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Page 1 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1883 population of Freemantle
Page 10 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Daily Echo, 1901, advert of church service times
Page 10 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Second World War
Page 11 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Graphic, 1915, the funeral of Mrs Eleanor Perkins
Page 11 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC move to Christchurch Road, 1947 to 1952
Page 12 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Graphic, 1916, Wounded soldiers and sailors fund
Page 12 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC in the 1950s
Page 13 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: the 1960s
Page 14 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: late 1960s
Page 15 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1970s-80s
Page 16 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1983 to 1991, RPBC’s 100 Year Anniversary
Page 17 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1990s to early 2000s
Page 18 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC 2009 to 2017
Page 19 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Pokesdown 2012 to 2019
Page 2 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1885 a walk from Springbourne to Southbourne
Page 20 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 2019 to 2020
Page 3 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1919, the life of Mr Bolton in 1855
Page 4 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1889, New Baptist Chapel at Freemantle
Page 5 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1899, Dr Dickie
Page 6 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1907, new kiosk at Pokesdown Beach
Page 6 – Pokesdown: the name – Christian views of the name ‘Pokesdown’
Page 7 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Guardian,1921, Southern Baptist Association meeting
Page 7 – Pokesdown: the name – residents and businesses in Pokesdown choosing to use another district name!
Page 8 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Christchurch Times, 1891, Rev. West leaves Freemantle
Page 8 – Pokesdown: the name – district names used by Rosebery Park Baptist Church
Page 8 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The 1920s
Page 9 – Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Bournemouth Daily Echo, 1900, on how roads got their names
Page 9 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The 1930s
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Page 1 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: the Mid to Late Victorian Era, setting the scene…
Page 3 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: From Boscombe to Freemantle to Rosebery Park, cont’d…
Page 4 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Rosebery Park Estate, cont’d
Page 5 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Rosebery Park Estate, cont’d
Page 6 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Into a new century, 1900s and First World War
Page 7 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Into a new century, 1900s to 1920, cont’d
Page 2 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: late 1800s, Setting the scene, cont’d
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Page 1 – Pokesdown: its boundaries
Page 1 – Pokesdown: the name – Its Origins
Page 2 – Pokesdown: its boundaries, cont’d
Page 2 – Pokesdown: the name – Its Origins – pixies, Puck, and pookas, cont’d
Page 3 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to?
Page 4 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to? cont’d
Page 5 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to? cont’d
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