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FARMING
SHEEP WASHING AT THE MERE. DATE UNKNOWN.
WINDMILL IN 1868. VIEW ACROSS WHAT WILL BE PARK ROAD
“DODGER” CUTTING AT EASTON APPROX 1926.
A POSH PORTLAND MILKING PARLOUR.
DODGER CUTTING WAS THREATENED WITH CLOSURE UNLESS HE SPRUCED UP THE COWSHED. SO HE FITTED A CARPET AND INSTALLED A HARMONIUM AND PICTURES ON THE WALLS.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT ARTHUR FINBOW (DODGER) CUTTING AND HIS ECCENTRIC WAY OF LIFE.
CROWN FARM EASTON. 1920's SHOWING FROM THE LEFT BARNS, DAIRY AND FARM HOUSE
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 2 JULY 1942. DESTRUCTION OF DAIRY AND DAMAGE TO THE FARM HOUSE.
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 1942 SHOWING DAMAGE TO REAR OF FARMHOUSE & DAIRY. BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SITE.
EASTON WINDMILL. SEE BELOW FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE WINDMILLS BY RICHARD CRUMBLEHOLME AND HERE FOR AN ARTICLE IN WIKIPEDIA.
TWO WINDMILLS. THESE APPEAR ON A MAP DATED 1625. FOR A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
SOME MORE RECENT PICTURES ARE SHOWN BELOW
IN THE LATE 1980S, A LOCAL QUARRY COMPANY ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO DEMOLISH THE SOUTHERN WINDMILL IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO STONE IN THE AREA.
THIS CAUSED PUBLIC OUTCRY AMONGST PORTLAND'S POPULATION, WHICH CAUSED THE LOCAL QUARRY OWNERS TO WITHDRAW THE DEMOLISHING PLAN AND MORE SEVERE PLANNING RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON THEM.
IN THE END, THE FIELD WAS QUARRIED RIGHT UP TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE OLD WINDMILL AS SHOWN ABOVE.
GOAT ON HUT. CRANE AT LONGSTONE OPE IN BACKGROUND.
OLD AND NEW ROADS. NOTE ALL THE CARTS AT BOTTOM LEFT OF PICTURE. THIS WAS TILLEYCOMBE FARM.
WAS THIS A CHICKEN RACE AND WHO ARE THEY?
GRAMMAR LAWNS BEHIND WINDMILLS. CUTTING FIRST TURF OF QUARRY OR JUST FARMING
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