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Coronation Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1TB

View east along this quiet residential street of solidly built victorian red brick houses.

One of the typical residential streets in Winton and Moordown, with its early 20th-century houses, Moorfield Grove is nevertheless slightly unusual in coming to an abrupt stop, at the back of what was originally the grounds of Winton Boys' School, a community centre and sheltered housing since the school moved to more modern premises in the late 1990s. It is also unusual in having no road nameplate: it did until fairly recently but must have been the victim of vandalism or traffic collision. This is photo no.280 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/My-2020-Coronavirus-Lockdown-walking-project for the complete set of photos.

Looking along this typical Moordown residential street from the main Wimborne Road. There is a busy traffic light junction almost abutting this one but excluding it, hence the railings to encourage pedestrians to go along the road a little before crossing. The houses are typical of Moordown: desirable, early 20th-century detached. The name Coronation Avenue may indicate that it was built around 1901 or 1910 and I think the latter is more likely, as the next three roads along are Queen Mary, King George and King Edward Avenues. The sign is a modern one, from 2010-15 when this more modern, abstract emblem rather than the traditional town coat of arms as the working logo of the council. They are more often seen under perspex and mounted on two posts, but this one is just affixed to the railings. This is photo no.89 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/My-2020-Coronavirus-Lockdown-walking-project for the complete set of photos.

As a small child I lived in Moorfield Grove ca 1949 and remember being sent out on my own to get twopence worth of chips from a fish and chip shop on the main road. Given its tiled frontage I suspect the shop which housed the upholsterers in 2004 might have been the place.

It was blowing a gale tonight and the Union Jack outside Moordown Conservative Club was flapping gaily - its shadow is being cast on the large wall opposite. The wall is the rear of the side, so to speak, of the Moordown Life Centre - see Image for the front of the building. See Image for a wider view including the flag itself.

Balfour Road is a narrow side-street, little more than an alley, off the main Wimborne Road alongside the Life Centre (see Image]), whose side wall we are viewing here. The Union Jack is outside the Moordown Conservative Club and, in tonight's very windy weather, it is creating a large, almost surreal shadow on the wall thanks to a nearby floodlight for the club's car park.

A Yellow Bus service has come at 3.40pm to pick up the children waiting after the end of the school day.

This barber shop has opened in the last couple of years - the premises, on the corner of Moorfield Grove, having previously housed a car audio retailer. The shop is indeed red - very red - especially when viewed at night.

A cyclist is trying to climb into the car he's leaning into, and a white bus approaches from the opposite side, which makes a change to all the yellow ones.