Nicola Rayner

THREE striking images of a long-gone Weymouth were contributed to Looking Back by June and Eric Randall of Wyke Regis, Weymouth.

CHRISTMAS is not a happy time for our feathered friends. For most people festive food revolves around turkeys, the vast majority of which are intensively reared for their meat.

IN her former life, working for the Central Electricity Generating Board in London, cheesemaker Annette Lee had a dream of a different career.

DELINEATING folk music is difficult, even for its aficionados. Singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist Bob Kirkpatrick, who heads the Sunray Folk Club, attempts to define the indefinable.

THE story of two airmen who landed out of the blue in Stinsford in November 1940 captured the attention of two Looking Back readers.

I HAVEN’T seen so many women in one place since the Sex and the City premiere in the summer.

A DORSET adventurer is preparing to sail through the pirate-infested waters off Somalia in his quest to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa.

Looks aren’t everything, but ugly vegetables have long been judged on their appearance rather than their taste. Now the European Commission has scrapped rules preventing some oddly-sized fruit and misshapen veg being sold in Europe.

BARRY Dunmore of Rodwell could not spot himself in a recent Looking Back picture depicting the first landing of a helicopter on a battleship – HMS Vanguard – on February 1, 1947. But he can remember the event.

A CURRY’S warming effect on the body and its power to clear the sinuses make it a brilliant food for this time of year. And a healthy, economical alternative to the traditional take-away can be found in the range from Emily’s Kitchen, a new business run from a family home in Charlton Down.