Bournemouth 200 year Celebrations
Smuggling Event
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To help celebrate the founding of Bournemouth 200 years ago children throughout the Borough of Bournemouth have been creating and engaging in treasure trails.
Why treasure trails?
200 years ago the area around Bournemouth was mainly farming land with small villages, one of which was Kinson. To increase their income and to be able to use luxury goods like brandy, tobacco and lace, some people smuggled these items from France to prevent paying the government taxes. Bournemouth Bay and the surrounding coastal areas was where the smugglers landed and transported the goods in land to avoid the customs men. There it was hidden and gradually distributed and sold all over the country.
A group of children at Kinson Primary School decided to create their own treasure trails. So that all the children in the school and also parents, as well as adults outside the school, could use the trails they designed them to cater for the different interest and capability levels.
Kinson had a strong connection to smuggling trade during the 18th Century because one of the most famous Dorset Smugglers, Isaac Gulliver, lived and owned a considerable amount of land and property in Kinson and the surrounding area.
Isaac Gulliver
Picture from Chettle House, Chettle, Near Blandford
By Kind Permission of Rodney Haskell
Visit the Kinson School History Web Site to find out more about smuggling and Isaac Gulliver in particular.
Visit the pages below to view and engage in the treasure trails the children have created.
We hope you enjoy trying them out!