Postcards of the Past
 
Blandford Forum, Dorset
Blandford is a large market town in the east of the county of Dorset. Nearby is Blandford
Camp, an army base where my father was stationed when he joined up in 1918. His sister,
my Auntie May later married and came to live in the town. She lived with her husband
Robin Biddulph at Lyston House on East Street. She was Mayor of the town for a couple of
years - she read the Proclamation when the King died in 1952 - and I used to come to
Blandford on the bus from Stratford. I remember there was a fair in the street once while I
was there, and also a lot of tanks from Blandford Camp went through the town in the middle
of the night and woke everyone up - except me !

We would like to include your memories of Blandford or indeed any interesting information
about the town. Please get in touch if you can help !
Some useful links:
Dorset OPC - for some links to other sites with historical data.

Blandford Forum Town Council.

The Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp.
We want you - we want your articles, comments, old postcards - in fact
anything interesting about Blandford, or anywhere else featured on this
website. Send them to us at gregoryolney@aol.com and we'll publish
them here - with an appropriate acknowledgement of course. So now's
your chance to get into print !
Blandford Camp.
We have been contacted by Sandra Sullivan (nee Gregory)who currently
lives in Australia. She is looking for some information about Blandford Camp
and would like to hear from anyone who has any information about Motor
Cycle Racing there in the late 1940s. Her father, Dave Gregory, was
unfortunately killed in an accident during a race on 3 September 1949.
Sandra is looking for any information she can find about the race, the
accident etc. Were you there ? Were you one of the medical team who
attended him ? Do  you know where he is buried ? If you can help in any
way, please contact us on gregoryolney@aol.com - we will happily pass on
your email to Sandra.