Monthly Archives: July 2010

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →