Thank you Mike. Was it 1972 then? Somewhere I read 1974. Hopefully I won't have any more "dodgy ones" west of Westbourne. I have about 270 women so far. Helena Hillmoore@aol.com wrote: > Lychett Heath is definitely Dorset. The 1972 shift of boundaries put > Bournemouth and Christchurch into Dorset. The old boundary can be found on many > modern street maps and passes through Westbourne continueing north to Boundary > Rd. The first bus stop as you entered Westbourne used to be known as County > Gates although as far as I know there were never any gates. > > People living in Branksome, Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks always used > Bournemouth as their postal address even before the introduction of post codes and > we always used to say that the 'best bits of Bournemouth were actually in > Poole.' > > Mike > Waterlooville > Hants > > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >