Victorian Bournemouth (155) explores press accounts depicting Christmas celebrations held in English workhouses during the 1870s.
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Victorian Bournemouth (126): brand advertising in the 1870s
Modern marketing from the past Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (126) uses a sample of advertisements placed in one publication to explore media marketing practices during the 1870s. The sample consists of advertisements placed in the Poole & Dorset Herald by selected package goods marketers. It provides a glimpse into the early marketing for several products that […]
Victorian Bournemouth (62): drain wars (1)
Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (62) outlines the chronology of a controversy that ran through the resort’s early years. Early complaints about the unhygienic condition of the drains had stimulated Bournemouth’s Improvement Act (1856). Nevertheless, medical concern about the drains continued. A group of doctors waged a bitter, public, and personal war against the Improvement Commissioners. They […]
Conflicts in early-Victorian Bournemouth
Introduction Conflicts divided several local interest groups as they competed to control early-Victorian Bournemouth’s structure and identity. In several cases, these conflicts became public confrontations, often fought out in the press. This made a sharp contrast to the settlement’s otherwise glittering media image as a tourist resort. Internal initiatives, however, created the basis for social […]
Marketing Early Victorian Bournemouth
Non-stop promotion Introduction Marketing early Victorian Bournemouth discusses how constant promotion acted as a corner stone for its quick success. Soon after the Marine Village began, the area had a name, a positioning and a place on social calendars. Bourne had become Bourne Mouth, then Bournemouth. It appealed not only to wealthy invalids but also […]