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Rossmore Road, POOLE, BH12 2HG

Wooden church building at the junction of Rossmore & Pembroke Roads.

This postbox replaced one a little to the east of here, outside Rossmore Post Office, when the post office closed in 2004. It is emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at 12:15pm on Saturdays.

Postbox on Rossmore Road; type K, introduced in 1978. To the left can be seen the corner of Image

This is our last chance to see the former library building in Herbert Avenue, as demolition is underway (see Image). It has lain idle for the last four years since the library moved into new premises nearby. Such is the gradient here that the entrance to the building was virtually on the ground floor level at this western end, while at the eastern end this was definitely the first floor (see above link). As well as looking at the tilework depicting bookshelves, we see the dead-end of Pembroke Road in the distance – a pathway leads from there to Herbert Avenue to the right of the cordon, off which the library entrance was accessed.

This 60s building on Herbert Avenue was rendered redundant in 2005 when the Rossmore branch of the Borough of Poole Library Service moved into brand new purpose-built premises on the campus of the nearby secondary school. The second word of the name of the contractors carrying out the demolition – Hughes & Salvidge – seems rather ironic.

1960s-looking building, replaced in 2005 by Image The old library does not seem to have found a new role.

On Herbert Avenue; founded 1931, from when this wooden building presumably dates. For more information, see http://www.cogspoole.co.uk/

At Hatchards Field.

This picture taken standing on Rossmore Road looking out towards Almond Grove.

This barrier consisting of a brick wall, some pillars and a "sleeping policeman" are at the end of Melbury Avenue close to its junction with Turbary Rd. The wall has recently been rebuilt indicating it has been doing its job to impede the passage of motor vehicles.