Boscombe, Boscombe Chine Gardens 1931
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Enjoyable seaside holiday activities never change, for the greatest joys of such a vacation are always the simplest. Here children paddle and play with toy boats in Boscombe's park.

Memories of Boscombe, Boscombe Chine Gardens 1931

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I was born in August 1939, my brother was born in 1936, we lived at 5 The Crescent, Boscombe and my brother and I used to walk down Old Christchurch Road  to the lake in Boscombe gardens quite frequently.  We used to try and get the bamboo leaves that came from the island in the lake.  If we got one we would push the stalk bit through the leaf and sail them as boats, how innocent and safe it was then even though ...see more