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Mrs Clark in her shop doorway, High Street

Mrs Clark in her shop doorway, High Street

  • BCA - 2021.2558
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  • late nineteen sixties

The lovely black and white photograph shows Mrs Clark in her shop doorway. The shop was in the High Street on the north side almost opposite Bovington's wet fish shop.

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Blackbird nests in a letter box - early 1970s

Blackbird nests in a letter box - early 1970s

  • BCA - 2020.2497
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  • early nineteen seventies

During a time when the post boxes were emptied by our local postmen and women who went about on a bicycles, Mr Cannons found a bird had laid her eggs in the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station.

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Ayrshire cow in a stream behind The Grange

Ayrshire cow in a stream behind The Grange

  • BCA - 2020.2495
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  • early twentieth century

This peaceful scene is of an Ayrshire cow enjoying standing in the stream behind The Grange. It must have been taken fairly early in the twentieth century; by 1945 these cows were not often seen where they had once been bred

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Granny Poole from Workhouse Yard, Weald

Granny Poole from Workhouse Yard, Weald

  • BCA - 2020.2498
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  • early twentieth century

Workhouse yard in Weald was a row of 6 cottages, two faced the road and four went at right angles away from the road. The two which faced the road were demolished at least as early as 1968.

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St Mary The Virgin seen from Sandford Field

St Mary The Virgin seen from Sandford Field

  • BCA - 2020.2494
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  • early twentieth century

St Mary The Virgin Steeple can be seen very clearly from Sandford Field. There are more cottages between the field and the church than exist today. The one on the left is Sandford and has been much enlarged since this picture was taken.

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Horse Fair seen outside the Wheat Sheaf Inn in Bridge Street

Horse Fair seen outside the Wheat Sheaf Inn in Bridge Street

  • BCA - 2019.2061
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  • first half of twentieth century

This is a photograph of the Horse Fair taken outside the Wheat Sheaf Inn in Bridge Street. Note the man collecting the horse manure off the road which was prized in all vegetable gardens.

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A brief history of the education at Weald Manor

A brief history of the education at Weald Manor

  • BCA - 2019.1936
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  • eighteenth & nineteenth century

A brief history of Weald Manor• An Academy for young gentlemen is mentioned in 1790• Followed by John Beechey's Mansion House Academy in 1815 which moved into Weald Manor in the 1820s and closed in the late 1850s.

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