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Cranmer Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1JX

The hilly terrain around here is overcome in Calvin Road with a dead-end section and the through section, separated by an ever-heightening wall.

Situated in Calvin Road, according to the 1975 Kelly's Directory this was then the Winton Free Evangelical Church. It is now Bournemouth Community Church Centre, and in fairly recent years the porch section has been added, rather pleasingly mirroring the original façade.

Looking down the southernmost section of Muscliffe Road, which breaks the standard criss-cross pattern of roads by veering to the right on its way downhill. It continues up the other side, back parallel with its neighbours, as Ridley Road. Calvin Road crosses in the dip, behind the white van. Two days after heavy snow earlier in the week had all thawed, this fresh lot fell from the north this morning, despite the fact that the day started rainy, with large puddles all around. By nightfall, the main carriageways of all roads were clear of snow and ice, so this was a very heavy fall considering that it started and had almost disappeared on the same day.

On Luther Road. http://www.wintonurc.org.uk/

Situated in Luther Road, this was a replacement for the original UR church in the main Wimborne Road, near to the sloping roof that can be seen in the background. This former site gave way to a supermarket in the 1970s (see Image).

Two days after heavy snow earlier in the week had all thawed, this fresh lot fell from the north this morning, despite the fact that the day started rainy, with large puddles all around. By nightfall, the main carriageways of all roads were clear of snow and ice, so this was a very heavy fall considering that it started and had almost disappeared on the same day.

Looking along Ridley Road past this Victorian postbox. According to large scale maps published in the 1960s, the postbox used to be just around the corner in Luther Road, to the left as we look here. As implied in this picture, Wednesday is bin day in Ridley Road.

Winton Liberal Club is at 521 Wimborne Road, on the corner of Calvin Road. The building site next door used to be the BP filling station, which closed in November 2006 and lay dormant for over a year before reconstruction began.

I was waiting for a bus when I took this photo, possibly as a way of passing the time.

This was the BP filling station until November 2006. While the former manager took over the premises to the right, as a grocery store and newsagent, the site lay idle for a year before the new Sainsbury’s was built. It will open on 9 July 2008. I wonder if the grocery store will survive with its new neighbour.