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Victorian Bournemouth (236)
5th Period

Victorian Bournemouth (236): steam-packet blues

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Victorian Bournemouth (236) examines the history of the local Steam Packet company during the 1880s and 1890s. The company did not establish a well-defined mission, shifting among various aims. These included serving as a vanity project for its directors, seeking to compete with other companies for profits, and contributing to the town’s reputation. Multiple factors, such as adverse weather, an economic downturn in the early 1890s, and management challenges, contributed to the company’s closure.

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Victorian Bournemouth (232)
5th Period

Victorian Bournemouth (232): golf

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Victorian Bournemouth (232) notes that Meyrick Park, the resort’s first golf course, boosted the local economy by attracting gentle folk and leisured people to the new sport of golf. This supported tourism and promoted Bournemouth’s fashionable image. It also provided jobs, bringing income and an opportunity for social improvement to local working people.

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Victorian Bournemouth (234)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (130): Q2 summary

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Violence. Servants. Giving. Tourism. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (130) surveys articles written in the second quarter, covering a range of subjects. These included incidences of mob violence, advertising for domestic staff, patterns found in church donations, and developments in the tourist business. Overall, they support a view that Bournemouth had advanced from a resort colony into […]

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Victorian Bournemouth (212)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (114): Improvement Commission 1870s (1)

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Infrastructure and Income Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (114) begins a series of articles concerning the workings of the Improvement Commission during the 1870s. This piece addresses the main objectives pursued by the Commissioners and their challenges during the decade. Victorian Bournemouth (114): major objectives Sewage In the resort’s early days, unrestrained building had resulted in concerns […]

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Victorian Bournemouth (75)
2nd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (75): The Pier

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Expensive but valuable status symbol Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (75) examines the role played by the Pier during the resort’s second period. Its mentions weave in and out of the press coverage during the town’s first half century. A prized tourist attraction capable of boosting the town’s economy, like a lightning rod it perhaps drew a […]

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