Weymouth
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First visit to Weymouth 1948.
I first visited Weymouth in 1948 with my mother, father, brother Terry and sister Joan. We travelled down from Chesterfield in Derbyshire in dad's pre-war Morris 8 saloon, and camped at Waterside in Bowleaze Cove, which was then owned by Mr. A.H.Pheby.
We were amazed at our first view of Weymouth and Portland from the hill overlooking the town, and we all came to love the place so much that we all continued to visit for many years afterwards. I have brought my children and grandchildren here many times, sometimes twice in a year, and will be coming again this year (2008) in my 70th year, 60 years after the first visit!
We particularly enjoyed the Jazz in June concert in ...read more here
Contributed by Jefre Kay
Weymouth - Chapelhay and the corner of Buxton Road bombsites
I was only small when we moved to Longfield Road but old enough to remember walking through the bombsites and noticing wallflowers, buddliea and butterflies among the heaps of rubble and being concerned when coming across a fireplace or something that looked like a part of someone`s house.
Contributed by Sarah Smith
1962 Vacation - 1968
It was the year before I married that my husband to be and myself went on a vacation to Weymouth. We had a lovely time, the weather was just glorious for us. We always said that when we married we would revisit Weymouth. Well, we did in the year 1968 with our first born she was 4 years old at that time. I remember so well enjoying a day on the beach, and my little daughter had such fun watching Punch & Judy shows. I would like to visit Weymouth again one of these days to relive all those memories of bygone days.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
The floods
I have lived in Weymouth since 1947 when I was 2 years old. In July 1955 one of my brothers was born. This was about a week after a massive thunder storm causing a flood. The water at Westham bridge was a foot deep. It's good to to look at these photographs to see how things have changed.
Contributed by Alan Smith
Extracts From Weymouth & Dorset books
Weymouth owes its origins as a favourite resort to the patronage of George III and of the rest of fashionable Georgian society, who travelled to the town to take up the new 'cure' of sea bathing. Many of the buildings along the Parade date back to this period.
An extract from from"Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories".
Sandsfoot Castle, now tumbling into the sea, was built by Henry VIII to guard the sea-lanes between Weymouth and Portland. The Tudor topographer Leland described it as being ‘a right goodlie and warlyke castle’. It changed hands several times during the Civil War, before finally falling into ruin in the 1700s.
An extract from from"Dorset Pocket Album".
Weymouth became popular as a seaside resort thanks to the patronage of George III, who came to bathe here for the good of his health. As the king plunged into the waves a brass band, discreetly hidden in a bathing machine, played God Save the King!
An extract from from"Dorset Pocket Album".
This popular watering-place is very pleasantly situated. The coast here, turning to the south, forms a wide, open bay. The esplanade extends for about a mile, and is lined with elegant houses and defended by a substantial sea-wall. At the northern end are the Green Hill Gardens, and at the southern end, the Alexandra Gardens; while near the clock tower stands an equestrian statue of George III, erected in 1809.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Seaside".
It is a year after No 41115, and Weymouth seems busier than ever. In the middle distance is the Jubilee Clock Tower, built to commemorate the long reign of Queen Victoria. The ladies are carrying parasols to protect their complexions from the heat of the sun.
An extract from from"Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories".