Not a lot of people know that: Blandford was famous for its mouth organ band popular for its performances across Dorset. A soldier facing a court martial at Blandford Camp in December 1953 refused to wear his army clothes in a cell. So military policemen forcibly dressed him to appear before his commanding officer. Upon returning to his cell he stripped off again. In 1952, a man suffering from a loss of memory was given a newspaper to read in Blandford Hospital. Suddenly, he shouted, ‘ that’s me’ and pointed to a report on the disappearance of 48 year-old, Harold Jarvis. Police checked and found he was right! Most Reverend Dr Nevill, Bishop of Dunedin and Primate of New Zealand was married in Blandford in September 1906. His lordship was in his 70 th year and his new and second wife, Rosalind Margaret Fynes-Clinton was aged only 30 years. Blandfordia is a suburb on the southern side of the Australian cap...