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10 1/2 things you never knew about Bournemouth.

Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
edited August 2010 in General Charlton
1. Bournemouth has the highest per capita population of Elvis impersonators outside Las Vegas. There are known to be at least 3 residing in the town not including of course the genuine Elvis who is often seen collecting the money for the deckchair hire. Thank you very much.
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  • Alex WrightAlex Wright
    2 Bournmouth is at the end of the river Bourne which runs from Sittingbourne, Noth Kent, through Surrey and on through Hampshire. The river has the highest population of guppies recorded in the UK
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    3. Clyde the orangutan was born in Bournemouth.
  • CAFCdamoCAFCdamo
    edited August 2010
    4. In Bournemouth on 12th July 1910 Rolls Royce co founder Charles Rolls became the first British man to be killed in an aircraft crash
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    5. Due to the large population of retired pensioners, in 2004 the local council passed a by-law that all shop windows had to be bi-focal.
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    edited August 2010
    6. in 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers intended to set sail from Bournemouth to America. However, following internet speculation that the pier was closed at the time for refurbishment, they decided to save themselves 2hrs sailing and went from Plymouth instead.
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    6. Bournemouth has the highest prices in the UK for beach huts.
  • Danny AddickDanny Addick
    Bournemouth is twinned with Egypt.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    9. Due to a calendar mix-up in Bournemouth Achme print company , there were two years in a row identified as "1973" so nothing at all officially happened 1974 in Bournemouth.
  • RedZed333RedZed333
    10: In 1066 William the Conquerer actually landed at Bournemouth but he didn't fancy mixing it with the hordes of blue rinsed grannies and their size 12 knitting needles so he packed up and went a few miles along the coast to Hastings instead...
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Nicknamed the "Cherries" there has been much local discussion (well some discussion...) on the now long lost origin of that familiar name. A survey sponsored by Dorest County Council and conducted by a local parish councillor Fred P Grundy in 1974 offered up many explanations of its origins.....

    1) A name derived from a potent brandy made from that fruit by the Cistercian Monastry at Charminster, specifically by a certain Friar Dignought (b.1327), who perportedly died in childbirth aged 52 years. The Monastry was destroyed as part of Henry VIII's dissolution.
    2) Ray Charles (yes the famous American blues artist...) was in fact a treasurer of the Boscombe Crown Bowls Society for over 20 years and had a beloved shitsui dog named Cherry.
    3) Ancient Dorset folklore says that on November the 24th every year the locals would nominate the strongest male from each surrounding hamlet to dance naked around an ancient Cherry tree in Stanfield Road (off of Talbot Road the modern day A3049). The resulting effect of the freezing cold weather on their testicles caused them to turn a Cherry red colour.

    '.... Suffice to say any of the other explanations to come out of that survey are just frankly too silly to waste our time on here.
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  • seth plumseth plum
    Once known as Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club, they had a crisis regarding the ink needed to write their whole name, and the subsequent impact on global warming. Therefore in 1972 they changed their name to AFC Bournemouth, however this led to long term supporters being unable to enter the ground thinking they would now be watching a different team. There then developed a very localised mental illness in the area which medics dubbed 'the Bourne Identity'. The whole episode was eventually made into a film starring Matt Damon.
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    31. Bournemouth is situated just a short distance south of Bournenose.
  • adamtheaddickadamtheaddick
    edited August 2010
    32. Bournemouth was the birth place of former england and liverpool star jamie redknapp. On his birth however he was rushed to london with his mother, the local doctors feared he was just to good looking and would scare the locals and they would not be able to accept him as one of them unlike his father.

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  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    43. Bournemouth is famous for its miles of sandy beaches but locals know the dark secret within. Laboratory tests in the 1980's showed the beach to consist of only 30% sand. The remainder consisting of a noxious mixture of builders rubble, fag ends, used nappies and low level nuclear waste.
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    edited August 2010
    34. Should Lionel Messi ever move on from Barcelona, Bournemouth will be likely to receive a 25% sell on clause due to the fact he came through their youth ranks after being scouted by the Cherries on a family holiday to Pointins as a nipper.


