What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Bournemouth beach bungalow constructed 1909. First municipal beach hut in the UK. Designed and built under the guidance of Frederick Percy Dolamore FSI, FR San I 1869-1951 Chief Assistant Borough Engineer and Surveyor Recorded plaque organisation: Bournemouth Borough Council.
Frederick Percy Dolamore was a prominent engineer who oversaw the construction of the first municipal beach hut in the UK at Bournemouth in 1909, pioneering public access to leisure facilities along the coastline.
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