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2024-03-28T11:00:57+00:00text/html2022-01-22T00:19:50+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.773158 -1.887345SZ0897 : Northbourne: New Road
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One of the most important routes into Bournemouth, New Road is the A347 from Ferndown. It is not 'new' but it was when it was built (which I suppose is true of all roads!).
We see it here as it crosses Ensbury Bridge, over the River Stour, and therefore over the historic boundary into the Borough of Bournemouth, as it was until April 2019 when Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch local authorities merged.
The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade, with blue border and, when mounted on the pavement, on blue legs. The addition here of the word Bournemouth and the borough coat of arms is of course because this is the entry point to the borough. The centre point of the river is the boundary, so the positioning of the sign is very exact!
This is photo no.248 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
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Part of a small development of bungalows on this western side of Muscliffe Lane.
The slightly leaning sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side.
This is photo no.291 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.text/html2022-01-22T00:11:14+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.752479 -1.891647SZ0794 : Ensbury Park: Newmill Close
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Very recent infill development, as has occurred apace in various spots in Ensbury Park. The houses are built behind the back gardens of Hendford Road properties, around to the right.
The sign is a modern one, naturally enough, but I don't think it is one of a standard design of either the erstwhile Bournemouth Borough Council, or its 2019 successor Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. I am not sure which side of the council reorganisation the road was built.
This is photo no.290 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
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A very short road within the mid-70s Slades Farm council estate, comprising terraces of narrow houses on each side, stretching much further than the roadway and with a grass square making up the difference (beyond the green campervan).
When the estate first appeared on local street maps, only its 'parent' road, Hibberd Way, was named, and I wonder whether the intention initially was that these houses be numbered in that road, rather than as a separate road.
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.
This is photo no.289 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.text/html2022-01-22T00:03:22+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.747795 -1.882728SZ0894 : Winton: Namu Road
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This curiously named road is generally pronounced "Name-you", but I have heard "Nar-mew" as well. I am not sure of the derivation but I presume it may be someone's surname? Anyway, it comprises fine inter-War detached houses which are typical of this immediate area. Unlike some of the older houses, there is at least room for off-road parking for most of them.
The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, more often seen affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side, but this one is high on a lamppost facing Jameson Road.
This is photo no.288 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
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Notwithstanding the labelling of the Ordnance Survey's maps, the suburb of Muscliff rightly does not have an 'e' on the end, although it did develop over the second half of the 20th century and it stuck in the name of Muscliffe Lane, which we see here from its start on the busy A3060 Castle Lane West.
The bench faces a service road for a parade of shops on Castle Lane West.
The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, aligned to the left when on two lines: Shorter names lead to a large gap on the right-hand side of the sign (Owls Road in Boscombe is the champion in this respect), so perhaps that is why the centred text evolved.
This is photo no.287 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.text/html2022-01-21T23:54:09+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.760858 -1.909492SZ0695 : West Howe: Mount Road
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When the large 1950s West Howe council estate was built, Mount Road utilised an original farm track or lane: overlaying older with present-day maps, the course is very obvious.
The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, aligned to the left when on two lines or, never on the newer versions, written on a single line as here.
This is photo no.286 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.text/html2022-01-21T23:50:28+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.761444 -1.864688SZ0995 : Muscliff: Moreton Road
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This sign stands, unusually, not at a road junction but at the dead end of the two roads mentioned. A path runs through from here, also to Muscliffe Lane, but there is no vehicular access between the two roads here. It is only this immediate dead end of Moreton Road which falls into my 2km radius from home.
Moreton Road is on a large early-1980s estate, all of whose roads are named after Dorset villages.
The sign is the same one seen here [[6457150]]. It is a modern one, probably put up in the last five years or so when the borough dropped its logo from street nameplates.
This is photo no.285 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.text/html2022-01-21T23:45:42+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.749771 -1.880881SZ0894 : Moordown: Morden Road
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A short, one-segment road between Victoria Park and Vicarage Roads, we look along it from the latter end, alongside the grounds of Moordown St. John's Church of England Primary School. The fine, detached pre-war houses are the standard hereabouts.
The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side.
This is photo no.284 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.text/html2022-01-21T23:42:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.757256 -1.903970SZ0695 : West Howe: Moorside Road
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Looking at some of the semi-detached houses on this road which marks the southeastern edge of the large 1950s West Howe council estate.
The sign dates from around 1999/2000 and is one of the first to include the borough logo. It morphed from this version, one size regardless of the name length, to a similar design but with centred text, to the commonplace version with blue edges and with slightly less emboldened typeface.
This is photo no.283 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.text/html2022-01-21T23:38:06+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.756091 -1.909076SZ0695 : West Howe: Moorside Gardens
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Modern infill development of a few houses, off Moorside Road. Because the houses are tucked around the back of the two adjoining gardens, we can't see any of them from here at the end of the road.
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. It is unusual in being a short version with the road name on two lines.
This is photo no.282 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.text/html2022-01-21T23:34:51+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.757975 -1.903402SZ0695 : West Howe: Moorside Close
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A small cul-de-sac off Moorside Road, hence the name, Moorside Close actually takes the course of one of the original tracks when this was all fields, before the large 1950s West Howe council estate was built: Behind us to the right is Ericksen Road, while at the top of the hill ahead is a path onto the eastern leg of Tedder Road, which continues diagonally into Mount Road – and that whole route is recognisable, when looking at older maps, as an original track or lane.
The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side.
This is photo no.281 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.text/html2022-01-20T00:02:57+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14700Chris Downer50.750126 -1.876627SZ0894 : Moordown: Moorfield Grove
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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:
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Seen here ascending from Poole Lane, Moore Avenue is one of the chief roads into the large, 1950s West Howe council estate, as attested by the bus stop (there is a more substantial one opposite, out of picture, with bus shelter).
After the block of flats, more standard semi-detached council houses take over before more flats are found nearer the centre of the estate.
The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms.
This is photo no.279 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
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A small cul-de-sac of reasonably modern (1970s?) houses swinging around the corner behind the backs of houses on the main Wimborne Road.
The sign is a modern one - it is only in the last couple of years that Bournemouth Borough Council stopped including its name in smaller type at the top of the sign, perhaps in readiness for local government reorganisation in April 2019 which saw the borough council replaced by BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) council. The no-through-road sign incorporated within the nameplate is a fairly common arrangement, and the previous sign clearly didn't have one because the original accompanying sign remains alongside.
This is photo no.278 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.