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During World War II, [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s house [[Skerryvore]], at the head of the Chine was severely damaged by bombs during a destructive and lethal raid on Bournemouth on the night of 15-16 November 1940. Despite a campaign to save it, the building was demolished. |
During World War II, [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s house [[Skerryvore]], at the head of the Chine was severely damaged by bombs during a destructive and lethal raid on Bournemouth on the night of 15-16 November 1940. Despite a campaign to save it, the building was demolished.<ref name="O'Connor2014">{{Cite book|author=Sean O'Connor|title=Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller|date=27 February 2014|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4711-0135-9}}</ref> |
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Alum Chine is a chine - the largest - in Bournemouth, England. The chine was crossed by a suspension bridge by the early part of the twentieth century.
History
In early maps the place was often transposed with Durely Chine.
During World War II, Robert Louis Stevenson's house Skerryvore, at the head of the Chine was severely damaged by bombs during a destructive and lethal raid on Bournemouth on the night of 15-16 November 1940. Despite a campaign to save it, the building was demolished.[1]
Namesakes
It gives its name to a number of local features, Alum Chine Beach being the most obvious, and also to an area of the city, and a telephone exchange.
The ship, the Alum Chine, destroyed in a dynamite explosion in 1911 was also named after the chine.
See also
References
- ^ Sean O'Connor (27 February 2014). Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-0135-9.