World War I. My father - aged 17 ! - joined the army in 1918, and somehow found himself at Blandford Camp, attached to the Royal Flying Corps which was then part of the army before it became the RAF. He wanted to volunteer to learn to fly, but his sergeant told him not to be a bloody fool as he would soon get himself killed, so he stayed where he was. He was on Waterloo Station waiting to go to France in 1918 when the Armistice was signed, and was thus spared. So I suppose I'm lucky to be around ! |
| Rupert Brooke, the poet, was stationed at Blandford Camp. He died from a mosquito bite on his way to Gallipoli in February 1915. |
| Did You Know.... that George Nesbitt, an early professional photographer, was born in Blandford in 1848 ? |
| Another postcard of Salisbury Street. |
| Bryanston School is a co-educational independent boarding school in Blandford. It was founded in 1928 and occupies a palatial country house designed in the late nineteenth century by Richard Norman Shaw. It is set in 400 acres and has about 650 pupils and 80 teachers. |
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| Blandford Bridge. |
| West Street. |
| Another postcard of Salisbury Street in the early 1900s. |
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| Blandford is a market town on the River Stour in Dorset in south-west England with a population (2001) of around 9000. Nearby is Blandford Camp, which has been a military base since the 18th Century. My father was stationed there in the RFC during WW1 and subsequently his sister, my aunt, May Biddulph, lived in the town and was mayor in the 1950s - she read the proclamation when King George Vi died. The town is noted for its Georgian architecture - it was largely rebuilt as a result of a 1731 fire, thus giving the town centre an architectural uniformity of style. |
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| The Blandford Fly. Whilst staying with my aunt and uncle in Blandford in 1951, I was trying to play golf with my uncle and was bitten badly on the legs by what was referred to as "harvesters". It was probably the Blandford Fly which has since become infamous in the region. It has been largely eradicated in the Blandford area but has spread elsewhere in the southwest - follow this link to read more. |
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| A nice old view of East Street. |
| Milton Abbey. |
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| East Street - a postcard from a photo by Nesbitt. The image was sent to us by Jean Ruffie, who would like to know who was living in the house marked with a cross around 1900-1910, and also if anyone has any information about a French chef named Pierre Pastre. Please email us if you can help ! |