Victorian Bournemouth (68) examines how Bournemouth’s Volunteer rebels beat Lord Malmesbury at his own game of weaponising courtesy.
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Victorian Bournemouth (67): Volunteer Rifle Corps (2)
Infighting. Social cracks. Independence. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (67) studies infighting amongst the Volunteer Rifle Corps, when middling independence opposed traditional privilege. Lord Malmesbury, commandant of the new Christchurch and Bournemouth volunteers, tried to impose a seigneurial approach. This brought confrontation with Bournemouth’s powerful people. He surrendered. Bournemouth established its own battalion, marking a key stage […]
Victorian Bournemouth (57): babies and civic identity
Economic success. Settled residents. More babies. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (57) traces the town’s civic identity in part to its growing residential population. A repeated production of children by residents suggested a disinclination to migrate since Bournemouth offered them economic success. This growing portion of the population contributed to the town’s civic identity. Further analysis establishes […]