HERE is a couple of photos of The Nothe walk in Weymouth separated by 40 years.

It's thanks to Eddie Prowse and his newly published book The Postcard Collection that we are able to bring you these images.

It is not known exactly where the word Nothe comes from, possibly 'nose' or 'north', but what is known is that this prominent landmark has played an important defensive role for Weymouth.

Eddie writes: "The fort we know today was built in the latter half of the 19th century to counter the perceived threat from across the channel.

"The fort was occupied by the military until the mid 1950s. The upturned boats on the quayside are of the traditional 'clinker built' type.

"This is a method of overlapping timbers that had been developed in northern Europe by the Norsemen and research has discovered that vessels were being constructed by this method in AD 190."

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