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We really want Our Town Story to be an album for your old photos, to fill in the gaps in the history books of our villages, towns and cities. We would also love for those pictures to be able to help others - for instance by using reminiscence therapy in treating dementia .
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Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
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The real beginnings of the use of The Square for car parking can be seen in this photo, putting it in the Twenties, or thereabouts, I should think.
The King's Head is offering lunches and teas, whilst the building on the corner where the Boot's optician is now has a sign saying 'Garage' , with a tyre advertisement on the roof. FC Douch's name is visible over the shop in the middle, whilst a van (or possibly even tanker) advertising 'Royal Daylight Oil' can be seen outside the Lloyds/TSB building on the far right.
Hint: Drag the orange pegman to see the Streetview image...
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I've just bought this on eBay, so this is the scan that the seller posted. With any luck a proper scan once I receive the original will reveal more detail, so I'll update the image once I've done that....