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Found on the Streets of Bournmouth site shows Dearden and Wade also Swifts meat merchants, Dearden and Wade was actually the Wilberforce Hotel originally A trawl through the Streets of Bournemouth web site will reveal more like Northcote Road shows B Road Service repairs shop formerley S.Rail adjacent to the line. I have tried to read the nunber on the Morris 1000 as i have feeling it could be mine not far from home.

Found on Streets of Bournemouth website good view of Bournemouth Central

Having just come across this site I just could not resist correcting some facts about who it was built for and occupied by . It was built around 1948 for Eldridge Pope, Dorchester Brewers, in fact we had some lodgers who worked for Waygood Otis and were installing the lift which was in the tower on the building and Kellys 1965 still lists Eldridge Pope as the occupier, Latter years around 1975 it became a South Coast depot for Astbury and Maddley a Midland heavy duty plumbing distributor and when I say heavy up to 12" pipe and fittings or even bigger, all goods brought by road from Birmingham the siding was not used. This building was demolished a few years back when acquired by Dave Wells Properties and a new office depot complex built. The model is a good reproduction but I certain it was of a buff brick construction I may have a photo taken from St Clements Church Tower. Murphy law just found it had just been demolished 2008 and was a heap of rubble With reference Brickwoods (in my opinion the bilge water from Pompey Harbour) in Windham Road they were taken over by Whitbreads and moved to Romsey the building was then taken over by Ace Office Supplies. I dont believe Whitbreads ever used the St Clements Road site. Lived all my life within yards of these. I do have some images that if I could attach would illustrate some older buildings such as the gate keepers cottage when Cleveland Road was a level crossing