Here's a nostalgic glimpse at what 1966 Weymouth was like.

In the year that England won the World Cup, unfortunately it wasn't just good news that dominated in the seaside resort.

The Dorset Evening Echo's front page was dominated by the news that 100 workers walked out of the Vickers engineering factory in Wyke Regis after two men had been suspended.

The men were suspended for three days, according to the paper, because they had refused to co-operate in helping with the transfer to South Marston, near Swindon.

Workers had previously stated they would not co-operate with the move until the firm had offered reasonable severance payments to people who would be made redundant.

Elsewhere, a newly-formed Weymouth beat group The Gordon Riots had to cancel their trip to Germany because lead singer Tony Masterman developed acute laryngitis while on Portland 15-year-old Janet Greening was crowned Miss Tophill 1966.

The modest beauty queen said she thought she had only won because her twin sister Julia didn't enter.

At a meeting of Rotarians was told by the county's youth employment officer that so many youngsters were taking sixth form courses that fewer were becoming available to work in local professional offices.

Mr FJ Edwards said that boys were choosing university and technical colleges over local business and professional firms.

If you were in the market for a car in the summer of '66 a four-year-old Austin Mini de luxe would have set you back £285 while a 1963 Humber Hawk was available for £545 from Vogue Motors on Dorchester Road.

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Hughie Green at Weymouth Pavilion's summer show Opportunity Knocks in 1965

Hughie Green was performing his Double Your Money and Opportunity Knocks shows at Weymouth Pavilion, Born Free starring Virginia Mckenna and Bill Travers was playing at the Guamont Cinema and Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks was at number one in the charts.