A bus company in Bournemouth, Yellow Buses, has ceased trading after 120 years of operation. Another sad victim of the current economic climate.
Sad for me because I worked for the company some 20 years ago and I have still seen many of my ex-colleagues driving until recently.
Yellow buses, as well as More Buses drove throughout the pandemic to help people get to front line jobs.
Bournemouth is already a shadow of it's former self with many of the large High Street Names having disappeared over the last few years. Debenhams, Beales as well as Cinemas, the Ice Rink, large Pool Hall amongst many other smaller and medium sized businesses not trading anymore.
Westover Road with its beautiful buildings and Bournemouth Gardens next to it, once the pride of Bournemouth, is mostly boarded up, deteriating slowly and quietly.
The Royal Bath Hotel, once a superb Hotel and one of the landmarks of the town overlooking the miles of sandy beaches and joint with the famous Russel Cotes Museum/Galery, was sold to a cheap Hotel Chain and has been run into the ground. In need of major renovation it is a sad sight.
What will the future hold for this and many similar towns?
I am glad and fortunate I have experienced Bournemouth in a different light in the 30 years I have lived here after immigrating from my country of birth but I am not sad to leave it for another country altogether at the end of this year.
Sad for me because I worked for the company some 20 years ago and I have still seen many of my ex-colleagues driving until recently.
Yellow buses, as well as More Buses drove throughout the pandemic to help people get to front line jobs.
Bournemouth is already a shadow of it's former self with many of the large High Street Names having disappeared over the last few years. Debenhams, Beales as well as Cinemas, the Ice Rink, large Pool Hall amongst many other smaller and medium sized businesses not trading anymore.
Westover Road with its beautiful buildings and Bournemouth Gardens next to it, once the pride of Bournemouth, is mostly boarded up, deteriating slowly and quietly.
The Royal Bath Hotel, once a superb Hotel and one of the landmarks of the town overlooking the miles of sandy beaches and joint with the famous Russel Cotes Museum/Galery, was sold to a cheap Hotel Chain and has been run into the ground. In need of major renovation it is a sad sight.
What will the future hold for this and many similar towns?
I am glad and fortunate I have experienced Bournemouth in a different light in the 30 years I have lived here after immigrating from my country of birth but I am not sad to leave it for another country altogether at the end of this year.