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Morley Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 2JP

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.

Long look: Image

Large pub beside the A35 Christchurch Road.

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

This public footpath is essentially a rear access driveway for odd numbered shops 881-895 Christchurch Road (to our left) and the flats above. We are midway along it here, from Rosebery Road, behind us, to Morley Road, just ahead. See Image for the next view on the path behind us, and Image for the view towards us from the road ahead.

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

This public footpath is essentially a rear access driveway for odd numbered shops 881-895 Christchurch Road (to our right) and the flats above. We look along it here from Morley Road and it heads for Rosebery Road. Meanwhile, the clothing shop occupying the first house in Morley Road is quite unusual, in that there aren't that many shops that spill over into the side roads along here. See Image for the view towards us from a little way along the path, with links to a few other photos on the route.

Station originally opened 1886, on the Christchurch-Bournemouth line. Originally called Boscombe, renamed Pokesdown 1897. Buildings rebuilt in severe style 1930s; sunray decorations above entrance. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokesdown_railway_station