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Age Concern Dorchester - Dorset's Living Memories

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Gwen Spicer writes...

I went to school in what are now the tea rooms at Moreton. We had to wear a dark dress, apron and white starched epaulettes.

Lots of sports but lessons too

Brian Matthews writes...

I was an only child born in Winterborne Stickland in 1935. When I was 4 we moved to Martinstown to be near my father’s family. I went to Martinstown Village School for boys and girls.

Pushing the bus to school

A Dorset Resident writes...

There were about 90 to 100 children in the school at Symondsbury. Some came from Broadoak and Eype.

Remembering Lyme Regis Grammar School

Jo Musk writes...

I went to Lyme Regis Grammar School which was established by Alban Woodroffe in about 1924. My brother was one of the first students there and I went in 1930.

Dorchester Modern School Dance

Heather Mitcham writes...

I attended the Catholic School first then transferred to Maud Road School. When I was eleven I went to Dorchester Modern School.

From appendicitis to domestic science

Peggy Wyatt writes...

I was a very cherished baby because I was the only one. I was very posh in a posh pram and all the rest of it and eventually I did get to school. Poole Grammar School was a very good school in those days.