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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833) Pic: J.Waters/PooleHistoricalTrust/BNPS<br />
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A postcard from 1907 showing a lone house amongst the windswept dunes of 'Parkstone-on-Sea'<br />
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Humble origins of one of Britain's most exclusive addresses.<br />
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A new book reveals how the millionaire's row of Sandbanks went from being a windswept wasteland to one of the most sought-after addresses in the world has been published. <br />
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Today the harbour-front plots on the exclusive enclave in Poole, Dorset, are crammed with £10m mansions and luxury flats while Ferraris and Bentleys parade its tree-lined streets.<br />
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But you only have to go back the relatively short period of 100 years to see that Sandbanks - or Parkstone-on-Sea as it was known - was once a deserted landscape cut off from the rest of the country.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833) Pic: J.Waters/PooleHistoricalTrust/BNPS

A postcard from 1907 showing a lone house amongst the windswept dunes of 'Parkstone-on-Sea'

Humble origins of one of Britain's most exclusive addresses.

A new book reveals how the millionaire's row of Sandbanks went from being a windswept wasteland to one of the most sought-after addresses in the world has been published.

Today the harbour-front plots on the exclusive enclave in Poole, Dorset, are crammed with £10m mansions and luxury flats while Ferraris and Bentleys parade its tree-lined streets.

But you only have to go back the relatively short period of 100 years to see that Sandbanks - or Parkstone-on-Sea as it was known - was once a deserted landscape cut off from the rest of the country.