Successful, family businesses Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (131) explores the lives of watchmakers & jewellers working in Bournemouth 1871-1881. Their numbers had increased in response to the opportunities offered by the growing number of visitors and residents. Jewellery and watchmaking often ran in their families. Many enjoyed commercial, some also civic, success. Victorian Bournemouth (131): landscape […]
Professional and public facilitators Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (98) analyses the professional and personal lives of solicitors active during the resort’s second period. The men appeared often in press accounts of the resort’s legal, civic, and cultural events. Genealogical analysis suggests that, in addition to their shared professional interests, kinship connections may have existed between some. […]