Did you know...

... that a lot of questions for the game “Trivial Pursuit” were researched in the public library in Weymouth?

... that the writer John Le Carré was born in Poole in 1933?

... that the fist Scout Camp for 20 boys was held on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour in 1907?

... that there are more students than locals in Bournemouth during the summer?

... that J. R. R. Tolkien, who wrote “Lord of the Rings”, died in 1973 in Bournemouth?

... that Poole possesses the second largest natural harbour in the world?

... that Mary Shelly, who wrote Frankenstein, is buried in the centre of Bournemouth? 

... that 60,000,000 postcards have been sent from Bournemouth since Victorian times?

... that Bournemouth has seven miles of beaches?

... that Europe’s first artificial reef is being built at Boscombe pier?

... that no one lived in Bournemouth until 1812?

... that Bournemouth is used to be called “God’s waiting room” because so many old people lived here!