Chinese Parasols in 1930s Bournemouth

I love the site www.flashbak.com – always something interesting there. Recently they uploaded a bunch of photos of the Tollard Hotel in Bournemouth. Now Bournemouth is lovely, but the weather often leaves a little something to be desired compared to, say, the South of France or the Italian Riviera.  The Tollard Hotel though came up with a rather good idea – a solarium and indoor beach. The hotel is now flats, so someone lives in the old solarium! All the photos of the amazing place, and the people who went there, are here

However, it’s been a while since we’ve had a Chinese parasol picture (though we’ve had loads before – at the Folies Bergere, Adele Astaire, Zelda Fitzgerald, Count Leopold von Sternberg, and some old French porn – so here’s some guests at the Tollard Solarium and indoor beach in 1930…

31st March 1930: A family relaxing together in the solarium of the Tolland Hotel, Bournemouth. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)