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Oswald Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2TQ

Looking along this very short turning off Oswald Road. The detached early-20th-century house facing us across the dead end is typical of the road and of the whole area. The sign is a rare survival: one of the old 1950s, perhaps earlier, cast iron signs with embossed lettering, attached to a single concrete post. I think it may be earlier than the standard survivor of this kind, as it has a taller, narrower typeface than the norm (see for example Image). This is photo no.95 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.

One of the major routes of Bournemouth's suburbs, this road leads to Ensbury Park, as its name suggests. We look through the railings at its junction with Wimborne Road towards the first few houses, which are typical of the area – early-20th-century detached houses whose front gardens have mainly been turned into parking spaces over the years. 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.136 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.

The white façade of this parade of shops, named St. John’s Chambers on the end and St. John’s Buildings in the centre, catches the sun splendidly till lunchtime. They are at 748-754 Wimborne Road.

On Wimborne Road, at the junction with Vicarage Road; white-tiled building, with names picked out in raised blue lettering; from an era when correct punctuation was expected! Current occupants: estate agents, Indian take-away, carpet shop.

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

Looking along this long road of typical-for-Moordown early-20th-century detached houses, from its one junction, midway along, with Comley Road. Elmes Road does a slight kink at this junction, but not in the direction indicated by the curve of the pavement: immediately next to us, it swings back the other way and carries on a few degrees the other side of straight. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. It is one of the earliest of these examples, with slightly broader typeface and with the name on a single line. This is photo no.128 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.

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.

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.

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.

Wimborne Road, junction Oswald Road. Despite the white-washed windows, the clinic appears still to be functioning. Offers contraception, breast-feeding & nappy use advice; the NHS website is not quite helpful. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Hospital.aspx?id=5QN01&v=1