Identity. Visitors. Persistence Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (78) provides a summary of this year’s second quarter articles. The main themes to emerge include identity, visitor profiles, and persistence. Victorian Bournemouth (78): identity On the map In a few decades a town had emerged from a scatter of ‘poor fishermen’s huts’, achieving an established presence During its […]
Financial pressure. Admittance quotas. Affordable patients Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (72) analyses aspects of the Sanatorium’s admittance policies during the town’s second period. In concept, the institution had aimed to provide care to people unable to pay. It operated under such financial strain, however, that managers appear to have admitted patients who could contribute to their […]
Introduction Christmas, 1856, at Bournemouth drew press attention because of the Sanatorium’s monster tree. Eight years earlier, the Illustrated London News had depicted the Royal Family standing around their Christmas tree. This festive practice, a part of German tradition, gained popularity in the British Isles. A tree at Bournemouth would have suited its image as […]
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 […]
Introduction The Sanatorium, opened in 1855, represented a watershed in early Victorian Bournemouth’s positive national reputation. Once mooted, the project engaged the attention and efforts of the great and good, both local and in London. The Sanatorium arrives in Bournemouth Main steps London’s Royal Brompton Hospital decided to establish a branch sanatorium at a south-coast […]