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 | | Bournemouth could really be said to owe its existence to the Napoleonic Wars, which started in 1796. |
 | | The West Cliff, East Cliff, Westbourne and Lansdowne developed slowly at first, but the arrival of the railway in 1870, the opening of Bournemouth West station (now the Queens Hall pub) four years later and Bournemouth East (now the main station) in 1885, allowed masses of trippers to visit. |
 | | By the turn of the century, Bournemouth was well and truly on the map with around 60,000 inhabitants, a pier, trams, bathing machines and the imposing Mont Dore Hotel, which is now the Town Hall. |
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