Port & Harbour

Blockships in Poole Harbour

Museum Ref No: G10_0001
Blockships in Poole Harbour ready to block the German invasion, 1940, viewed through an archway on the Quay across main channel. Isle of Purbeck visible in the middle distance; buoy. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Blundell, Oyster Licence

Museum Ref No: S 474
Oyster licence for John Blundell, October 1822
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Blundell, Oyster Licence

Museum Ref No: S 475
Oyster licence for Joseph Blundell, October 1822
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Blundell, Oyster Licence

Museum Ref No: S476
Oyster licenc for Robert Blundell, October 1822
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Boat moored at the Quay

Museum Ref No: Bristowe2_263
Boat moored at the Quay; bicycles and Jeep; lamp post. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Boat travelling between Quays

Museum Ref No: Bristowe 2_260
Boat travelling between Quays, towards Poole Bridge. Boats moored Poole and Hamworthy Quays. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Boats at Poole Quay

Museum Ref No: Bristowe1_123
Boats moored at Poole Quay with trucks and railway coal transporters working alongside. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Bow wave and anchor

Museum Ref No: F9a_0037
Bow wave and pot line anchor aboard "T.H 63", a Torbay Crabber, owned by Arthur Brown. Photo taken on crab and lobster trip off Durlston Head. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Brandy and Tea Seized, 1752

Extract from Salisbury Journal 4th May 1752 describing the capture of a smuggling vessel and the storage of brandy and tea at the warehouse in Poole.
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Brandy Seized at Poole, 1738-9

Transcription of extract from Salisbury Journal 22nd January 1738-9 reads: "On Monday last a considerable quantity of Brandy was seized by Messrs Milder and Nicholson, His Majesty's Officers at Poole in Dorsetshire, and lodged in the King's warehouse."
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