Winter snowfall in Haviland Road
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The photograph on this page of Winter snowfall in Haviland Road by Mike Searle as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Mike Searle Taken: Unknown
Looking roughly west towards the junction with Ashley Road is a scene in 1995 that is all too rare these days, when there was a significant fall of snow in Bournemouth. The former artisan cottages on the right were first built in 1878 during a period of rapid growth in what was then the new Spa town of Boscombe. Also on the right before the terrace of cottages is the entrance gate to the Bournemouth Centre for Community Arts. Thousands of pounds have been spent on updating the Centre, yet in 2007 it was announced that it was to close, being too costly to maintain. It is currently awaiting a decision on its future after its pending demolition. Update: finally in 2013 after a hard fought campaign to save it was lost, the BCCA was demolished in order to provide a much needed housing development for local people. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4107112 2021 Update: the housing development referred to above in the 2013 update created a derelict piece of land between the gate piers within the old BCCA entrance passage. The land sold recently, and a new house is currently being built on the site between the two end of terrace houses. This in effect will turn the clock back 116 years by reinstating the Victorian house demolished in 1905 to create the entrance: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6848016
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