Tales from the Front (33) tells the story of Alfred Thomas Baker, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. Corporal Baker, 1st Rifle Brigade, fell on or near Hill 37 on the second day of the second part of the second Battle of Ypres. His unit had marched all night to support a thin khaki line stretched for 5 miles east of Ypres. Baker became one of the many fallen on that day.
Victorian Bournemouth (136) charts how the arrival and spread of technology brought many benefits to the resort’s inhabitants.
Kinship networks. Itinerant lives. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (80) explores the social profiles belong to professional photographers who arrived by 1871. Photography appears to have had a slow start at the resort, but its early providers shared several social characteristics. Victorian Bournemouth (80): early photography A new technology Image capture and retention without the use of […]