Poole, Parkstone Park 1898
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Parkstone Park, which opened in 1888, was originally Three Acre Field. It was bought by the council from Lord Wimborne for £560 and turned into a garden to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee, which had been celebrated the previous year. A stream which ran through the middle is now culverted. The end shop is a chemist's, J A Haynes, which soon moved a few doors to the left. Although now a restaurant, the words 'Mentone Pharmacy' in brass have been retained. At the time this picture was taken, Parkstone was being compared to Menton in the south of France; there is also a Mentone Road.
An extract from Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories.
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