Here’s some pictures of a very different looking Weymouth town centre as seen in the late 1980s.

We bring you these pictures courtesy of reader Geoff Pritchard, who went around taking photos of the streets and shops of the resort before it changed beyond all recognition.

This was before the town’s New Bond Street development came into existence with the town’s now familiar looking multiplex cinema and department store.

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Lower Bond Street from the multi-story car park

We also have a photo of Harmony Court to share, which was off Lower Bond Street....

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Harmony Court, off Lower Bond Street, rear of Lamb and Flag/Probation Hostel

Some of you may remember the Eagle Tavern, which was in Lower Bond Street in Weymouth. One of Geoff ’s photos shows the side of the pub.

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Side of the Eagle Tavern 

We also have a couple of photos that focus upon the Jubilee Hall in the 1980s as it was gradually demolished. The Jubilee Hall was sited on what is now part of the Debenhams store in New Bond Street

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Jubilee Hall, July 1989

The hall was built in 1887 and​ was designed to seat 2,000 to 3,000 people. It was used as a theatre and a meeting space and in 1909 became one of the first places in Weymouth to regularly show the ‘new fangled’ moving pictures, by now its name had been altered to The Royal Jubilee Hall and Picture Palace.

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Jubilee Hall, August 26, 1989

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Jubilee Hall, August 1989

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Jubilee Hall, September 4, 1989

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Side entrance to the Regent and the Gaumont, Feb 1989