This Side of the Pond

Even now, I continue to stumble across unexpected links between my nation and yours – some of them more direct than others. My most recent discovery is about as personal as it gets, because it involves the specific area of my home town where I spent most of the weekends of my youth.

I speak of Poole Quay, one the bustling center point of the town’s maritime industry but now a popular recreation site for tourists and locals alike. Today, it’s lined with pubs and cafes, the Sunseeker luxury yacht factory, redeveloped warehouses and ultra-modern apartment blocks, side by side with historic listed...