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Seating around the lake was owned by Messrs Shanley, who also had the licence for the running of the swimming pool.

The swimming pool below the retreating chalk cliffs was a popular attraction for both young and old alike.

This little pool fills up with all manner of water fowl; it has become a popular stopping- off place for coast road travellers, who feed the ducks and have an ice cream from the van parked

Beyond the far end of Fargate was Balm Green, to the east of the present City Hall, which contained Barker's Pool, a source of fresh water for the town's residents to supplement the supply from

A great sweep of sand, appropriately called Sandbanks, guards the Bournemouth side of Poole Harbour, reaching towards the opposite peninsula of wild Studland Heath.

The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool.

People are exploring in the rock pools, centre left.

Children fish for pike in the Mill Pool, and a man tries his luck by the mill race.

Its clifftops offer extensive views across the shining waters of Poole Bay.

In 1890 the Prince of Wales opened Poole Park, once a forbidding swamp on the edge of the harbour, on land donated by Lord Wimborne.The park lake covers some 60 acres and serves for boating and as

Rockley Sands developed as one of Poole's great leisure centres in the last half of the 20th century, and boasted one of England's first supermarkets to cater for the increase in visitors.

A queue has formed waiting to enter the swimming pool.

With its fine views across the harbour, Poole Park became a popular gathering ground for tourists who wanted to walk, row boats or just sit in the sunshine.

With Poole Harbour beyond, and Brownsea Island in view, this long peninsula is an excellent place to watch wildfowl.

Another view of the pool, this time looking the other way, showing the rocky shore with the town in the background.

Poole developed alongside the finest natural harbour in England; it still maintains strong links with the sea, having become a mecca for yachtsmen.

This view looks across the boating pool.

Poole developed alongside the finest natural harbour in England; it still maintains strong links with the sea, having become a mecca for yachtsmen.

Just sitting and looking about or wandering around splashing in the natural pool are the main activities for these holidaymakers.

The beach is packed with visitors and day- trippers from St Austell, while in the foreground children and their parents are model boating and fishing around the rock pools.

The park, now Parc Howard, has been laid out for leisure activities with a children's paddling pool, while the mansion has been converted into a museum and refreshment rooms.

Sandbanks is the long spit of land dividing Poole Harbour from the sea at the southwestern end of Bournemouth.

The lakeside railway makes a circuit of the boating lake and the paddling pool.

Corfe Mullen had a mill as long ago as the Domesday Book; it retained its independence until well into the 20th century, when its great neighbour Poole began to creep out towards it.