Thrust and parry Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (112) explores further eastward expansion for the resort’s power brokers: the Christchurch Union for poor relief. This organisation supported the area’s poor both at home and in its Workhouse. Its area included Bournemouth. In the late 1870s, the number of Bournemouth people serving on the Union’s management board grew […]
One profession, many social types. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (84) explores the lives of people listed as teaching there during its second period. It finds many types perhaps having only the link formed by their involvement in education. Victorian Bournemouth (84): social aspects Demographics Demographic variety characterises Bournemouth’s teachers during its second period. Both men and […]
Social difference expressed through civic action Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (63) explores differences in the social backgrounds and personal networks of the antagonists in this struggle (1865). An unofficial ‘sanitary committee’, led by the Sanatorium’s physicians, attempted to improve Bournemouth’s drainage system. The town’s Improvement Commission opposed them. Affluent and well-connected, the rebellious doctors brought pressure […]