... couple of doves. After breakfast on the sands there were many interesting and amusing people. Several girls held the bathing machine rope and were ankle deep in the sea, jumping up and down ; they imagined they were in the ocean. Others were reposing ...

... attendant, would he a blessing to bathers and pay well. Everybody cannot hire a tent, and many don't want a Noah's Ark bathing machine. A cloak room would be the means of ensuring absolute safety of clothes and valuables in one's pockets, etc. The swimmer ...

... of the fighting. A little seven year old Boscombe girl thus described a little French visitor's bathing and toilette :— She wore a tight bathing machine dress and went and splashed about in the water. Then she came out and they rubbed her about, and ...

... only to inform his poor wife that he has been unsuccessful, and that the only thing he can do is to speak to the bathing machine man, hoping that he will have pity for their sad predicament. A few months ago I took my annual holiday, and went to what ...

... collies, and any amount of mongrels. Whence they come or whither they go I know not, unless they belong to some of the bathing machine people. Some of them, at least, seem to be homeless, for in walking along the cliff late at night, I [November 27th. 1902 ...

... been energetic enough to walk out four miles to Alum Chine, they would have found that there, but nowhere else, was a bathing machine to be had ! Could farce go further? We may not, we shall be told, have Sunday labour, but men were employed at the time ...

... worthy of a visit. I am glad to notice that during the forthcoming bathing season we are to allow visitors and residents to bathe from their own private tents. No doubt our bathing machines here favourably compare with those of other English watering places ...

... so far is alright, but as regards our visitors. The array of tents on the sands are getting beautifully less. Even the bathing machine proprietors are reducing their tents—putting them away for another year. But surely we have not yet got to feel that the ...

... character with her tongue. The Sea Road motor omnibus has an unhappy habit of jibbing when going up the hill. Why not get the bathing machine horse to give a little help ? A large cart wheel hat is the subject of complaint by a correspondent, who says he could ...

... and of course you can't bathe from the parade unless you hire a bathing machine or tent. The result is the natives must go a mile or so out of their way round these curmudgeon castles,' or take a bath early or late, or not bathe at all. ...

... continues as at present. Bathing will soon be in full swing. Arrangements have been satisfactorily made for the bathing machine proprietors to suit all classes--mixed bathing, and no doubt Swanage is looked upon as one of the safest bathing ...

... church-goers. The town is beginning now to fill up for the holiday season, and we may expect soon to he in full swing. The bathing machine proprietors are evidently expecting great things, for there is a big array of tents on the shore. The road here is now ...