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The Triangle, BOURNEMOUTH, BH2 5SE

Taken in April 1972, this photo shows 189 (CRU 189C) a Daimler Fleetline bus with Weymann 74-seater bodywork at The Triangle on a private bus tour in Bournemouth. The vehicle belongs to Bournemouth Corporation Transport and dates from 1965. Since this photo was taken, the road layout at The Triangle has been considerably altered, and the buildings behind the bus changed in appearance.

The Triangle is indeed triangular. In its centre is a vacant bit of road that used to be an overnight parking place for buses. On the left is Image

International student advisors at 97 Commercial Road.

This summer, the layout of The Triangle was altered. Previously, the triangular centre was an almost inaccessible patch of grass, with a stand for out-of-service buses alongside. Today, the bus-lane, previously to the left as we look here, has been relaid, traffic-free as a sort of plaza, on which a modest produce market was set up each Friday during the late summer. The plaza is unseen from here, as it is at a lower level, but it runs alongside the Library building which is prominent. Between us and it is one of those stepped walls on which one can sit. The Image is visible in the background.

Part of the town's nativity parade, three wise men on camels follow the children playing Mary and Joseph, with their donkeys, from The Triangle down to The Square. Here is a close-up of two of the camels.

The town crier is mid-"Oyez!" as he announces the commencement of the nativity parade. Two donkeys will accompany children as Mary and Joseph, Mary carrying a doll representing the infant Jesus, on a route through the town centre where an empty crib on a bed of straw awaits them. Three wise men on camels will follow them along the route.

Clothing and accessories boutique at 99 Commercial Road.

The lion is one of 50 dotted around the town during the 'Pride in Bournemouth' art event. Local people entered their designs and the winning ones now appear in prominent locations in the town centre with a few in outlying areas. The art event's website is here: http://www.prideinbournemouth.com/

A view across The Triangle (see Image) from the second floor of the library (Image) on a stupidly wet Thursday lunchtime. Today was a torrential downpour from start to finish.

This large teddy bear, sat in the middle of The Triangle, is part of the Christmas decorations for 2017.