    35. Near riots ensued in Bournemouth in 2006 when it was announced that a stealth tax was to be applied to Werther's Originals. Resident Ethel Green, 86, was among the outraged claiming "It's alright for us young un's but it's the older citizens of the town that will really feel the pinch"
  • kigeliakigelia
    A recent survey revealed that bournemouth sold more packets of haribo per person than anywhere else in Britain.

    It is also home to the world largest collection of novelty key chains. Although the owner is sworn to secrecy on their exact location. So secret is this information that I am risking a lengthy jail term simply by announcing the existence of such a collection.
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    [cite]Posted By: kigelia[/cite]A recent survey revealed that bournemouth sold more packets of haribo per person than anywhere else in Britain.

    It is also home to the world largest collection of novelty key chains. Although the owner is sworn to secrecy on their exact location. So secret is this information that I am risking a lengthy jail term simply by announcing the existence of such a collection.

    Shushhhhh...!
  • BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    Nearby tourist attractions include Monkey World, visitors are often unable to tell the difference between the simian inhabitants of Monkey World and Bournemouth residents.
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Bournemouth's ground, Dean Court, was so named because a man of the cloth of that rank was caught in flagrante delicto in the 18th century. A humble clerk scrolled "court" rather than "caught" and the name stuck.

    Bournemouth apparently wanted to name a stand after one of their most loyal players, Ray Bumstead, but the local authority allegedly branded "Bumstead Stand" obscene.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    The entire Bournemouth squad were treated to a trip to their local Spearmint Rhinos after winning promotion last season but due to their precarious financial position they could only afford 3 lap dances. To save arguments the manager had all three while the rest of the squad sat in the coach outside.
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  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    87. In 1990 Bournemouth received a 3 point deduction for failing to control their beach, following the sandy promenades attack on unsuspecting Leeds fans, down for some bank holiday sunshine.

    103. The pier in Bournemouth is not the original. In fact Bournemouth had the first seaside pier in the country, built in 1846, but it was a circular design. This pier was scrapped following the deaths of several people who wanted to 'walk to the end of the pier' and who collapsed with exhaustion after wandering around in circles for 2 days. In 1848 the government declared all piers must have a beginning and end, and be mainy of a straight design.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    bump
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    There is a strange man who wanders the beaches dressed only in a Charlton shirt carrying placards saying The End Of The Public Sector Is Nigh

    :-)
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    The more sensible people among us may say that the place name of Bournemouth derives from it being situated at the mouth of the river Bourne; I however will be attempting to think up something far sillier in the next couple of days...
  • Penfolds PermPenfolds Perm
    Contrary to local Bournemouth tittle tattle the Balloon in the town centre gardens does not go up and down to coincide with the town's busiest good time girls undercrackers.
  • cashncarrycashncarry
    RedZed333 said:

    10: In 1066 William the Conquerer actually landed at Bournemouth but he didn't fancy mixing it with the hordes of blue rinsed grannies and their size 12 knitting needles so he packed up and went a few miles along the coast to Hastings instead...

    Actually he landed at Pevensey along the coast.He didn't like the look of the local chavs in Hastings
  • carly burncarly burn
    The sandbanks region of Bournemouth has one of the highest real estate values per m2 in the world. It is home to some of the most influential and wealthy business minds......................and Harry Redknapp!
  • A-R-T-H-U-RA-R-T-H-U-R
    Werthers originals were invented in Bournemouth by unscrupulous dental surgeons following their failed bid to make sticks of rock compulsory tea time delights for all OAP's in the town.
  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Fred Bourne went to work in a farm shop in 1881 that was owned by Arthur Combe. Fred was a local councillor and was known for his outspoken views. He came known as Bourne the Mouth. However, the farm shop, which specialised in selling cherries, was very successful, so Fred Bourne the Mouth and his boss, Combe, set up a football club, pumping millions into the club and signing an Irish American star, Yank Erm O'Gant. The last descendant of the Combe family died in 1972 in extraordinary circumstances after using an excessive amount of anti fungal cream on his private parts. The club was renamed AFC Bournemouth.
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