Whatever happened to Tucktonia?

It was the original Little Britain and as the forerunner of Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures, arguably the country’s first theme park. To a generation that grew up in Dorset in the 1970s and early 1980s, Tucktonia was the doyen of days out – leisure-time nirvana on the banks of the Stour. Time Read More…

Barry Howard 2001

If he had his way, Bournemouth’s entertainments overlords would be taken out and shot, we would be able to walk on the pier for free and drink endless cups of coffee at open-air cafs on the seafront. The BIC would be pulled down, so would the Imax, and the Winter Gardens would play host to top Read More…