Fighting blazes during the war
9:28am Tuesday 23rd June 2009
MEMORIES of Weymouth’s wartime firefighters have been rekindled by Betty Baser.
Have your say »When Weymouth won the quintuple
9:38am Tuesday 16th June 2009
MICHAEL Muncaster has sent us some fascinating details of the exploits of two of his relatives when they played for Weymouth Football Club in the early days of the last century.
Rocking back the clock in Weymouth
9:35am Tuesday 9th June 2009
ONE, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock – it’s just over 50 years since Rock Around The Clock hit the silver screen.
The way we were... in a new book
9:40am Tuesday 28th April 2009
THE face and fabric of our towns and villages have changed immeasurably over the years.
Calling Dorset Scouts to mark 100th anniversary
10:38am Tuesday 21st April 2009
TWO Scouting historians are compiling archives to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the movement in Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester.
From the Echo archives 50 years ago
10:44am Tuesday 24th March 2009
THE fate of 500 Weymouth pigeons is in the balance . . . and if Coun Arthur Pidgeon has his way their end will be short and swift.
The story of American troops in burton Bradstock before D-Day
10:41am Tuesday 24th March 2009
SHE may have been a schoolgirl at the time but Elizabeth Buckler Gale has a good memory, a vivid imagination and a historian’s ability for research.
Memories of Holy Trinity School, Weymouth
9:19am Tuesday 10th March 2009
A RECENT feature on Holy Trinity School in Looking Back stirred up memories for several former pupils.
Looking back at maritime disasters
9:43am Tuesday 24th February 2009
THE Dorset coast has been claiming ships and the lives of their crews since man first took to the water.
Weymouth's past pageantry – by Jim
9:00am Tuesday 17th February 2009
JIM Goodenough had the ideal viewpoint to take snaps of the great and the good in Weymouth during the 60s and 70s.
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