Three comfy chairs mark the start of new campaign to lure over-55s back into the heart of a south coast town. Bournemouth has launched an initiative involving its council and business community to make its centre more age friendly. The organisation formed to drive it has funded the purchase and installation of the Chesterfields at local buinesses. Rachel Woodward Carrick, a member of its board, said she hoped the move would inspipre others to follow suit.Steven Moulsley, commercial manager of an insurance company, said: “We need to encourage people to come to the high street, and that means having welcoming spaces that they can come in, feel relaxed in, safe in, and somewhere that they can feel comfortable.”
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