Control. Challenge. Complications. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (100) surveys the Board of Improvement Commissioners which had served the town following its enactment in 1856. Before the Improvement Commission’s establishment, individual initiative without an overall framework had created Bournemouth’s built environment. Medical concerns about the resulting state of the drainage system in part lead to the establishment […]
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Victorian Bournemouth (65): Q1 summary
Image. Identity. Challenge Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (65) provides a summary of this year’s first quarter articles. The main themes to emerge include image, identity, and challenge. Victorian Bournemouth (65): image Press coverage During its first half-century, Bournemouth achieved increasing coverage from the press and longer entries in trade directories. The extent of the press articles […]