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Christchurch youngsters spruce up park for Skatejam
CHRISTCHURCH youngsters have lent a hand to spruce up a community skate park in time for a big event in the town. Users of the Arena Skate Park at Two Riversmeet recently joined two local PCSOs to repaint part of the park blighted by graffiti
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Our Titanic heritage: 'sense of pride in family connection'
TITANIC tales of tragedy and struggle for survival have been passed down four generations of the Goodall and Baker households. With our family roots extended deep around the Southampton docklands, it’s not surprising that we both had relatives
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Young Harvey helps out needy families in Africa
A SIX-year-old boy who was inspired to run the Sport Relief Mile has raised an amazing £385. Harvey Clarke, who goes to Hill View Primary School, watched Dance For Sport Relief on TV with his dad Paul and was shocked to see people who had no
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Brave musicians kept on playing as Titanic sunk
AS the Titanic sunk, the eight musicians of the ship’s orchestra courageously gathered on deck and played to calm passengers’ nerves. Famously they played “Nearer my God to Thee” and other hymns as the ship was sinking. Just after 2am, two hours and
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Mystery of the trilby hat made in Bournemouth
DID the hat belong to a survivor or one of the men who never came back? When Christchurch resident Victor La Breche visited an exhibition of Titanic artefacts in Canada, he spotted a trilby hat. And the label showed it was “Manufactured by Peter Bennett
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Seven up for Dorset's Adam
ADAM Murry will run the first of his seven marathons this month in memory of the late mother of former Cherries heroes Eddie Howe and Steve Lovell. Adam will run his first challenge in Paris on April 15 in Annie’s name for Dreams Come True – a charity
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Nuisance neighbour in Poole is turfed out
The first Nuisance Closure Order in Poole has shut down a property occupied by an anti-social tenant. In a bid to stamp out extreme nuisance behaviour in Oakdale, the authorities took the last resort of applying for a closure order for the
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Blandford Museum given First World War postcards
HISTORIC postcards sent by a Poole man during the First World War have been passed to Blandford Museum. The eight embroidered cards were sent by Corporal Frank Savage while he served with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front from 1915 to
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Tragic number of Titanic victims recorded
AMONG the Dorset Titanic victims was a Weymouth man whose wife’s father lived in Poole. The victim was, presumably, Andrew John Shannon, aka Lionel Leonard, an American Line employee travelling third class from Weymouth to New York.
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Surprise award for organisers of Bournemouth Air Festival
IT was a tragedy that shook Bournemouth and triggered an outpouring of emotion. When Red Arrows pilot Flt Lt Jon Egging, pictured inset, lost his life following a display at Bournemouth Air Festival last August, the town galvanised in its grief. Now
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Lady's maid Clear Annie Cameron offered help to widows on Carpathia
THE letter that landed on the doormat of the Dowding family home in Bournemouth’s King’s Road was only written by a humble servant. But lady’s maid Clear Annie Cameron’s account of the Titanic sinking, and her 17 other letters sent from the
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JP Morgan volunteers go green to help charity garden
A TEAM from the JP Morgan Good Works Volunteering programme donned their gardening gear to help with a good cause. They helped with clearance, maintenance and planting at The Grove, a holiday hotel run by Macmillan Caring Locally for people
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Horse lovers plan sponsored ride in bras for breast cancer awareness
A GROUP of horse lovers will be raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness on May 13 by taking part in a sponsored ride wearing bras. Bournemouth mother Emma Morgan, 33, and her friend Anna Moors, 31, of Fordingbridge, came up with the idea for Jugs and
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Hand-written story and drawing of Titanic sold at auction for $16,000
LAURA Marie Cribb also wrote a fascinating hand-written account of her experience, written shortly after the disaster and sent to her family. Entitled ‘My Experiences on the RMS Titanic’ it began by detailing the moment the ship hit the iceberg
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Titanic victim had a feeling ship would sink
PREMONITIONS of doom were never very far from Titanic, even before the fateful collision. One of the most famous stories is of the novel Futility, penned by American author Morgan Robertson who, a full nine years before the event, was writing
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A father's final act: the thermos flask that tells of Arthur West's care for his daughters
BROWN, old-fashioned, rusty-looking; the flask that came up for auction in Devizes three years ago had certainly seen better days. It eventually sold for £37,500 but substantial though it was, that sum barely compares to its significance to
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Laura’s account of the night she lost her Papa
THIS is the poignant account given by Laura in Newark soon after being rescued from the Titanic when staying at Newark, New Jersey. It was published in the Echo barely two weeks after the liner sank... and she lost her ‘Papa’: “It was terrible. “We
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Savings are the reason for Dorset hospital trust merger
HOSPITAL bosses that said money-saving staff “efficiency” is one of the major reasons they plan to merge. Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Trust is due to unite with Poole Hospital in 2013 – if approved. The chief executives
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Was violin maker fleeing to America to escape bigamous marriages?
