479 Christchurch Rd Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4AD
Seen here in 2011 via Google – with clear windows and delightful signage.
2024 with vinyl covered windows and sign intact.
By the time of my visit in May 2026 – the sign and the Bentley were no more.
This is my most recent wander into a washateria following something of a lay off. Having previously published a launderette book and calendar way back when.
So once again we enter that familiar bubble of bubbles, whirrs and washing.
103 Bucknall New Rd Hanley Stoke-on-Trent ST1 2BG
It began in 2009, with a chance encounter whilst wandering around Wigan and the chance encounter with a Washeteria.
Followed by the publication in 2020 of my best selling book eight launderettes.
Subsequently there have been several more chance encounters with a wide variety of wash houses, in various towns – search this site.
Including one such encounter in Stoke.
Yesterday, Saturday 6th April I was leading a Modernist Mooch around Stoke and Hanley – I arrived five hours before the 1.00 start time and went off to explore nowhere in particular.
I found myself in the Northwood area of Hanley – ascending the long drag of Bucknall New Road, where I espied a launderette, imaginatively named The Launderette.
Early morning and short of the odd customer or two, I seized that moment in time to record this lonely public place – seeking that suspense picture with a surprise finish.
The solitary snapper went about their business.
Modern Mooch 