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Bournemouth, The Pier 1908
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Bournemouth Pier stands above the original mouth of the River Bourne. Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort. Only a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.Thomas Hardy described the town as 'Sandbourne' in his novel 'The Hand of Ethelberta', and immortalised it in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' as 'the city of detached mansions'.

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Memories of Bournemouth, the Pier 1908

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bournemouth, The Pier 1908

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Bournemouth
One of my memories of Bournemouth in the 60's was its ice-skating rink where we used to go from school on Saturday afternoons. Bournemouth was a very smart place with good quality individual shops. It was always a treat to go shopping there from Weymouth and later Dorchester with my mother. We used to park in the multi-storey car park in a back street near the centre and buy our school uniform from Daniel Neales ...see more
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Added 17 March 2013

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My brother and I think this maybe a photo of our Grandfather and our Great Uncle followed by our Grandmother and our Great Aunts (the two gentlemen with dark jackets and light trousers, one carrying a stick or brolly).
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My Family
The photo is similar to one in my personal collection. The two gentlemen in the forefront of the picture are my Grandfather & my Great Uncle, two of the ladies behind them are my Great Aunts, the other became my Grandmother.
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