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Preston resident shares her memories of Dorset life

10:39am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A FASCINATING account of bygone days in Preston and Sutton Poyntz has been put together by a woman born and bred in the area.

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Portland and Wyke flooding - February 1979

9:34am Tuesday 9th March 2010

Wyke Regis resident Geoff Tizard has been in touch about the great storm of February 1979.

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Tell us your Battle of Britain memories

9:30am Tuesday 9th March 2010

SEVENTY years ago this July saw the start of one of the major battles of the Second World War.

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Weymouth man's Boys' Brigade memories

10:14am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

WHEN Looking Back featured a Boys’ Brigade camp from the summer of 1952 (LB, October 20, 2009) it caught the attention of Weymouth man David Chant.

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Milborne St Andrew Home Guard

11:23am Tuesday 23rd February 2010

LOOKING for all the world like the cast of Dad’s Army, this evocative photograph of the Milborne St Andrew Home Guard was loaned to Looking Back by Dorchester resident Doris Baskett (nee Cross).

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Seeking memories of Dorset Youth Association

11:21am Tuesday 23rd February 2010

IN three years, Dorset Youth Association (DYA) will celebrate 70 years of providing help, advice, friendship and support to youngsters.

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Hardwicke Street, Weymouth - flooding in 1908

9:40am Tuesday 16th February 2010

M ABBOTT has sent in this intriguing photograph of Weymouth looking rather like Venice.

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All white on the road to Wyke

9:30am Tuesday 16th February 2010

SHANE Seagrave sent in this photograph of the Lanehouse area of Weymouth in the major snowfall of February 1978.

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Chickerell FC night out in 1965

8:40am Tuesday 16th February 2010

CHICKERELL FC are currently celebrating their centenary year and Terry Stone has sent us this photograph of the club at a celebration dinner at Moonfleet Manor Hotel in 1965.

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Pictures of dug-up German fighter plane unearthed

10:40am Tuesday 9th February 2010

A GREAT deal of interest has been aroused by the 50 Years Ago article (Looking Back, January 12) about a German fighter plane dug up in a field near Swanage.

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