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Seabourne Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 2HA

Pokesdown Green is a small area by the road junction at the railway station, and many moons ago was occupied by a fire station. It has recently seen the transformation from grotty street corner to pleasant green, and its centrepiece is this 'village sign' style sign depicting an early 20th-century view of the main Christchurch Road, complete with trams.

Cromwell Place is a little passageway running through from the main Seabourne Road to Stourvale Place, which is itself a gravel lane. There are 5 residential properties along the lane, arranged as a little offshoot path from it. Cromwell Place forms public footpath number G09, and we see it here from the Seabourne end as a man has just unloaded three large pieces of chipboard from the white van - he can be seen carrying one of them along the path while the other two are leaning against the former shop. See Image for the next view along the path, with links to further photos along its route.

Cromwell Place is a little passageway running through from the main Seabourne Road to Stourvale Place, which is itself a gravel lane. There are 5 residential properties along the lane, arranged as a little offshoot path from it. Cromwell Place forms public footpath number G09. Here, we take a close look at the name sign at the Seabourne Road end - a traditional old cast iron sign of a type which survive in quite large numbers still. They generally have modern versions nearby, kept presumably as mere nods to vintage - but there are no modern ones just here. See Image for the view along the path from Seabourne Road, and Image for the view emerging onto Seabourne Road, with links to further photos along the route.

Cromwell Place is a little passageway running through from the main Seabourne Road to Stourvale Place, which is itself a gravel lane. There are 5 residential properties along the lane, arranged as a little offshoot path from it. Cromwell Place forms public footpath number G09, and we see it here as it emerges onto Seabourne Road. A close-up of the sign on the right can be seen here: Image See Image for the view along the path from across the road (and an explanation of the chipboard being there), and Image for the next view on the path behind us - with links to further photos along its route.

Cromwell Place is a little passageway running through from the main Seabourne Road to Stourvale Place, which is itself a gravel lane. There are 5 residential properties along the lane, arranged as a little offshoot path from it. Cromwell Place forms public footpath number G09, and we look along it here towards the Seabourne end, with the back yards of Stourvale Road on our right. As can be gauged from the gravel tracks, it is just - but I reckon only just - possible to get an average-sized car along here. See Image for the end of the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us, with links to further photos along its route.

Imposing Victorian pub opposite Pokesdown station Image Externally, intricate roofs, walls partially hung with scalloped tiles, etched glass windows. Internally, rectangular bar with drinking & eating areas left, front & right; music, TV, pool & garden. Cask ales on offer at my visit: Ringwood Best, Marston's Sweet Chariot. For some customer reviews, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/23/2321/Bell/Pokesdown

Decorated with a Christmas bow, eleven months early

There were two trolleybus routes between Bournemouth and Christchurch, via Iford (20) or Southbourne (21), which split at this point. Bournemouth Corporation 274 is a Sunbeam MF2B with Weymann bodywork, new in 1959. This was the last day of normal trolleybus operation in Bournemouth, so at only 10 years old it was far from life-expired. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=137652761

Cromwell Place is a little passageway running through from the main Seabourne Road to Stourvale Place, which is itself a gravel lane. There are 5 residential properties along the lane, arranged as a little offshoot path from it. Cromwell Place forms public footpath number G09, and we see it here as it passes alongside the first of its houses - the other four are just off to the right ahead, while the path itself continues ahead. See Image for the view of the front of the house, and Image for the view behind us - each with links to further photos along its route.