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Constructed on 90 acres of land donated by Lord Wimborne for the express purpose of building a People’s Park, Poole Park<\/em> has catered for the town’s residents through the decades with a variety of features, including a freshwater lake and duck pond, timbered tea house, cricket pavilion, bandstand, bowling greens, tennis courts and even a zoo (which closed in 1994), as well as 30 acres of grassland, shrubs, flowerbeds and trees.<\/strong> Motor speed trials were held within the park during the 1930s, however this ceased when a German Luftwaffe plane bombed the lake’s rustic bridge during the Second World War (fortunately no one was killed and a replacement bridge now carries a miniature diesel railway over the lake), while the tennis courts were turned into allotments to aid the government’s Dig for Victory campaign. An important feature of the book is a walking tour, which reveals the history of the park through its existing notable features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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