Bournemouth: 1810-1910, the history of a modern health and pleasure resort . and shares to the amount of £3,000 were said tohave been applied for. But it was not till 1888 that therewas an actual commencement of works. Then, on the 17thjOctober, Boscombe had a gala day, and the first pilewas fixed by the late Lady Shelley. The length of the Pierwas 600 feet, with a landing stage on each side, and the usualaccessories. The cost was put at £12,000, and the directorateof the Pier CompiVny included Sir H. D. Wolff, Mr. G. , Colonel Pott, Mr. C. R. Hutchings, Dr. Deans,Mr. T. H. Philhps (
Bournemouth: 1810-1910, the history of a modern health and pleasure resort . and shares to the amount of £3,000 were said tohave been applied for. But it was not till 1888 that therewas an actual commencement of works. Then, on the 17thjOctober, Boscombe had a gala day, and the first pilewas fixed by the late Lady Shelley. The length of the Pierwas 600 feet, with a landing stage on each side, and the usualaccessories. The cost was put at £12,000, and the directorateof the Pier CompiVny included Sir H. D. Wolff, Mr. G. , Colonel Pott, Mr. C. R. Hutchings, Dr. Deans,Mr. T. H. Philhps (succeeded by Dr. De Landfort), and Hoare, with Messrs. McEwan Brown and Wyatt asSecretaries. The opening ceremony took place on the 29thJuly, 1889, and was performed by his Grace the late Dukeof Argyll, who was accompanied on the occasion by hisson, the present Duke (then Marquis of Lome). In anaddress of welcome which was presented by the Commission-ers, as the Local Authority for the district, his Grace wasreminded that he was no stranger to the beauties and ad-. BOURNEMOUTH: 1810-1910. 153 vantages of Bournemouth, and informed that during thetwelve years that Boscombe has formed part of the townof Bournemouth, it has shared in the prosperity of thetown generally and has greatly increased in extent andpopulation, and this new Pier will doubtless greatly enhanceits attractiveness and tend to still greater increase in itsdevelopment. His Grace was presented also with twoother addresses, besides an album of views— a mementoof Boscombe —the first address being from the Pier Com-pany, intimating that the Boscombe population willrecall to memory with delight in after years the great favourconferred on them this day ; and the second being onefrom Scotsmen in the neighbourhood, where very manyof your countrymen have found a sanatorium. His Graces reply to these addresses is worth recalling,for, as suggested, he was no stranger, but had reminiscencesof Bournemouth which, a
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