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An Edward VII-reign postbox in Wollstonecraft Road, which is named, like several roads in the area, after forenames of the Shelley family. Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, wrote that and other works while living in Shelley Manor a short distance from here. Other such roads that spring to mind are Florence and Percy.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.1km<br/>My mum worked at this care home in Boscome during the 70s and 80s.
©william
Dist:0.1km<br/>This George VI-reign postbox is emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at 12:45pm on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Just far enough from the beach and from the main shopping area to offer free and unlimited roadside parking, Florence Road is one of those side-roads where parked cars make through passage slow and awkward. Driveways and frontages have hopefully been left clear.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>No social housing, this! Built 1935-8 as a high-class self-contained village. Despite its Italian name, touches seem Spanish: pantile roofs, round arched windows and glazed tile decoration. Viewed from Percy Road.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the inner courtyard of San Remo Towers, a large block of 164 luxury flats, viewed from Michelgrove Road. Built in 1935-8 by American architect Hector O'Hamilton, it is in a flamboyant Spanish mission style, which must have raised a few eyebrows back then. Today it is universally admired as a piece of 1930s exotic fantasy, and one of the most impressive seaside developments in England of its period. Grade II listed.
©Mike Searle
Dist:0.2km<br/>The fourth of seven installations on Sea Road, designed to assist Boscombe's regeneration, and lure people from the beach to the delights of the precinct; designed by Dorset artist Andy Kirkby. This one commemorates Mary and Percy Shelley, who had local connections [[1649050]]. Four are completed, and a further three are expected. At the junction of Sea and Owls Roads. http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/news/features/boscombearttrail.asp
©Mike Faherty
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©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Listed building built in 1907.
©Michael FORD
Dist:0.2km<br/>St. Andrew's Church Hall, Florence Road; Bournemouth East constituency.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>The first of seven installations on Sea Road, designed to assist Boscombe's regeneration, and lure people from the beach to the delights of the precinct. All share a motif of rope, and are designed by Dorset artist Andy Kirkby. Three more are awaiting completion, and a further three are expected. Seen looking into Florence Road from [[1990156]]. http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/news/features/boscombearttrail.asp
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>The western end of Westby Road is the last remaining dense bastion of bed & breakfasts in Boscombe. Nine can be seen here. As soon as larger establishments come up for sale, they are bought by developers who built expensive weekend flats.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>On Sea Road, at the corner of Argyll and Horace Roads, "contemporary hotel and bistro". http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>The western end of Westby Road is closed for three hours this morning, to allow the delivery of concrete panels for [[2841645]]. An expensive business: £500 for council permission, £1000 for crane hire; the panels have come by road from Ireland, where Aggregates Levy is lower than the mainland, and so they are cheaper.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the former site of Highbury Hotel, in Westby Road [[1827801]]; foundations look finished, and cycle stores well underway.
©Mike Faherty

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