Boscombe: Opera House and Royal Arcade
Introduction
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Boscombe: Opera House and Royal Arcade
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 13 Jul 2008
Looking along the Image, we see firstly the Opera House, which is above the shops and was indeed an opera house originally. More recently it became a nightclub and is now a nighttime music venue. Farther down, we see Boscombe Precinct Post Office. The post office, called simple Boscombe, was on the other side of the road but moved on 29 March 1993 into Safeway supermarket in the newly opened Image A few years on and this branch opened; the two coexisted for a short while before the one inside Safeway closed. Between the two is the entrance to the Royal Arcade, which very much resembles its other entrance around the corner in Palmerston Road (see Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.726612
Longitude
-1.840561