Tales from the Front (44) tells the story of Harold Charles Downton, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. A caddy on the resort’s golf courses, he joined the county militia before enlisting with the First Dorsets. The battalion reached France in October 1914 and endured its first winter in the trenches. Downton survived the mud, cold, and exhaustion of the Western Front, but not the poison gas released at Hill 60 in May 1915.
Victorian Bournemouth (181) finds compassion on occasion softening the dark prejudice with which Guardians managed the local workhouse.
Victorian Bournemouth (180) observes how Guardians of its Union workhouse reacted to challenges occurring during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (174) explores parish records to understand how infant mortality blighted local society during that period.
Victorian Bournemouth (156) surveys articles published in the fourth quarter, covering different aspects of society at all levels.
Victorian Bournemouth (155) explores press accounts depicting Christmas celebrations held in English workhouses during the 1870s.
Victorian Bournemouth (154) explores the lives of children found in the Christchurch Union Workhouse school at Tuckton in 1881.