‘Simla-by-the-sea’ Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (145) explores the way in which British Indians perhaps experienced difficulty after migrating from their native homeland to British society. They may have found alienation and rejection, to escape from which they gravitated to spas, whose soothing climate and exclusive society perhaps reminded them of time they had spent in such […]
Victorian Bournemouth (143) surveys articles published in the third quarter, covering a range of subjects.
Victorian Bournemouth (142) investigates the report of a criminal long-firm operating in the resort during the 1870s.
Victorian Bournemouth (141) explores the appetite which the resort’s audiences had for theatrical entertainment despite its moral threat.
Victorian Bournemouth (140) reports on how the Shelley family initiated amateur dramatics in the resort during the 1870s.
Victorian Bournemouth (139) explores further aspects of the community inhabiting Springbourne, the Bournemouth suburb housing many working people.
Kinship support groups Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (138) explores active kinship groups as a possible reason for Springbourne’s rapid population growth in the 1870s. Victorian Bournemouth (138): background Decline in rural population Despite lying in Hampshire, Bournemouth attracted many migrants from Dorset towns and villages. At least three adult natives of almost forty Dorset towns and […]
Victorian Bournemouth (137) provides demographic and geographic background for further analyses about Springbourne’s population and society as captured by the 1881 census.
Victorian Bournemouth (136) charts how the arrival and spread of technology brought many benefits to the resort’s inhabitants.
Victorian Bournemouth (135) explores female itinerant swindlers who invaded resorts and spas in pursuit of easy money.