A great selection of photos of the stunning Dorset coastline showing the changes over the years.
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Mudeford: Bathers enjoying the sunshine at Mudeford beach 1973
Photo: Daily Echo
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Mudeford Quay - The quay pictured in 1948 before its promenade was built.
Photo: Daily Echo
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Boscombe: The Boscombe Pier 1962.
Photo: Daily Echo
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Southbourne: Overcliff Drive redevelopment March 1973
Photo: Daily Echo
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Bournemouth Pier Approach and West Cliff circa 1956 _______________________________________________________________
Bournemouth: View from West Cliff looking over the Bournemouth beach and pier photographed circa 1900 alongside a photo of the same view taken in 197
Photo: Grahame Austin Collection and Daily Echo
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Poole: Sandbanks landing stage circa 1920
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Sandbanks circa 1960 Photo: Daily Echo
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Harry Rocks aerial circa 1960
Photo: Daily Echo glass plate
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Swanage: The seafront at Swanage in 1903, when the 'new' town was still being built
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Swanage Circa 1960
Photo: Daily Echo
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Lulworth: The cove is also pictured in the 1940s
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Weymouth promenade and Brunswick Terrace, from an Edwardian postcard.
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Portland: 'Children's Corner', Chesil Cove, Portland c1930
Photo: Stuart Morris Collection
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Chesil Bench: Postcard postmarked August 1908 of Chesil Beach and Portland
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West Bay - The 1950s view of West Bay shows the remains of the eroded Battery Point, with a kiosk in the centre
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West Bay: Ice in West Bay Harbour, 1991.
Picture: Keith Alner
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Lyme Regis - Bathing machines were dotted around Lyme Regis beach circa 1900 but have given way to deckchairs and windbreaks.
Photo: Lyme Regis Philpot Museum
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Lyme Regis: An old paddle steamer on The Cobb
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