Bournemouth - Linden Hall Hydro. And a Gruesome Discovery.

            The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Bournemouth on Tuesday the 9th. July 1935 to:

Revd. Ivan Clarkson, M. A.,
12, Lyndhurst Gardens,
Hampstead,
London N.

The message on the divided back was as follows:

"This is where I'm staying.
I have seen Mrs. Havelock:
she wants to see you.
Mrs. Reid is staying in B.,
but I don't know where.
Hope you are well.
Fondest love,
L."

Linden Hall Hydro

Linden Hall Hydro was opened in 1890 as the 10-bedroom Linden Hall Boarding Establishment by the owner Mr Exton. Between 1893 and 1903 it increased to 100 bedrooms through additional extensions.

Exton's son, Leo Exton, took over the site in 1918 when his father died. In 1934 it became the Linden Hall Hydro Hotel, with a swimming pool and sports stadium, and grew to 120 bedrooms with a garage for 70 cars.

Sadly the Hydro is no more - it was demolished, and 74 flats built on the site in 2017.

A Gruesome Discovery

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 9th. July 1935, excavators of the Moscow subway announced the discovery of underground dungeons, including a torture chamber, dating from the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

Mighty Sparrow

The day also marked the birth in Grand Roy, Grenada of the calypso singer and guitarist Mighty Sparrow.
   

Taken on: December 17, 2021

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