Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Tyneham, Dorset revisited // at 20:00
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Back in June 2001 I cycled through an odd part of Dorset in England, the deserted fields and villages of the army range between East Lulworth and Swanage. Very peaceful and post-appocalyptic and a place I'd love to revisit with a camera to take more photos! Since then I've read more about the area and wish I'd taken the time to detour to Tyneham. Why the post? Well this evening an article in the news caught my eye and had me looking back through my journal and the scruffy old A-Z map of the UK that I used when touring. Courtesy of The Independent:
Tyneham in Dorset was already a museum piece when it was shut down during the Second World War. It never reopened
By David Randall
There'll be another burial in the village next week. Arthur Grant's ashes will be interred in the churchyard at Tyneham in Dorset. He left more than 60 years ago, but now the last of him will return to the village that laid down its life for the Second World War.
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