EX-WEYMOUTH chairman George Rolls said according to your report on December 28 ‘it must be the pantomime season’. It is not only the pantomime season, it is the time when as the New Year dawns we look to the future and reminisce too.

Many of us have received by now calendars for 2012 – a year in which our town will feature worldwide, we all hope for the right reasons but, who knows?

Even Dorset’s revered poet, William Barnes, writing in his Dorset dialect in the 1840’s wondered in the last two lines of his poem, ‘Times O’Year’ ‘things do change as years do vlee; what ha’ years in store vor me?’ Thanks to the Dorset Echo we are at least able to know what many of the past years brought.

In particular we can look back at the events which have brought Weymouth Football Club from its foundation in 1890 to (in the words of Mr Rolls) the great feel-good factor at the club at present;.

Here is my brief calendar for the Terras and those interested in them: August 5, 1924: The club became a limited company No. 00199734.

August 18, 1987: First game played at Wessex Stadium which WFC Ltd. had received with about 13 acres of land, no debts and £1,000,000 in the bank.

December 18, 2004: At that AGM for the first time ever WFC Ltd became under the control of a single person, Martyn Harrison, who held 959,505 of the 1.2 million shares.

December 9, 2007: Martyn Harrison decided to clear all the club’s debts and handed it debt free with all his shareholding to Mel Bush.

October 17, 2007: Mel Bush handed the club, free of all debts, plus his shares totalling 821,784, plus £100,00 to Malcolm Peter Curtis.

January 20, 2009: The Dorset Echo reported ‘Curtis quits town in rallying call to save Terras... business figures and fans are hoping for a quick resolution to the latest twist in the Terras’ tale after chairman and director Malcolm Curtis stepped down from his role and pulled out his backing.

A statement from Weymouth FC yesterday revealed that Mr Curtis’ 82% shareholding had been transferred back into the hands of the club’ March 26, 2010: Following an incredible period of confusion, contradictory statements involving a cast of characters and bodies who would not be out of place in most pantomimes’, and series of unbelievable events Weymouth Football Club Limited went into a Company Voluntary Agreement to wipe out debts alleged to be about £1,000,000 which involves payments of £1,500 per month for five years.

December 19, 2011: The AGM for the year 2009/10 was adjourned until accounts could be available in February when it is hoped that the chairman can be present and a quorum of directors so that the minority of shareholders can learn the truth of the present legal position of ownership of the club and the remnants of its assets.

Roy Child, Heron Close, Preston