Weather

"The Endeavour" Lost in a Storm, 1753

Extract from Salisbury Journal 15th January 1753 describing the loss of "The Endeavour" in a storm near Calais and the death of the Master- John Dirham.
Newspaper

Constitution Hill, 1908

Museum Ref No: AH_Snow
Postcard of Constitution Hill under a heavy snowfall in 1908, with "Photo taken from Constitution Hill of Poole, Dorset, during snow storm on 25th April 1908, 12 1/2 inches of snow" inscribed on rear. From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
Photograph

Flood in High Street

Museum Ref No: D_High_Street_0173
High Street c.1960. Shops include Oswald Bailey (clothing) H. Heath and Speeds Wool Shop. Car driving through flood water.
Photograph

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Frozen Lake, Poole Park.

Museum Ref No: B6a_0081
Skating on Poole Park Lake, " the big freeze-up " 1963.
Photograph

Frozen Lake.

Museum Ref No: B6a_0022
The banks of Poole Park Lake under substantial snowfall, looking towards the gasometer.
Photograph

Frozen Lake.

Museum Ref No: B6a_0022
The banks 0f Poole Park Lake under substantial snowfall, looking towards gasometer.
Photograph

Great Gale 1824

Museum Ref No: Mar 363.12309423
Dorset Shipwrecks by David Burnett, published Dovecote Press 1982 ISBN 0946159041 pages 41-43 - Great Gale
Book

Group of skaters on Poole Park Lake.

Museum Ref No: B6a_0008
Group of people posing on the frozen Poole Park lake.
Photograph

Henbury

Museum Ref No: Bristowe2_79
A bend in the road through Henbury, covered in snow. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
Photograph

Ice and Snow in Poole Park.

Museum Ref No: AH_Snow
'Ice and Snow in Poole Park'; Postcard of Poole Park covered in Snow and Ice, by C.T Snook< Poole and Upper Parkstone. Dated on rear 29/9/17. From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
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