Originally a house called The Firs, the Grand Hotel was built in 1861 on the site of an even older property in what was then called Church Glen.
Its front was on Fir Vale Road, while its rear ran along what is today Glen Fern Road.
The stream from Horseshoe Common fed the fountain pool in the garden of the of the hotel.
The building was converted into the Grand Fir Vale Hotel in 1882 and soon became known as The Grand Hotel.
The Grand Hotel, Bournemouth.
The aptly-named hotel was expanded to include 91 bedrooms and 30 staff rooms over almost three acres of land.
During the Second World War, 42 Bournemouth hotels were used as billeting facilities for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Grand Hotel was one of them.
The Grand Hotel, Bournemouth.
The hotel struggled to recover as post-war austerity gripped the country and eventually closed in 1960.
In 1962, the building was controversially demolished.
The Grand Hotel , Bournemouth.
The area was redeveloped into the Glen Fern Road multi-storey car park and South Western House office building.
Cameo nightclub, Vinyl record shop and Myu bar are all on land once occupied by the Grand Hotel.
Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth
Do you remember the Grand Hotel? Share your memories of the hotel by emailing ian.crump@dailyecho.co.uk .
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