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Pine Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1LX

This fish and chip shop in Ripon Road has what must be a contender for the shortest wall ever! The postbox (see Image) on this side of the road is outside Image

A very small hall for religious meetings in Portland Road.

Well disguised electricity sub-station, behind a brick facade, at the junction of Green & Abbott Roads.

We look along Portland Road, across its junction with Ripon Road. Beyond the junction, the houses ascend in terms of both altitude and house-number. 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.

This George V-reign box stands outside Image, which included a post office till the mid-1980s. Opposite, we see two former shops – the right-hand one was Ray's Hairdressing until a few years ago, while its neighbour was a video hire shop which was converted to residential probably at the beginning of the 90s.

Major maintenance work in Green Road has closed the road from April to June 2008. This part, through housing built before the need for off-road parking was foreseen, is a tricky part for bus drivers on the route 24, which does a left turn followed shortly by a right (following the yellow road on the map), and queues often occur, short in terms of length but long in terms of time. The current diversion is no easier.

A close up of the signs accompanying these roadworks (see Image). I would like to see someone try to park beyond that point!

There used to be a florist and a newsagent, and a conservatory/glazing place on the corner that laid dormant for years. Now, the Grape Vine comprises off licence and newsagent, while the shop next door is an electrical and fire protection stockist. There was once also a post office here but that closed on 16 March 1985. Seen here a few minutes after noon on Christmas Day, the shop is open for two hours for all those last-minute things that have slipped people's minds.

Vandals have scribed the letters TB above the BT livery on this side of the phone box outside Image

This is one of the very few roads to still have these primitive kerbstones and gutters. We moved into our house nearby in 1987 and ours were updated fairly soon after.