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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. Coal from nearby collieries was occasionally loaded onto boats here.

Parkstone is now a rather urbanised suburb on the road between Bournemouth and Poole, though it remained a discrete community for much of the last century.

A small wooden bridge across Hayburn Beck leads to the rocky beach, where the stream cascades over large gritstone boulders into a pool on the beach below.

The building with a turret on the right is the Penarth swimming pool, which opened in 1885; the large impressive building next door is the Esplanade Hotel, which opened in 1887.

A car ferry sets out to cross the narrow entrance to Poole Harbour from Studland to Bournemouth. The neighbouring Studland Heath is now a national nature reserve, much loved by birdwatchers.

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

The 1893 School of Science and Art with its ogee turret became a swimming pool, next The Intimate Theatre and finally in the 1980s offices.

For years this was Poole Council's only concession to the tourism industry, which did well in neighbouring Bournemouth.

The pool was subsequently drained and filled in prior to the development of the later road system around Runcorn. Today the Daresbury Expressway literally flies overhead.

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

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.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

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

The swimming pool has not yet appeared.

Rock-pooling has always been one of the joys of a seaside holiday, and these children are obviously enjoying themselves.

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

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. Jumbo the water tower can be seen, but work had only just started on the town hall, so its great tower has not yet appeared.

Just sitting and looking about or wandering around splashing in the natural pool are the main activities for these holidaymakers. The tide is well out, revealing the great expanse of Hayle Sands.