Swanage, Promenade 1897
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A visit by Princess Victoria in 1835 helped to stimulate interest in Swanage as a resort, but it was the activities of the general contractor and collector George Burt, the controlling mind behind the boarding house boom of the 1880s, and his uncle John Mowlem, who jointly gave the town its muddled architectural character. By 1897 the process of development was in full swing and, beyond the row of bathing machines, many of the new buildings gleam in the sun.
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