This weekend comes the astonishing news that the Point House Cafe building is to be demolished. Permission for a replacement in the form of a block of flats has come from a planning inspector who says that a new building will be an improvement. The Bournemouth Daily Echo has the story. See page 52.
In today’s Independent Simon Calder looks at hidden gems for stay-at-home travellers. He describes Mudeford Sandbank as “one of the most strangely wonderful locations in Britain” and just as good as Venice Beach, California. See pages 55 and 59.
Moses Dock on Pennington Marshes has not only Creek Cottage but two Tudor buildings which may have been sea salt boiling houses. Now the ground around them is being excavated over two weerks by volunteer archaeologists as part of the Festival of British Archaeology which starts on Monday 19 July. The New Forest National Park [...]
Eric Pickles has been to Boscombe where he says that he remembered it as “being a dreadful place”. Now he says he is “impressed” and compares the seaside there to the revival of the canal in Birmingham. All these thoughts come after a brisk walk along Boscombe Pier. The Daily Echo has a report. The [...]
It is Thursday today but Monday’s fire on the east side of Durley Chine has just been reported by the national press. It was not the main local news on Tuesday as there were two other major fires that night -one in the Bourne Valley. The 20 foot flames looked dramatic from the Highcliff Hotel [...]