Sepia-tinted postcard of the Solarium in Branksome Chine, Bournemouth (now Poole), and part of Branksome Dene Beach. Ink: [personal message] [address in Morden supplied]. The Branksome area in Bournemouth was officially declared a suburb of Poole in the 1960s. Branksome Chine, also known as Branksome Dene Chine, had been developed from the late 19th century as a tourist area, with plantings of rhododendrons to form a woodland garden; a solarium was opened in 1932