THEY found his body in the freezing waters, still wearing his blue serge suit. A suit, it would appear, that was filled with as many valuable effects as he could carry, including a $3 silver chain, a silver watch, a ladies’ gold watch, a snuff box, silver
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Meridian stars entertain senior citizens
THE stars of TV’s Meridian Tonight entertained residents at a development for senior citizens. Fred Dinenage and Sangeeta Bhabra visited Sunrise Senior Living in Westbourne to reminisce and chat with residents and answer questions. Wendy
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Wimborne landscaping business in liquidation
A FAMILY-run landscape gardening business has gone into liquidation after more than 30 years. Horseshoe Horticulture Ltd traded from Horseshoe Farm in Broomhill, Wimborne, and employed 24 people. It became a limited company in 2002 and diversified into
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Poole sixth formers enjoy the music and set up record label
NINE sixth formers have set up their own record label. BH Music is a company made up of students from St’s Edwards RC/CE School and Parkstone Grammar in Poole as part of the Young Enterprise scheme. They set up the label to take young bands to the next
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Easter fun at Boscome
FAMILIES and youngsters enjoyed a day of Easter fun in Boscombe on Saturday. The Friends of Boscombe Chine Gardens held its 10th annual fun day event throughout the day with attractions including a nature trail quiz with a free Easter egg for all taking
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Elsie celebrates becoming a centenarian at Wimborne
FAMILY and friends helped Elsie Jeans celebrate her centenary with a party at her Stapehill care home. Staff at the Highgrove Residential Care Home near Wimborne, organised the party which got off to a swinging start with a trio of singers
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Adventurer Ben Fogle on way to Bournemouth beaches to keep them 'barefoot friendly'
ADVENTURER Ben Fogle is heading to Bournemouth in a bid to help keep its beaches “barefoot friendly”. The environmentalist is backing a national Beach Rescue Project campaign by Barefoot Wine which kicks off on Saturday at Hengistbury Head, following
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Daughter who returned from Titanic alone
LITTLE Frank Cribb wasn’t allowed to go from Poole to Southampton to wave goodbye to his dad John and big sister Laura as they boarded the Titanic. He was told it would be bad luck and so he kissed them goodbye at their Parkstone home.
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Runners get cracking for Rotary’s quarter-marathon
NEARLY 300 runners marked Easter in a rather different way – with the Rotary Quarter Marathon at Boscombe. Desmond Swayne, MP for New Forest West, set the 267 charity road runners off and then followed, clocking up his own time of 55 minutes 17 seconds
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Explore the River Stour by rowing boat
THE river charity Dreamboats opens its new season on Saturday April 28. The Wimborne organisation offers the opportunity to explore the River Stour by rowing boat. The rowing events are aimed at both children and older people.
