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The Griffin Hotel was situated on Station Road. This pub was demolished in 1979, with a block of flats subsequently built on the site.

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Name	Dates	Comments
Geoff Trotter	1950s	My parents Harold and Irene Trotter were the Tenant Landlords of this Beautiful Pub. The Hotel stood in its own 3 and a half acres of ground.Wimborn Railway Station was only just across the road, and the cattle and horse sale markets less than 100 yards away. Canford School was within an easy walk for a Day boy!!!
Kimberley Severn	1971-1979	My Parents were the landlord and landlady of The Griffin, 1971 to 1979 - Ron & Eileen Sargeant. It was a great place to live, I spent the best years of my childhood there, with our German Shepherd Jerry and my pony, Shannon. Real shame that it was sold for building.
Julie Riggs (was Stone)	1975-1978	Kimberley Severn you were just a little girl when I worked there, I started in the Kitchen with your Dad Ron, them when old enough moved to the bar , with Eileen, Sue, Suzi and Robert, I remember Jerry, and Mary the resident Ghost, she gave me a few scares, I remember walking into the Main hall one night when there was a super league darts match on, the place was silent, and I dropped my metal Eldridge Pope, tray, oops, I was not popular, didn't go back in there for the rest of the evening, we also had the Morgan club meet there, they used the Hall outside up the steps in the Carpark, I could waffle on for ever, loved working there, and cried when it closed and again when it was knocked down.