MORE memories have come flooding in of life in what was once Silver Street and Jockeys Row in Weymouth.

Len Collins, of Radipole, Weymouth, got in touch to say how pleased he was to see a picture of these seemingly forgotten streets, on the site of the old fire station and where McCarthy and Stone apartments are now.

He said: "In 1861 my great grandparents Thomas and Maria Collins lived with Maria's parents, the Palmers, at number 1.

"By 1881 they had their own home and raised a family, including my grandfather George, in Silver Street.

"As a child my father, who was born in 1895, would play in the area. He told me that his Aunt Ann had a sweet shop there."

Here we have a 1864 OS map courtesy of Maureen Attwooll's Weymouth And Portland Then Meets Now.

There is still no definitive answer as to whether Jockeys Row has an apostrophe in it.

In the book the author says Jockeys Row was named after a man known as 'Jockey' Bartlet.

But the proper name of the street becomes even more unclear in Eric Rickets' The Buildings of Old Weymouth.

Eagle-eyed Len noticed that this original photo of Silver Street shows a monument which was known as the Town Pump and is now sited near Hope Square in Weymouth.

Thanks as always to Looking Back readers for their valuable contributions.