125 years of history in new community book (From Dorset Echo)
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125 years of history in new community book
9:45am Tuesday 2nd September 2008 in News By Dan Goater
Author Debby Rose at the launch of the book on Westham held in the Rock Hotel in Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth Buy this photo »
A BOOK chronicling 125 years of the history of Westham in Weymouth has been launched.
Debby Rose originally wrote Westham: Over The Bridge Of Time as a series of articles to accompany a public exhibition about the area.
But she decided she did not want to let all her hard work go to waste after the display, and compiled the articles into a book after further research and writing.
Debby said: "I just love local history and I found it very rewarding to write.
"I had hoped to include more about people's personal memories in it but unfortunately I ran out of space."
She added that she plans to write another book based on Westham residents' recollections of the area.
Westham: Over The Bridge Of Time was officially launched at the Rock Hotel, Abbotsbury, where the author signed copies.
It is currently available online at www.westham.weymouth-dorset.co.uk and from the Rock Hotel.
All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Westham Community Oriented Problem Solving (Cops) group.
