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In Bournemouth? « Result #3 on Sept 10, 2009, 9:29am »
BBC Radio Five Live's Victoria Derbyshire show is doing a live debate with politicians and members of the the public, when the Lib Dem party conference comes to Bournemouth for its annual conference. The show will take place from 1000 to 1300 on Monday September 21st, at the Carrington House Hotel, and it will broadcast live on the radio. We'll be talking about manifestos and policies ahead of the General Election next year. We will have a panel of politicians and we are looking for 150 members of the public who feel strongly about policies and who would like to take part in the discussion. They don't have to be experts they just have to talk about how policies affect them and what they want. It would great to hear your views and any topics you'd like to raise at the debate. Please get in touch with me on: 0208 624 9502, or leave me a message and i'll call you back. All the best, thanks, Jonathan - Producer - BBC Radio 5 live- Victoria Derbshire show
Broadstone is a town and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) from Hamworthy railway station and 7 miles (11 km) from Bournemouth International Airport. The town has a population of 10,256 according to the 2001 Census. Since 1840, it has grown from a small farm to a suburb of 10,000 people. Centred around the main road (the B3074), 'The Broadway' is busy hub of shops, churches, schools and housing. Broadstone is notable for its large recreation fields and heathland park, as well as an annual Christmas parade and lights. The 24 acres (0.097 km2) Broadstone Heath possesses some of the original heathland which covered the Poole basin.
In 1840, "Broadstone Farm" was built, and a railway line bypassed it in 1847. Its first church was built in 1853, which later became the Scout hall. The first railway station was built in 1872 and named "New Poole Junction" and, after several name revisions, became "Broadstone" in 1890. Broadstone First School originated as a Dame school, founded in 1871. At the turn of the century, lavender oil started being produced. This ceased in 1935 when the factory burnt down, but much lavender can still be found in the area. Rapid expansion of the town has since occurred, with the development of the Pine Springs housing estate and the opening of additional schools to cope with the increase in population.
Legend has it that a number of "broad stones" were laid across a local stream to enable people to cross over without wetting their feet. This stream flows in the valley between Clarendon Road and Springdale Road, and the stones were located close to the Brookdale Farm. The Stepping Stones pub was named in honour of this, and displays a large stone outside its beer garden. Rumoured to be the original, it was stolen decades ago and has since been replaced by a replica.
The Victorian biologist, naturalist and philosopher Alfred Russel Wallace, who independently proposed the same evolutionary theory as Charles Darwin, lived in Broadstone during the last few years of his life. He built his own house, named Old Orchard, near what is now Wallace Road. His remains are buried in Broadstone Cemetery, next to those of his wife, Annie. His grave was restored by the A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund in 2000. It features a 7-foot (2.1 m) tall fossil tree trunk mounted on a block of Purbeck limestone. Annette Brooke, a Liberal Democrat MP for Mid-Dorset and North Poole from 2001, currently resides in Broadstone. Bryan Telfer, a commodore in the Royal Navy and veteran of the Falklands War is buried in Broadstone Cemetery.
Broadstone contains a large first and middle school on Dunyeats Road. Corfe Hills School is also located in Broadstone and is one of the largest secondary schools in Dorset. Its catchment area serves Broadstone, Poole, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne as well as other areas.
Broadstone is the centre of many clubs, societies and organisations for the South East Dorset area including the Lytchett archery club, Broadstone Football Club, the Broadstone Golf Club, Broadstone Horticultural society, Broadstone Tennis Society, Dorset Caledonian Society, Broadstone Youth Centre and the Broadstone Cricket Club. Other local offices include the British Legion, the Rotary club, and the Wessex Bowling Club.
Canford Heath is a suburb and area of heathland in Poole in Dorset with a population of just under 14,500.
Canford Heath has also given its name to a housing development built on the heathland during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Now an established part of Poole, Canford Heath has grown its own community life with two public houses (The Haymoor & The Pilot), a selection of churches, two supermarkets (Asda and Somerfield), five schools and a range of social activities for young people. The Tower Park leisure complex is nearby.
Much of the remaining heathland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Dorset Heathlands Special Protection Area. It is home to the smooth snake, the sand lizard and the Dartford warbler. On 19 March 2006 a large fire swept across part of the heathland requiring almost 170 firefighters to extinguish. Approximately 100 people were forced to leave their homes temporarily.
There are two primary schools in Canford Heath (Ad Astra First School and Canford Heath First School), two middle schools (Haymoor Middle School and Canford Heath Middle School) and two secondary schools; Ashdown Technology College and Poole Grammar School.
Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit (1km or 0.39 sq mi) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It is well-known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value in the world. The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media. Sandbanks is connected to Studland by a chain ferry, the Sandbanks Ferry, which runs across the mouth of the harbour. The Sandbanks area of Poole Harbour (known as North Haven Lake) is widely used for water sports and by light marina craft. The north side is home to the Southern Headquarters of the Royal Yachting Association and an international sailing school. There are exclusive homes both on Sandbanks and across the immediate region, stretching east from the Harbour to The Avenue (the eastern boundary of Poole). The adjacent areas of Lilliput, Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs, also have the largest concentration of expensive properties outside London. Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is among many famous residents of the Sandbanks area. In 2005 a modest bungalow on the peninsula sold for three million pounds, despite its state of disrepair. The same bungalow, in the same condition, went on sale in 2007 for four million pounds, attracting further attention.[citation needed] Sandbanks' properties have been adversely affected by the Financial crisis of 2007–2009, with a significant fall in house prices across the area. Sandbanks is also home to three hotels, one of which is the historically important Haven Hotel, constructed some 100 years ago[when?] on the site of a previous hotel. The previous building was both the home and centre of wireless experiments by Marconi in the late 1890s, and was the third place in the world to boast a permanent wireless station. Views to the north extend across Poole Harbour and to Poole. To the south views extend across the English Channel and to the world heritage coastline of Studland and Swanage in the west.
Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" - which includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour. Because of the proximity to the shoreline, and the more residential nature of Lower Parkstone, it is the more sought-after district, and originally included Lilliput and the Sandbanks Peninsula (now part of Canford Cliffs) within its official bounds. Lower Parkstone is centred on Ashley Cross, the original location of Parkstone Grammar School, near to the Parish Church of St. Peter. Despite the residential reputation, Parkstone was the site of several industrial undertakings, the largest being George Jennings South Western Pottery, a manufacturer of salt-glaze drainage and sanitary pipes, which had its own steam locomotive, that ran on a private branch line from Parkstone Station. Much of this area was agricultural until the 1920s and 1930s. Upper Parkstone includes large areas of smaller artisan housing, and the shopping street of Ashley Road and the parish church of St. John's Heatherlands are its central focus. There are larger properties, however, and the views from this higher part of the suburb across Poole Harbour to the Purbeck Hills are spectacular. Many photographs taken over the years from the Seaview viewpoint (overlooking much of Poole centre and Harbour) exist as postcards, and can be used to chart the changes to the area.
History
Much of Upper Parkstone was built up during the Victorian era and is typical for an area of this time, with most of the main shops being along the main road (Ashley Road) together with a few pubs and churches, and most houses being in adjacent roads. A lot of roads are named after important people or events of their time such as Albert Road, Victoria Road and Jubilee Road etc. The area expanded into other areas such as Branksome and Rossmore and later Alderney, which are sometimes considered to be part of Parkstone. Although most houses are owner-occupied, council houses were also built in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Trinidad and Bourne Estates are typical examples of post-war housing estates although there are very few council flats in Parkstone as much of the area retains its suburban character. Today Ashley Road is mostly made up of commercial premises, and small blocks of flats have been built in the last 20 years, although further away from the main road the area has changed little. There are a few older cottage-style houses that can be found as reminders of when the area was agricultural, including several pairs of 'Lady Wimborne' houses - yellow brick cottages with steep gables built by the Canford Estate, which can be found in the areas in which the estate owned property, from Longham to Lilliput. Ashley Road is the main 'corridor' between Bournemouth and Poole and benefits from much through business. Waitrose has now moved into the old Safeway site, abandoning its smaller Westbourne store. In Lower Parkstone, Ashley Cross retains much character from being a village despite commercial buildings moving out from Poole town centre. Commercial Road is the main thoroughfare here, providing another through route - and bus route - from Poole to Bournemouth. The station is in Lower Parkstone, near Parkstone Park.
Oakdale is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 10,949. It is adjacent to Fleetsbridge, Poole town centre, Sterte, Longfleet and Parkstone. The main type of land use in Oakdale is residential. There are also small private businesses such as convenience stores, take away restaurants and pubs, as well as a Texaco petrol station. Nearby there is a small full time library with an adult learning centre next door, which used to be Oakdale Middle School before it moved to a new purpose built site in 1997. There is a large allotment area, several fields and two play parks for children. The main road through Oakdale is the busy Wimborne Road, which forms part of the A35 road and leads to Fleetsbridge to the north and Poole town centre to the south. Poole Town F.C.'s home ground, Tatnam Farm is located in Oakdale.
Tower Park is a leisure complex in Poole, Dorset, England. It was one of the first complexes of its kind when it opened in 1989, and it still continues to attract thousands of people from throughout the area. It is named after the large concrete water tower that sits at the top of the hill on which the complex is built. The complex is owned by X-Leisure who own twenty similar sites across the UK. The site's main attractions include Splashdown - a waterpark boasting 12 slides, and Bowlplex - a 24 lane bowling alley previously known as Megabowl. The bowling centre has had a £1.25m regeneration, with the introduction of many of Bowlplex's sub brands including The Pool Pit and Video-World. There is also a Gala Bingo venue and a cinema with ten screens which was formerly owned by UCI, but as a result of a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading concerning the merger of UCI and Odeon Cinemas the theatre was sold to Empire Cinemas. There is also a video arcade and numerous restaurants, fast food outlets and free parking facilities. The complex's Burger King restaurant was rebuilt in 2005 after it was burnt down following an arson attack. Also onsite is a Tesco Extra which has its own parking facilities. There was formerly an ice rink at Tower Park called 'Ice Trax' but this was replaced by Gala Bingo in the mid 1990s. Tower Park has undergone a modernisation programme to expand its facilities. This includes a new, larger KFC, four new restaurants including TGI Fridays, Nandos, Chiquitos and Flame, and the recladding of the existing buildings. The new restaurants are partially built on the site of the Splashdown tower, the former Colonnades building and some of the old car park, which have been demolished. There was also a tanning salon called Sundown, which closed down in 2007, along with a confectionery shop called Stickey Mickey's, which went into administration in September 2007.
Maypole dancing 2009 « Result #88 on Apr 29, 2009, 5:46pm »
Does anybody know if there will be Maypole dancing this weekend at Old Orchard Poole.
I was lucky enough to see Maypole dancing there about 3 years ago with my children. The Brownies were dancing led by the wonderful Michelle (?O'Brien). I had seen a flyer in the window of a house in Old Poole.
Unfortunately I have not been lucky enough to find out when this is happening again and I would love to see it this year.
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