THESE pictures offer a different perspective of Bournemouth twenty years ago.

Taken by an Echo photographer on May 19, 2001, they show various areas snapped from the sky.

Included is one of the Hampshire Centre and surrounding area on Castle Lane West (above) which had begun to be redeveloped into the Castlepoint shopping centre.

Bournemouth Echo: air11 - pic by Richard Crease - aerial pix over Hampshire centre ( Centrepoint) redevelopment and Mallard Road Bus station, Bournemouth.

Bournemouth Echo: air9 - pic by Richard Crease - aerial pix over Hampshire centre ( Centrepoint) redevelopment, Castle Lane , Bournemouth.

In the top right corner the Yellow Buses depot, which stood until 2005 when the site was sold and redeveloped into the Mallard Road Retail park in 2007, can be seen.

Bournemouth Echo: air17 - pic by Richard Crease - aerial pix over Littledown Centre and Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Other pictures include the airport, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Strouden Park and a crop circle.