HOW well I remember Bournemouth bus station. It burnt down in 1976 and has never been replaced.

It was a place you would meet and greet people under the clock.

There was a paper and confectionery kiosk, a photo booth and the wonderful cafe – The Panoramic Grill, where you went for a coffee after seeing a film in Westover Road.

The Royal Blue coach station was underneath and some lovely tourist and jewellery shops and an exclusive boutique and restaurant.

My daughter is a Bournemouth bus driver and laments the constant congestion of buses in Westover Road. It used to be such an elegant road – ladies in fur coats, big Rolls-Royce cars. How times have changed.

Bournemouth council, build a bus station!

JOSIE WRIGHT

Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, Poole

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