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Tennyson Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2UY

Looking across Wimborne Road towards a parade of shops called The Strand, according to the remains of the lettering in its centre, encompassing even numbers 898-912. Visible on this side of the road is Image

Parade of shops dating from 1926

This road has several independent businesses from the Laundrette to Roger's Opticians.

Looking along Ashton Road from the main Wimborne Road. When I was growing up in the 1980s, all the side turnings had these double-facing name signs on high posts: quite a few 80s signs survive, as here, while others have been replaced on the same tall posts and some have been replaced by more traditional low-level signs. This is photo no.20 of a series of 451 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.

This postbox was repositioned here when the post office joined these premises (see Image). It replaced two – one which was on the next corner south, by Cowper Road, and one that was at the far end of Tennyson Road, the next turning north.

Moordown's post office used to be further up Wimborne Road, on the other side (see Image), but closed for a time when the postmistress was found to be defrauding the business, during the 1990s. After a year without a branch in Moordown, it reopened here. I note that the shop is called 'Late Stop' but it is closed, now, at 7 o'clock on a Thursday evening.

Looking along the main Wimborne Road as the electricity board remove the festive adornments to the lampposts. They were turned off on 5 January, of course, but it takes a while before the festive lights are physically removed.

A parade of shops which comprises the even numbers 918-942 Wimborne Road. It is named after Tennyson Road, whose junction is at the far end. It is dated 1926 on the gables at both ends. The parade on the left is Image

Even numbers 870-892 Wimborne Road. The parade is dated 1924 on the gable and runs from Cowper to Ashton Roads.

One of the criss-cross roads on this western side of the main Wimborne Road in Moordown. Wimborne Road, The Avenue and The Grove are the long north-south roads and Maclaren is one of the shorter east-west roads linking them - one of several that include both segments. Desirable detached houses are the order of the day. 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. Usually mounted on two short posts, this is a double-sided version mounted on a high pole, common throughout this long straight stretch of Wimborne Road. This is photo no.253 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.