Winton Forum is a focus point for community
action
We meet regularly and take up a range of issues
with the Council and other authorities on behalf of our
members. See here for more details.
Our public meetings deal with topics of interest
or concern to the community. If there is something you would
like raised, we can normally get in the experts.
Tell us what you
want.
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The best yet!
Many thousands of of you turned up for nine
hours of sunsoaked fun, laughter, dancing, and music. It
started with the biggest parade yet, propelled by fabulous
marching bands and went on to an afternoon and evening with
something for everybody.
If you didn't fancy the funfair there were
dozens of stalls to browse and a huge variety of foods to
try. On stage there were some great bands and dancing troupes.
For the second year running it has been described as a mini-Glastonbury
(with a bonus of no mud!).
Maybe like hundreds of people you settled
down with the family to enjoy a picnic and chill out in
a truly happy and friendly community atmosphere.
Winton Carnival is a non-profit event,
run by volunteers. Its only aim was to make you feel happy!
Isn't that what the world needs a bit more of?
Click here for more.
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Student Relations top Forum meeting agenda
A range of actions have been taken following
Forum moves to tackle the problems associated with a large
number of students now living in Winton. They include some
very positive projects instigated by the University, Arts
Institute and the students themselves. The details were
spelled out at the latest meeting of the Winton Forum. Other
issues on the agenda included the Fampoux Gardens, the Winton
Carnival, and the threatened shift of anti-social behaviour
out of the town centre into suburbs like Winton.
Read the minutes
of the meeting.
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Fampoux Gardens saved
Bournemouth Council has backed down on its
plans to sell off the Fampoux Gardens as a housing development.
The decision was made under intense public pressure - much
of which was expressed via the Winton Forum and this website.
The small and often overlooked gardens in
Green Road are an oasis of tranquility constructed by unemployed
soldiers after the First World War in memory of comrades
who died at the battle of Fampoux in Northern France.
Click here for the latest
details, and here to read more
about their history .
Feel free to record your views on our message
board.
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Now including Queens Park and Charminster!!!
We have teamed up with the Queens Park and
Charminster Community Forum to pack even more local information
into this site.
There is now a special section dedicated solely
to Queens Park and Charminster. You'll find facts, figures,
addresses, local history and lots more - making this the
most comprehensive local website in the area.
Click here to visit
the Queens Park and Charminster section of the site.
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Student Problems?
If you need to contact the University about
student behaviour or other issues, telephone (01202) 524111
or email
community@bournemouth.ac.uk.
The telephone contact is the general number for the University
who say it will be answered 24 hours a day.
During office hours, you will be connected
to the section most relevant to your call.
Night Time
Out of hours, security staff will connect
you to an answer phone.
If you are contacting the University about
student behaviour, the matter will be investigated and followed
up with both students and complainant.
You should also call the Council Emergency
Service on 451145.
Extra option
During the day you could also try ringing the University
student letting agency on 01202 965385.
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1970 - between two decades.
 The
Swinging Sixties were over and the Gritty Seventies were
just beginning.
A local paper decribed Winton as a town within
a town provided with "majestic supermarkets",
excellent shopping, good restaurants, a cinema and a "famous
bingo hall".
They even thought it the ideal place to visit
if you were on holiday.
See for yourself
- and check how much it cost to buy a house or car in Winton
at a time when the Beatles had just broken up.
We have all that and much much more
of Winton across the ages.
Our history is just
a click away.
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Winton Wonderland
A new experience for some!
Winton in the snow. Click here
for our exclusive photo report.
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All the other Wintons!
They just keep popping up everywhere in the
English speaking world. Take
a look.
There is a Winton in just about every kind
of setting you can imagine from deserts to frozen forests.
Despite the diversity - there is a lot that
we have in common.
See how people live there and how those places
came to be.
If you happen to know of another Winton, let
us know.
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Doubled impact - more than a million
hits
This website doubled its popularity last year.
Over the course of 2008 we recorded a total of 1,351,960
hits - more than twice the previous year's total.
Check
the figures in detail.
The site has more than 180 pages with news,
history and message board among the most popular.
For the technically minded, our statistics
show that 90% of visitors were using a PC while only 5%
used a Mac. Most popular browser is Internet Explorer (70%)
followed by Firefox (15%), Safari (4%), Opera (4%) and Netscape
(1%).
The most popular search engine is Google -
and the most common search phrases that find us are Winton,
Winton Forum, Winton history and Benny Hill !!!
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Search the site
 Want
to look up something about Winton but can't be bothered
to browse the menus? Saw something somewhere, but can't
remember where? We now have an easy answer for you - we've
installed a search engine. Just
click here to search the site. There is now a "site
search" button at the bottom of the menu bar on the
left of every page.
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