Nostalgic memories of Southbourne's local history

Share your own memories of Southbourne and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Was just scrolling through Google maps as you do and found myself back in Bournemouth where I grew up. 75 now and living in Australia. Found a reference to Homefield School and Mr Taggart! Wow! I was there about the same time as another respondent, maybe 1955. Remember playing truant more often than care to admit and earned Mr Taggart’s wrath and a few whacks of the cane! I recall a French teacher who ...see more
I started as a boarder at Homefield school in 1958. I was 10. Taggart was the headmaster, Amos was head of the boarding house. A bit of a religious fellow. Names I remember:Kamal Khimani, John Turner, Buckland, Daubney, Levy, Gerry Mitchell, Ray Green, Saunders, Wilmot-Wilkinson. Enough!
Stourfield Junior School was an attractive red brick building with a large playground and a football field in the 1950's. I went to school here between 1954 and 1956 and remember my time fondly. Long before the days of a "National Curriculum" we were taught by inspiring men who had seen much life during their service in the Second World War. They taught in a style that they knew would work to ...see more
My parents Evelyn & Tom Williams purchased a home on Carberry Avenue in 1977.
My parents Evelyn and Tom Williams purchased a house on Thistlebarrow Road just after WW2 upon moving from Birmingham.
My brothers Roger and David and I were pulled out of Rope Hill School in Boldre (near Lymington), tried and failed to get into St Peter's School, and then were accepted and started as day pupils at Homefield School in Tuckton/Southbourne starting in the summer of 1955. We were bussed-in from Barton-on-Sea. My twin and I quickly departed to Brockenhurst Grammar School that Fall, but my ...see more