Tag: Ratepayers’ Associations

Victorian Bournemouth (218)
5th Period

Victorian Bournemouth (218): the second wave

Victorian Bournemouth (218) examines the social backgrounds of men on the Malmesbury Park and Springbourne Ratepayers’ Association committee. Despite advocating for manual labourers’ issues, their elevated social status made them popular with voters, community stakeholders, and the establishment, allowing them to become prominent local politicians and even mayors, thus forming a second wave.