The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in Bournemouth
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Skerryvore, the house he shared with his wife Fanny in Westbourne.
Their home was named Skerryvore after the lighthouse with which Louis' father was connected.
A replica of the lighthouse stands in the area to this day.
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The co-founder of Rolls Royce became the first British man to die in an aircraft crash.
The fateful day in Bournemouth was July 12, 1910, when Charles Rolls, died in a terrible crash.
The motoring pioneer turned aviation pioneer had successfully crossed the channel by balloon just four years prior.