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Boscombe Blog: June 2009
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Monday, 29 June 2009. Boscombe forgets the birthday of its oldest friend. A little-recognised anniversary passed today without acknowledgement - the 120th birthday of Boscombe Pier. Despite being a much-loved focal point on the seafront, everyone forgot this special day. In fairness, after many incarnations, the structure bears little resemblance to its original design. The resort's first pier, designed by Archibold Smith, was opened on July 29, 1889, by the Duke of Argyll. Sunday, 28 June 2009. Entries ...
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Boscombe Blog: April 2009
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Thursday, 23 April 2009. New surgery for Boscombe. Patients in Boscombe Spa will have to travel further to see their GP from September when the area's surgery relocates to Shelley Manor. Dr Poulton and Partners, currently based at Adeline Road Surgery. Will move to new premises a mile away. The new facility will allow Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust. To treat more patients in the community instead of sending them to hospital. Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust. Monday, 20 April 2009. Wayne...
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Boscombe Blog: October 2009
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Thursday, 29 October 2009. Sponsored swim raises £400. A 60-year-old who swam from Branksome to Boscombe Pier to raise money for the RNLI. Has handed over a cheque for £400 to lifeguards. Long distance swimmer Derek Biggs took the 5km sponsored challenge in August. Mr Biggs uses the stretch of water for triathlon training and wanted to repay the lifeguards in the area for the service they provide. Having swum at other beaches you realise just how well lifeguarded Bournemouth and Poole are.". The design, ...
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Boscombe Blog: July 2009
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009. More diversions for Spa residents. Boscombe Spa residents are set for more disruption with further road works planned in the area. Has warned locals they will not be able to turn right into Boscombe Spa Road from Christchurch Road for three weeks from Monday, July 20. Drivers will be diverted via St John's Road until the work is complete. Friday, 10 July 2009. Peregrine falcons attend college. The birds, which sit in the uppermost section of the tower, cannot be easily seen from st...
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Boscombe Blog: March 2009
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Monday, 2 March 2009. Rally beset with problems. Motorsport fans were left disappointed two days running after both legs of the two-day Rallye Sunseeker were cut short. Friday night's action came to an abrupt end after a Subaru Impreza, driven by Geoff Underhill, brought down a lamp post in a dramatic 100mph smash on the Undercliffe Drive between Bournemouth and Boscombe piers. After thirteen gruelling stages Will Nicholls, from Ventnor, Isle of Wight, and Nick Broom, of Yeovil, Somerset, emerged triumph...
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Boscombe Blog: November 2009
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Thursday, 26 November 2009. Silly sports event in park. A group of volunteers has set up a keep fit group with a difference. Meets every Sunday in Kings Park, Boscombe, to play crazy sports like polo on spacehoppers, dodgeball with peanut shaped foam balls, spacehopper sumo, and footnetball - a cross between netball and football. They also lark about playing kids' games too, like splat and bulldog. The group meets at 1pm each week and the sessions are free. Tuesday, 24 November 2009. Neil Goddard, servic...
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Boscombe Blog: Art to lure visitors to precinct
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Sunday, 22 November 2009. Art to lure visitors to precinct. Calling all public artists. Bournemouth Borough Council is commissioning an art trail to link Boscombe town centre to the seafront along Sea Road. The council says it has £74,000 to spend on the project which will consist of seven pieces of public art. The money is from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Project, which aims to stimulate cultural and economic growth in seaside areas. You can download the brief here.
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Boscombe Blog: April 2010
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010. I'm sorry to break this to you, but it's over. the Boscombe Blog is no more. Work commitments mean it's not been updated for a long time and now, reluctantly, I am leaving Dorset and my beautiful seaside home for the Sussex countryside. A new blog awaits on the horizon, although I'm not sure what it will be about until I get there. Thank you to the Boscombe Blog followers. Please check back for news of my next project. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Boscombe Live Surf Cam.
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Boscombe Blog: December 2009
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Thursday, 10 December 2009. Double boost for troubled retailers. Boscombe retailers have received a double boost. Residents of the town have pledged to shop nowhere else other than Boscombe following an online pledge campaign set up by Boscombe West's Lib Dem councillor Lisa Northover. Despite a slow start, the campaign, launched in October, reached its target of ten people at the beginning of the month. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Stuff and things about Boscombe from a little flat on the clifftop.
