Looking Back

Railway Dock Hotel

Why railway dock never came to town's cove

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Much-missed railway and funfair had a special place in children's hearts

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Captain of Dorsetshire was a Victoria Cross winner

Tracking down the town's Running Horse - home of 'smoking concerts'

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Why community was so desperate to replace Dorset's famous warship

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Cinema in the most unlikely of locations

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Cheeky youngster goes for a cycle outside much-missed pub

The pub replaced by a roundabout

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Help find missing Weymouth link in researcher's tribute quest

Concealed behind a pub wall for decades - locals' support for warship

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What youngsters did to receive 12 lashes of the whip

Tending to horses and gardens on Portland

How this ancient printing press was given a new lease of life

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Seven-year-old's life of crime

Beware road's extremely sharp turn

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These snow-covered hills were the setting for a love story more tragic than Romeo and Juliet

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An unusually crowded Bowleaze Cove

Revealing how Dorset's past links to present day lives

The mental health problem that transformed Weymouth

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Where nuns ruled the roost

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FOUND: Street tracked down 110 years on

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UNBELIEVABLE: Car pile-up on Chesil Beach

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What happened when a reporter spent New Year's Eve at the county's 'lunatic asylum'

I'm a Celeb's James McVey before fame came calling

Man's search to find leafy street in Weymouth

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I'm A Celebrity stars have enjoyed many a Weymouth day trip

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Can you help us find the bird bath dedicated to tragic teacher Edward?

Strolling along Weymouth harbourside

Historian confirms White Horse's creation date

Teenage soldier who found a way home to his sweetheart

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Margaret Thatcher's resolve was tested on Dorset visit

Why this fallen serviceman isn't on Weymouth's war memorial

Holiday park dedicates memorial to airmen

Botched repair job and poll tax protest - the eventful past of Weymouth's white horse

The snake-killing woodsman with 15 children whose family extends to Germany

He recruited nearly 500 Weymouth men who lost their lives

When famous comedian provided the chuckles at theatre

Men who went from football field to the battlefield remembered by village

Lest we forget - Weymouth men who lost their lives in Middle East conflict

This Portland spot will have national significance this weekend

Man from cottage in the woods made the headlines for killing snakes

Village remembers men who fought in the Great War

Mystery of cottage in the woods

Catching 'runners' from island's borstal

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Diary suggests Weymouth's white horse is older than we think

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Story behind tea cabin couple picture

King's letter tells of sight struggle

Tragic teacher who took a colleague's place in the war

World Cup winner was a regular visitor to town

Grisly tale of gravedigger inspires Sid

Reminder of brightness of fairy lights

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Schoolteacher who volunteered to take place of a colleague remembered among war dead

'River monster' was largest fish to be caught in England

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