Queen’s Park Neighbourhood Forum 18 th May 2019 1
Neighbourhood Planning www.neighbourhoodplanning.org 2 https://mycommunity.org.uk/take-action/neighbourhood-planning/
Queen’s Park Neighbourhood Forum www.queenspark.org.uk www.facebook.com/queensparkforum Heritage Housing Four Working Groups Supporting a Park & Charminster Rd Steering Amenities Group 3
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Aims & Objectives Neighbourhood Forum allocated to each Working Group Heritage -Identify and protect all heritage assets and properties, support their retention and re-use, especially those in public ownership or which provide facilities that serve the local community -Sustain the character and appearance of the neighbourhood by retaining as many properties as possible. Any new dwellings shall be sympathetic conversions 5
Quick Quiz… 6
Output of BA (Hons) History Graduate Project 7
‘Memories of Charminster’ Walking Tour By Kathleen, Louie, Lucy, and Richie
Heritage How did we find Why is it important? Why a walking tour? heritage? A w a l k i n g t o u r a l l o w s Helps us to understand Interviews participants to openly visit the heritage of Queen’s Park and and appreciate the Ordnance surveys Charminster, completely free of development of the Newspaper Archives cost and free of planning. It is uploaded online, and area and places of Building documents created in a leaflet format, significance over time. Blue Plaques becoming easily accessible for all age ranges.
Progress University Ideas about how to Completion of Promotion: Nerve present the history interviews Radio of Charminster October-November 2018 March 2019 May 2019 April 2019 May 31, 2019 December 2018 -February 2019 Developing the walking tour and Completion of the Research and choosing the walking tour interview process domain for it
Interviews On our walking tour there are clips from the interviews which each student has done. The interviews have been clipped and the names of the interviewees have been kept anonymous - the full versions will be deposited to the Dorchester Archives. The cuttings are used throughout the tour at certain points to share knowledge from residents of the area but also to break up the information from just text which might bore some users. We have interviewed many residents from the area and some people from outside the ward who have seen the area develop around them. We have also interviewed Councillor Mark Anderson.
PocketSights You can For the Neighbourhood Area walking tour, we access to chose to use PocketSights. This is a platform walking tour on that allows the user to both walk the tour and their webpage view the tour from the comfort of their home. but also from downloading it from the app store on your phone for easier use. This website also allows you to edit the walking tour at anytime.
PocketSights - Virtual Tour The virtual tour aspect of our walking tour is an automatic ‘tour guide’ that takes you along the route. This allows you to do the complete tour, without being anywhere near Charminster or Queen’s Park. This is great for people that want to learn about the heritage, who might know little or nothing about the area, or even where it is.
PocketSights – Standard / Free Roam Mode Tour The ability to free roam Two options: standard around the tour is an amazing and useful aspect. Follow me: takes the location and uses you The tour may become too GPS to show where you long for some, the free are and how close you roam aspect allows people are to the point. to see the direction in which they need to travel to, with some points of interest A R: uses your camera to being more appealing to show you real life view each person. and how far away the point is from where you are.
Accessibility We have tried to make our walking tour as accessible for everyone as possible, which is why we chose PocketSights. This app has allowed us to set out the most efficient route possible for the tour, as well as being able to use it in browser and app form. On top of this, our leaflet also advertises the walking tour, which will be available to those who do not have access to a smartphone, tablet or the internet. We understand that some people may not be able to walk all around the area for the tour, so therefore we feel the ‘free roam’ version of the tour gives those the freedom to view their most appealing points of interest.
Tour Information When clicking on the walking tour the user will see the detailed description of what the walking tour is about: Heritage. The different types of sources found are: ● Photos ● Information ● Interview clips
Information on the forum: Front of Leaflet: ● Goal Leaflet ● Historical ● What is a forum ● information ● Joining ● Map ● Information on Step by step how to access instructions on walking tour how to access online the walking tour online This leaflet was created as a way to have a summarised Where to historical leaflet to access the leave in public to walking tour catch the eyes of on phones for the locals and the app but visitors curious to also link to learn the heritage of access online the area and / or on a web join the forum. page Contact details/ website and Facebook page
A reminder that they can find more A summarised Leaflet information on the online walking tour historical background of the Charminster Information on area in the Malmesbury general for the estate wall. readers to The red line understand marks where how long the the wall once area has been resided. around The information on the leaflet was chosen as a peak in interest Map of the technique to get the designated reader to want to delve Neighbourhood deeper into the Area Plaques and information on the Golf course heritage.
Famous Faces of Charminster Actor Christian Bale, most notable for his portrayal of Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy, grew up in the area between 1985-1991, attending Bournemouth School for Boys. Whilst living Gerald Durrell OBE was a zoologist, writer on Capstone Road, and actor, and remains a legendary figure in Bale starred in his first Charminster. Residing in St Alban’s Avenue, feature role in Empire the Durrells, as well as his books, has of the Sun, and has provided the area with national, and gone on to feature in international attention, with scenes of the over 40 films. area featuring in his books.
Example of Points of Interest On each point of interest on the map there is a paragraph of information of that particular point of subject. For instance travelling in the area. We tried to have a range of different history from buildings to people to transport and land. This meant that the historical interests of each user is met. As the user is walking around with the tour or using the virtual tour online they can click on each point These points of (not necessarily numeric in order) interest can be and a picture of that area from the edited at anytime past and present will pop up or in by those who have this case old pictures of the buses. access to the Along with this, there may be account. audio (but not on every point).
Significant Local Buildings St. Andrew’s Church is one of three churches along the walking tour. Standing since 1891, St Andrew’s is an informal Anglican church in the Charminster area of Bournemouth. Housing and entertaining those from knights to revellers, it provides a great point of history and heritage on the tour. The Brunswick Pub is a central figure of Charminster, and has housed many different features. For example, legendary local boxer Freddie Mills once ran a gym in the Brunswick. The pub was also subject to an air raid in the Second World War, which destroyed most of the pub seen above.
We’d Like To Hear From You… What matters to you? What heritage points would you like to see on the walking tour? Do you have any stories of the area? Would you be interested in using the walking tour? Are there any ways in which you believe we could improve?
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Heritage Katherine Gough Heritage Working Group Queen's Park Neighbourhood Forum
What is Heritage? “Heritage is valued objects and qualities such as historic buildings and cultural traditions that have been passed down from previous generations and relating to things of historical and cultural value that require preservation” The Oxford English Dictionary
Heritage Questionnaire Feedback Thank you to everyone who completed our questionnaire at the turn of the calendar year
What we asked you • Should the neighbourhood plan identify, preserve and enhance the heritage assets of our area for the next generation? 80 responses, 73.8% said Yes. Other comments: • Balance between modern living and preservation • Present generation should not impose feelings and wishes on those to come • Identify key features
What we asked you • Should we control the design of new buildings and extensions to ensure that they are in- keeping with historic styles, materials, height and general bulk? 80 responses. 81.3% said Yes Other comments: • Should be tasteful, retain character • cost may be prohibitive • good modern design • Decent living space • Each case on own merits
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