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Tucktonia – ‘A SALUTE TO BRITAIN’ By Alex McKinstry (Part 5)
The grand opening of Tucktonia, the model village at the back of the Tuckton Golf and Leisure Park, took place on Bank Holiday Sunday, 23 May 1976, with Arthur Askey acting as master of ceremonies. ‘We’d tried to get Bernie Ecclestone,’ recalls Harry Stiller, the...
THE MAKING OF TUCKTONIA By Alex McKinstry (Part 4)
In 1975, Harry Stiller decided to sell the Tuckton Golf and Leisure Park to Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd., a national company looking to strengthen its hold on the leisure industry. He regrets the decision to this day. It came about after endless wrangling with the...
THE ROAD TO TUCKTONIA By Alex McKinstry (Part 3)
The Tuckton Golf Course offered a cordial welcome to anyone visiting Christchurch in the 1950s. Its proprietor was Arthur Vine, who, in 1959, entered into partnership with Harry Stiller, a young sports enthusiast who had arrived in Bournemouth the previous year, and...