Blandford Forum

FROM OLD POSTCARDS

Copies of postcards from the collections of Terri Davis & Jennifer Dando

Most of these postcards fall within the 1900-1920 period and are an important historical record of the town.

 

This first postcard shows the Church and the town from the River

A view of Salisbury Street, looking up, probably circa 1920

A rare postcard of Salisbury Street at the turn of the century, which shows the Workhouse on the far left.

Lord Portman's Deer Park near Blandford

White Cliff Mill, near Blandford

Looking up Park Road from the top of Damory Street,
the large building in the foreground was 'The Badger Inn'
Looking up Shaftesbury Road with the Cottage Hospital in the
foreground. The road to the left is the other end of Park Road. The iron fence on the left is still there and is now the boundary of the Blandford School.
The Crown Hotel, the building directly behind and at a
slight angle to the Crown is the 'Three Choughs Inn'
The Old House, The Close
Boating on the river near Blandford Bridge

These two postcards from Lynda Mudle-Small's collection

A view of the Market Place, Blandford. Postmarked 1905

An early view of the Church

The interior of St Peter's and St Paul's Blandford

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