Looking Back

The 'well loved' pub circled in the corner of the car park

The forgotten car park with a well loved pub in the corner
It's a rather unusual topic, but we're looking back at a long-gone car park of Weymouth town centre.

Large crowds turn up to watch WW2 vehicles roll through Dorchester. Pictures by Graham Hunt Photography.

GALLERY: World War Two vehicles roll through Dorchester

The vehicles on the Hardy Tour at the Riviera Hotel in Weymouth

Vintage vehicle rally makes a welcome return

A previous Second World War event in Dorchester

More than 65 WWII vehicles to roll through town

The return to a full programme of celebrations follows from a scaled-back event last year. Picture: Finbarr Webster.

Armed Forces Weekend returns with three days of celebrations

Malibu Club in Weymouth

Memories of Malibu club in Weymouth

This month marks the 175th anniversary of the Southampton to Dorchester line. Pictured is Dorchester South, looking west from platform one. Picture: Chris McKenna / Wikimedia

Series of events planned to celebrate 175 year railway route anniversary

Hat's the way - Sadie and Fiona Larkins at the Jubilee Fete, Party In The Park, Underhill, Portland Picture: Geoff Moore/Dorset Media Service

Grab a copy of the Dorset Echo's 16 page Platinum Jubilee photo supplement

Queen Elizabeth II appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Picture: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

'Jubilee events were a heart-warming sight'

Memories of Weymouth Railway Station

Earning pocket money and train spotting - your railway station memories

Amanda Stuart, office manager at Charterhouse Auctioneers, tries the music box out for sound

Victorian music box still playing classic tunes expected to sell for thousands

See the Queen's 7 funniest moments as we celebrate her Platinum Jubilee

See the Queen's 7 funniest moments as we celebrate her Platinum Jubilee

The Queen on a walkabout among the crowds in London in celebration of her Silver Jubilee (PA)

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee: 70 facts for 70 years from Buckingham Palace

An aerial shot of Himalaya in 1959

One of the first cruise ships at Portland would go all the way to Australia

Memories of the Grand Hotel in Weymouth

The hotel with a popular beach bar where many wedding receptions were held

Elizabeth Buckler - now Elizabeth Gale - with BBC presenter Richard Dimbleby in 1952

'I found out Princess Elizabeth was to become Queen before most people'

Waterloo - The Best of Abba. Picture: MRC Presents

Abba, Queen and ELO tribute open air concerts at Tank Museum

Len Watts' Eldridge Pope Brewery Austin KV at Brewery Square. Picture: Liz Lean PR

Brewery Square ‘gears up’ for classic car show

Memories of St Mary's School

The much-missed town centre school run by kind teachers

Aerial view of Weymouth 1959

Picture of Weymouth from 1959 shows now-demolished unique twin-spired church

Playing the role of Captain Smith in a documentary on the Titanic

Tributes paid to 'face of Weymouth' - who appeared in films later in life

The car in front of the bus in this is a rare Lea-Francis car

Photo of snowy Boot Hill brought back happy car memories for reader

The Queen, inset fanzine magazine

Grab your 116-page Dorset nostalgia bookazine to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Winston Churchill at Imber on April 1, stood with the same group of officers that lost one of their colleagues, Brigadier Taylor.

What went wrong at a flying demonstration leading to the death of Weymouth man

Weymouth Butterfly Farm

Weymouth's tropical paradise - the butterfly farm adored by many

A St George's cross flag flying above Dover Castle in Kent. Picture: PA

Why do we celebrate St George’s Day?

William Thompson

How the very first underwater photo was taken in Weymouth

Catherine Lambie, four, with her auntie the late Katie Morrison (sent in by Helen Lambie, Catherine's mother and Katie's sister-in-law. Taken in Alexandra Gardens on August 30, 1948.

Search to find much-loved statues from seaside gardens

Lennox Street, Weymouth - Picture courtesy of the Andy Hutchings Collection

Memories of shop where you could get three different flavours of Tizer

The double rubber strip in Lennox Street, Weymouth Picture: Geoff Kirby

What mystery double rubber strip on a Weymouth road was for

Snow on Boot Hill, Weymouth the winter of 1962/3

Vehicles struggle to get up Weymouth hill in one of the coldest winters ever

A breakast TV presenter ran this Dorset pub

The breakfast TV host who fell in love with a Dorset pub and became its landlady

An aerial view of 1939, shortly before the start of WW2. The pier had been extended in 1933 (from The Second Bumper Book of Weymouth)

View of Pier shows town's short-lived ten pin bowling alley on stilts

An aerial photo of Weymouth from Hope Square, 1960 Courtesy of Geoff Pritchard

Here's how Weymouth looked in 1960 from above Hope Square

Esplanade and town, August 15, 1939

Step into Weymouth in 1939 with our street by street guide to this picture

Town, backwater and beach, August 8, 1981

Spot the popular Weymouth fair much loved by those who grew up in the 80s

More memories of Weymouth pier bandstand

The much-missed Weymouth attraction visited by up to 6,000 people a day

The sad decline of Weymouth's once proud Channel Islands passenger ferry

The Queen at Portland Harbour

Seeking more information on Queen's unofficial visit to Dorset in 1949

Pier Bandstand in its former glory, taken August 1984. To the left of it is a jetty that people would walk along to reach pleasure boats. Terry Gale collection.

The much-missed demolished pier people used to dive off and dance on

When world famous star filmed in Dorset TWICE completely undetected by fans

When world famous star filmed in Dorset TWICE completely undetected by fans

Bus and railway stations, Park District/Esplanade. February 2, 1982 - Terry Gale's collection

Old picture shows Weymouth when KFC site was a social club for railway workers

The Great Flood, July 18, 1955. Note the flooded tennis courts to above the old bridge and to its right

Picture shows extent of flood that set a record for most rainfall in 24 hours

Glorious matchbox covers depicting Dorset pubs

These matchbox labels are collectors' items showing lost pubs in their heyday

Councillor ADW Biles Mayor of Weymouth cutting first turf

Church community nearing 50th anniversary seeks your memories of its beginnings

Belfield House, Weymouth Picture courtesy of Weymouth Museum

How you can find out more about the grand Weymouth home of a wealthy merchant

Aerial picture of Chickerell airfield taken by an RAF aircraft in August 1947

Photo shows wartime airfield from above

1950s scene Picture: Pixabay

Dorchester man wishes he could go back to the 1950s and 60s

Sweet shop, Time Walk and pub - your favourite memories of Brewers Quay

Sweet shop, Time Walk and pub - your favourite memories of Brewers Quay

Esplanade and town, August 15, 1939

Pre-war photo reveals Weymouth's prominent smokestack rising above the rooftops

Has the mystery of the Weymouth pipes finally been solved?

How our readers helped us solve the mystery of the pipes with no purpose

An old photo of Rodwell Avenue, Weymouth

Town street with houses for the poor funded by kind MP captured in bygone days

Flooding on Portland 1979

Here's what happened when Portland actually flooded in 1979

The pipe outside the Park Hotel near the junction of Grange Road and Carlton Road South.

Reader asks for help in solving mystery of what these iron pipes were for