Location 1933 England

[seemex]

Can anyone ID the location of this photo? It was taken about 1933 and I think somewhere in the south of England, maybe near Bournemouth or Torquay? The structures are distinctive but I've never been there so maybe someone will recognize it.
Thanks
Brian

[Trishanne]

It looks as if it could be a war memorial, or it could be an observatory as the dome behind the ladies looks as if the roof could open. I can't find anything to fit either of those ideas though.
Pat

[Gadget]

It's a bit like the old Hastings Pier in the background - I can't find a suitable pic but it did have rounded white domes.

[groom]

Not sure about that, Gadget, as there are houses behind the domes. If it was the pier there would be sea.

[Gadget]

ah - looking at it on a very small machine - the backgound (left and middle) looks hazy on here - assumed it was sea/sky

[Jebber]

It is nowhere  near Bournemouth.

On the extreme right of the picture it looks as if there may be a graveyard on the hill, with part of a what could be a Church tower on the edge of the photo.

[Gadget]

Shadows - reasonably long and possibly afternoon rather than morning so they would be facing west or maybe south. Those seats look very seaside or park like.  I lived in the SW for 20 odd years and don't recognise the domes. WW2 might have changed things.

[seemex]

That one dome almost looks like an observatory with the section across the center, although it looks too small to actually be one

[mirl]

There is the Norman Lockyer Observatory at Sidmouth that has five domes but I can't find a comparable picture to be sure