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Poole's warden scheme is deemed a success
POOLE is celebrating the success of its town centre street wardens scheme, now in its third year. Designed to help shoppers, support local business and deter crime, Poole’s Street Wardens provide help on day-to-day issues ranging from public
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Titanic survivor: "I won't forget those cries for help"
THE PEACE of the grave at West Moors’ Priory Road cemetery is as far from the horror of Titanic as it’s possible to be. Hard to believe, then, that Walter H Nichols who lies here, close to the area where he lived and where his family were raised
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False hope and confusion: how the disaster was reported
DESPITE all the films, dramas, documentaries and online information, little tells the story of the Titanic like the newspaper reports reflecting as they did, the news as it came in. Reports in the Bournemouth Echo detail the terrible false hope, the
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Family research bid leads to Poole man
I AM researching my family history. My great Aunt Annie Adams came from Glasgow and has a son John Coughlan aged around late 60s. I heard he lived in Poole, Dorset. I would be grateful if he could be found and my details passed on to him. I have
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Cancer screening plea is misleading
WHILE I'm sure we all support and applaud Mr Hartley-Brown for his work with the local support group (‘Prostate screening “is falling on deaf ears”’, April 2), his comment that ‘if a man has prostate cancer it will kill him’ is not true, may cause unnecessary
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Cherries’ fans are losers of club ban
BOTH the Echo and AFC Bournemouth will lose by the Echo being banned. The real losers will be the fans and avid Echo readers like myself. I buy the Echo every day and reading about AFC Bournemouth is something I have enjoyed for years. Hopefully the
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Baby boomers had a high price to pay
THERE is a much envied group in our society known as “baby boomers”. This is a generation who have had it all according to informed columnists. As a “baby boomer”, I would like to shed some light on what it was like to be one of the aforementioned,
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Swimming pool is ideal for Imax
I AM sure thousands of residents are amazed by the latest ‘blunders’ by our Bournemouth council ie demolishing the Imax. In recent years we have had: 1. Demolishing the Winter Gardens; 2. Enlarging the Windsor Hall and removing the swimming pool;
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Millions wasted so why stop store?
WE HAVE witnessed over the last few years, the continuing abortive missions of Bournemouth Council failures – the Imax (and of course more money on the removal of this), the reef, and the subsequent spending of millions of pounds of the ratepayers’ money
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Marathon Murry set for challenge
THERE are plenty of us who have never run a marathon. So the idea of running seven of them in seven days, may seem a little overambitious to some, (barmy to others). Marathon man, Adam Murry, was spotted limping the other day after damaging his leg
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Toxic barbecue fumes link to New Forest camp tragedy
TOXIC fumes from a barbecue may have poisoned a six-year-old girl who died at a New Forest campsite, police have revealed. Isabelle Harris from Gosport was on holiday with her parents, Lee and Tracey Harris, when the tragic incident took place just after
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Family and friends pay tribute to Boscombe biker
THE family and friends of a tragic motorcyclist have paid tribute to him by urging fellow motorists to take extra care on the roads. Friends of Nick Barry, who was killed while riding his motorcycle along Ashley Road, Parkstone, last Sunday evening rode
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"Saved, well, Daddy" - the cable that spelled joy for a Studland family
FIVE short sentences but they were scrawled on the back of a postcard bearing the details of the menu for the 2nd class saloon breakfast of April 11 which was sold for more than £3,000. SS Titanic, April 11th 1912. Nearing Queenstown
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Netmums clear out cupboards to help foodbanks in Bournemouth and Poole
CASH-STRAPPED families struggling to survive the credit crunch have been thrown a vital lifeline thanks to a local mums’ group. Members of Netmums are clearing out their cupboards to donate vitally needed supplies to food banks in Bournemouth and Poole
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Meningitis teen raises £1,000 doing charity skydive
A TEENAGER who contracted a deadly bout of meningitis as a baby has raised more than £1,000 for research with a skydive. Southbourne girl Hannah Doyle, 16, was rushed into intensive care at the tender age of six weeks with meningococcal septicaemia
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Three crewmen lost in Titanic disaster
WHO were the crewmen from the Bournemouth area who died in the disaster? It is believed that there may have been three. One, AE Pearce, who had previously been a member of the commercial staff of the Bournemouth Echo, was a steward on the Titanic.
