Family Connections

A selection of old postcards sent in from the Alan Cook Collection showing the changing face of Poole High Street through the years

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History was made on April 21st 1996 as Concorde touched down at Bournemouth International Airport for the first time. Thousands looked to the sky as the world famous aircraft made her descent and traffic was bought to a standstill for several hours. The supersonic aircraft was chartered by Bath Travel to celebrate the opening of the new runway extension.

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Pictured here back in March 1954 construction under way on the improvements to Poole Lane, Kinson, to offer better access to the planned council housing estate.

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LIKE much of Poole, the area around Hunger Hill would be almost unrecognisable to someone who had last seen it at the start of the 1960s.

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Pictured here back in March 1954 construction under way on the improvements to Poole Lane, Kinson, to offer better access to the planned council housing estate.

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IT was a devastating weather event that came without warning, costing 18 lives in the UK and felling 15million trees.

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