Renee's Grandmother "Jessie Lindsay' was born in Bournemouth, England on the 14Th of December 1907. Bournemouth is in Dorset on the south coast of England about 2 hours from London. December the 14Th 2007 would have been Jessie's 100Th birthday so we made the pilgrimage to Bournemouth for the weekend. We had the address of where she was born and even a photo so our aim was to find the street and see what it was like 100 years later.
We managed to find the street without to much trouble and we found a part of the road that looked the closest to that of the photo. I had the laptop in my backpack so we were able to refer to the picture as we stood on the street and took some pictures. In Australia streets can change a lot over the years but in Bournemouth things seemed quite similar to how they would have been way back then.
Bournemouth is a seaside resort town, and we spent some time walking on the beach and checking out the pier. Being December it was freezing but we imaged it would be lovely in the summer.
We had a Cup of tea and some scones with jam and cream and reminisced about Renee's Grandma. We will go back to Bournemouth in the summer when Renee's parents come over to visit.
Some pics of our trip are here
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