Well Dev has his pre match stats, PFL will give us player ratings and in depth game summaries, so I thought I would offer something a little off the beam. Come with me, as we take a trip down yesteryear's winding highway and see where it leads us. As our opponents are Bournemouth tomorrow, I thought we could look at some of the strange occurrences and colourful characters that the town is not so famous for. The first person ever to be killed in an aeroplane, over British soil was a certain Charles Rolls, a distinguished family member of the famous motor car firm. He died during an aviation show at Bournemouth in 1910 when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off, leading to his untimely death at the age of 32. Whilst having a long established reputation of being a sleepy, respectable seaside resort, not many people probably know, that the author Radclyffe Hall came from the town. She began her career as a poet but, in 1928 her novel "The Well of Loneliness" was published. This dealt with, what was sometimes described at the time of writing, as sexual inversion (it has many varied names these days!) between females and banned after an obscenity trial which resulted in all copies of the book being destroyed. The fiends! Please feel free to comment and add to this thread if anyone has an interesting or odd story concerning Bournemouth.
All I can add is that Max Bygraves OBE (He of the "You're A Pink Tooth-brush" song fame) lived in Bournemouth until 2008
In a 2007 survey by First Direct, Bournemouth was found to be the happiest place in the UK, with 82% of people questioned saying they were happy with their lives. (the other 18% weren't tourists )
Bournemouth also has one of the finest crazy golf courses on the south coast. please log in to view this image
I lost my credit card in a lap dancing place in Bournemouth ( my memory to ) fortunately a lovely lady gave it back to me the following night, which was great until they insisted I squared up last nights bill.
Watched Hampshire win the Sunday league at Bournemouth about 1978 and I think the Rose Bowl is a spectacular ground but alas you need a large crowd to get a brilliant atmosphere
Colchester is, in fact the oldest town in England. The Romans took it over from the Trinovantes, stayed for a while and after they left, Queen Boudicca and her followers took over after a bloody big fight. This marvellous construction is called the Jumbo water tower. please log in to view this image As you can see it dominates the skyline in Colchester. The tower was nicknamed "Jumbo" after the London Zoo elephant as a term of derision in 1882 by Reverend John Irvine who was annoyed that the tower dwarfed his nearby rectory. Clearly a clergyman with a lack of appreciation for fine architecture. But we must admire the force of his conviction, for the name remains to this day and it could be argued as being the reason Elephants are still often referred to as Jumbo.
Agree with what Pieking said .............wait a minute, oh my God, I don't believe it, if you google in Colchester Zoo, there is a 2 for 1 ticket offer available now.........................................WOW !!
You wouldn't have said that if you'd been a Roman veteran colonist of Camulodunum when Boudica came a visiting! It was also the home of Cunobelinus ( Shakespeare's Cymbeline)
