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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Lark Rise to Candleford
 The
acclaimed Sunday night television series is back on BBC
1 with its affectionate portrayal of a time when things
were so much simpler.
If you didn't know already, the significance
for Winton is that a century ago the woman who wrote the
original book lived here, did her first writing and virtually
educated herself in the newly opened Winton library.
Her name was Flora Thompson and her husband
worked in the local post office - a bit like the one she
made the centrepiece of Candleford.
We've got lots about her, including pictures
of the houses in the three Winton roads where she lived
at different times. Maybe one is close to where you live?
Click here to read more.
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When the Wild West came to Winton
 A
hundred years ago, Britain was in the grips of cowboy fever.
Buffalo Bill's travelling Wild West Circus was firing the
imagination of millions. The show came to Bournemouth but
didn't quite make Winton.
But it didn't matter. Winton had its own Wild
West spectacular. And it was at the junction of Alma and
Wimborne Roads where the Hop and Kilderkin now stands.
Read all about it.
We've even got a photograph!
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Government announces action over Winton
student housing problems.
The government is to give councils more power
to deal with the kind of housing problems that raise concerns
in Winton. The Winton Forum played a role in the campaign
that has prompted this result. Read
more here.
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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Ice Cream Mania
They queued all the way down the road.
They forgot the war.
One boy had to be rushed to hospital.
Yes - it was nearly a hundred years ago and
ice cream had arrived in Winton.
Read how they got
the hots for ices.
All that and much much more of Winton
across the ages. Our history is just
a click away.
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All the other Wintons!
They are 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.
If you happen to know of another Winton, let
us know.
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Winton on the web - still growing in
popularity
This website is continuing to attract increasing
numbers of visitors. Over the course of 2008 we recorded
a total of 1,351,960 hits - more than twice the previous
year's total. Latest figures from our server show that in
2009 the numbers went up again - edging close to one and
a half million hits a year.
Check
the figures in detail.
The site has around 200 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 8%
used a Mac. Most popular browser is Internet Explorer (66%)
followed by Firefox (21%), and Safari (7%). Just starting
to show in the figures is Blackberry with 0.5%.
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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New Look Moderne
 Bournemouth
Community Church have released an artist's impression of
the way the restored and refurbished Gala Bingo Hall could
look in its new role as the BCC Life Centre.
Several colour schemes are being considered,
but the main aim is to keep the original Art Deco look and
feel of the building when it was built in the 1930's as
the Moderne cinema.
BCC are very keen to hear from anybody
who has photos of the interior of the building when it was
still a cinema. If you do have any old snaps,
email us here at the Forum and we will pass the message
on. Any pictures can be copied and returned to you undamaged.
Pictures could include shots taken at one
of the many functions that took place in the cinema's restaurant.
One lady writes on our "Moderne
Memories page" that her wedding reception was held
there.
Take a look here
for a history of the Moderne, and here
for a guided tour of the building just before Gala closed
down. For ongoing coverage of the development, click
here.
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 We
have teamed up with the Queens Park and Charminster Community
Forum to provide 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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New service to combat anti-social noise
The Council has launched a new service to
deal with noisy parties on Friday and Saturday nights. For
the details, click here.
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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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