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Charminster, Charminster Road
Mixed Edwardian/1920s shopping parade on the Western side of Charminster Road; mostly independent shops, with only one empty. Estate agent, gallery, flooring, Indian take-away, Thai restaurant, hair salon, motorbikes, decor.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 28 Mar 2009
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Shops Charminster Road Bournemouth Dorset
More small shops in Charminster.
Image: © Clive Perrin
Taken: 13 Sep 2006
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Shops Charminster Road Bournemouth Dorset
Small shops in Charminster, on the outskirts of Bournemouth.
Image: © Clive Perrin
Taken: 13 Sep 2006
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Bournemouth : Charminster - Charminster Road
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 27 Apr 2009
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Charminster: postbox № BH8 166, Charminster Road
This large Elizabeth II-reign postbox faces the former Lower Charminster Road post office, which had moved to a grocery store a little south about 15 years ago, although the postbox was never moved with it. (See also
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See
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Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 1 Jan 2013
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Charminster: postbox, phone box, bus shelter and bins
A parade of street furniture in Charminster Road: bus shelter, litter bin, Elizabeth II-reign postbox, a recently added bin for recyclables, and phone box.
See
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Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 25 Jun 2008
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Charminster: Lower Charminster Road Post Office
Lower Charminster Road Post Office was established in 1910; it became a Money Order and Savings Bank on 1 September 1922 and a Telegraph Office on 3 March 1926. In the mid-1990s it moved from 343-345 Charminster Road to new premises within the One Stop convenience store a short distance away at no. 269-273, which became the Co-Op as you see now. (The postbox was not moved, however: see
Image) This was more suitable premises in that the old shop had two steps up to its entrance whereas this shop has level access and automatic doors. It was announced this week that it is to be a casualty of the 2008 closures, whereby 2,500 offices will close, meaning that it will close permanently in October 2008, a year or two short of its centenary.
UPDATE: The office finally closed at 1pm on Wednesday 29 October. I visited the Co-Op just after 5 o'clock that evening, by which time there was already no visible sign that a post office had ever been contained within the store. Only the oval sign outside alluded to that fact.
The name 'Lower' Charminster Road distinguishes this office from the one called plain Charminster Road, farther south at no. 63-65.
The Co-Op is open 24 hours a day; the spherical foliage in the foreground is one of several adorning both frontages of the restaurant opposite.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 24 Sep 2008
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Charminster: petrol back under a pound
A year almost to the day since I last bought petrol for less than a pound a litre, and having peaked at about 113p it has returned to two digits.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 27 Oct 2008
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Charminster: Cecil Court
An attractive block of 24 flats in Charminster Road.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 14 Apr 2008
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Queens Park Terrace Charminster Bournemouth Dorset
Small shops in building that looks a bit 1930's
Image: © Clive Perrin
Taken: 13 Sep 2006
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