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House Beautiful

A Memory of Bournemouth.

My mother needed a rest and I had just had my tonsils out when I was sent to the House Beautiful for a fortnight. For some reason she told me it was a convalescent home but when I arrived I found it full of very boisterous children, mostly from London. I remember playing with a magnet on a piece of string in the garden and queuing up for a spoonful of thick green 'tonic' in the playroom each day and also each of us getting a sweet in the afternoon. I did get homesick but it had a cheerful atmostphere. I also remember the walks to the beach and going over a bridge on the way that seemed to go over a ravine!


Added 15 January 2010

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Comments & Feedback

I was there with two of my girl cousins. It was around 1948. I was very shy and only remember seeing my cousins at the weekend. I remember a big monkey puzzle tree in the garden.
Freddie Shaw
thanks, good to hear from you.
My husband stayed there in 1954 and we have been searching for the location for years. Does anyone have the address?

Thank you

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