St Paul's Campaigners pipe and drum band in 1939. St Paul's Church and Vicarage are on the right with the roof of Bournemouth Central Station on the left. The church, vicarage and school were demolished and replaced with ASDA supermarket.Picture submitte
Ken Adams of Poole sent in a photograph of St Paul's Campaigners taken outside St Paul's Church and vicarage in Bournemouth in 1939.
The drummer on the left is Ken's eldest brother Cyril who served in the navy in the Far East. His other older brother Harold is the drummer in the centre. He was killed flying Beaufighter aircraft over Anzio Beachhead in Italy in 1943. Ken, nicknamed 'Titch' is behind Cyril with the fife.
St Paul's Church, church hall, vicarage and school, as well as shops and ten houses were demolished for St Paul's roundabout, interchange and ASDA supermarket.
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