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Stoker George's survival against the odds
AS a stoker on the Titanic George Kemish officially had a less than one-in-four chance of surviving. But following his survival the Swanage man was able to give one of the most gripping accounts of the sinking. His great-niece, Lin Dorey, lives in Richmond
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Bournemouth flying club criticise Weymouth air space restrictions
A BOURNEMOUTH flying club has hit out at ‘enormous’ air space restrictions over Weymouth during this summer’s Olympics. Bournemouth Flying Club, based at Aviation Park East off Matchams Lane, believe the restrictions, which cover from west of Wareham
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Poole boy, 7, badly injured in head-on smash on A31
A seven-year-old boy was airlifted by police helicopter to hospital with serious injuries after a head-on smash on the notorious A31. The youngster from Upton, in Poole, had to be cut free from the back seat of a Mitsubishi car full of his
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Titanic brothers destined to rescue each other
GEORGE Symons from Weymouth was a lookout on board the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic but was off-duty and asleep in his bunk when the ship hit the iceberg. As everyone rushed about in the chaos Symons raced on deck and helped to load passengers
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Dog owners urged to clean up after pets
A RENEWED appeal has gone out to dog owners to act responsibly following a rise in the number of complaints about dog fouling. Posters are being displayed on Bournemouth refuse trucks in a bid to raise awareness about dog fouling and other
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Passengers who never got to live their new life...
IT MUST have been a joyous occasion on that January day in 1912 when Neal McNamee and Eileen O’Leary got married at Pokesdown’s Corpus Christi church. The Donegal farmer’s son was doing well, working as a provisions dealer for the Bournemouth Liptons
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Seeking the truth behind Titanic sinking
HOLLYWOOD has clouded the true story of the Titanic but a new book gives the story back to the people caught up in the horror. Titanic on Trial, edited by Nic Compton (Bloomsbury £8.99) is a collection of the statements given by survivors and
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Titanic: lost ship of dreams
HER size, her beauty; the way Titanic epitomised the Age of Elegance have played their part in keeping her legend alive. More than anything, of course, it is the manner of her ending; broken, groaning, the icy air filled with the screams of her desperate
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Rugby: Lions aim to secure title on home turf
LIONS chief David Dunn has issued a plea to the people of Bournemouth: Come and witness history. Dunn, inset, has called on the public to back his team as they bid to complete the final stage of their quest for promotion. The Bournemouth director of
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'Hand of Dan' is a stroke of luck for Dolphins
DAN Cann is no Diego Maradona and Bishops Cleeve’s Kayte Lane is no Azteca Stadium. However, in netting Poole Town’s winner in deepest Gloucestershire on Saturday, Cann managed to upstage the legendary Argentinean’s exploits from 25 years ago. With
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Bash boss Riley relieved after Cirencester win
BASHLEY boss Steve Riley admitted his side had been fortunate as they grabbed victory from a war of attrition at backmarkers Cirencester Town. The New Forest club edged closer to safety following a dour clash at the Corinium Stadium on Saturday. Josh
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Holland late strike keeps Linnets afloat
MARC Holland hit a late winner to hand struggling New Milton Town a potentially priceless Premier Division victory. Holland struck in the 85th minute as Linnets ended their run of five consecutive defeats to record a much-needed 1-0 win at Fawley on
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Potters blast five to stay in title hunt
VERWOOD Town blasted five second-half goals – with Luke Homer netting a hat-trick – to remain on course for the Wessex One title. Potters ran out 5-0 winners at Stockbridge on Saturday after a tough half-time team-talk from boss Adie Arnold had worked
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Pirates: Team ethos is key for Smith
FORMER Pirates hero Pete Smith has told the class of 2012 that a traditional team mentality will be crucial to Elite League title glory. Smith believes that solid scoring throughout the line-up remains just as vital in speedway as it was during his 1960s
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Wood backs Devlin quality to shine through
ASSISTANT manager James Wood is backing Poole Town talisman Steve Devlin to quickly erase the memory of his Bishops Cleeve penalty miss. Devlin, who has boosted Poole’s Southern League promotion push since arriving in January, was errant from the spot
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Magpies improvement pleasing for Cuss
BOSS Steve Cuss is adamant Wimborne Town will reap the rewards next season following his painstaking Cuthbury rebuilding job this term. Magpies have gradually improved during a transitional campaign and are currently enjoying a promising run of form.
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Taylor treble as Priory go third
DAN Taylor opened his Christchurch goals account for the season with a hat-trick – but he could have scored five. The left-back made the most of playing in a more advanced role by netting three times in Priory’s resounding 5-0 victory at Alton Town on
