SO many of you enjoyed our look back at Chipperfields Fun Fair in Weymouth.
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When the Wild Mouse Ride featured in a movie
February 21, 2019 at 12:51 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
The personal story of Holocaust survivor John Dobai
February 20, 2019 at 9:45 am (Genealogy)
Tags: National Archives
John Dobai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1934. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, John delivered a talk at The National Archives on 25 January 2019 about his personal story and the plight of Hungarian Jews.
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How this diarist documented Dorset life ‘the year the world changed’
February 20, 2019 at 3:16 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
A NEW collection of letters and diaries from 100 years ago is giving fascinating insights into life on the homefront in Dorset and in the trenches during the last year of the First World War.
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GALLERY: When Laurel and Hardy came to Bournemouth
February 20, 2019 at 1:52 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Bournemouth Echo | Echoes
FOR just one week, the greatest comedy double act in the history of Hollywood lived and performed in Bournemouth.
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A place of worship for fishermen and kings: The amazing history of this humble church
February 19, 2019 at 3:25 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
YOU might recognise the interior of this church featured in a postcard from years gone by.
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13 pictures to remind you of the devastating storms in 2014…five years on
February 17, 2019 at 1:10 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
IT’S hard to believe that five years have passed since the devastating Valentine’s Day storms that battered the Dorset coast.
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The history of Weymouth’s beach donkeys is being explored – and your memories are needed
February 14, 2019 at 2:59 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
DO you have happy memories and photos of going for a donkey ride on Weymouth beach?
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PHOTOS: How the Holes Bay Relief Road transformed Poole
February 13, 2019 at 11:55 am (Genealogy)
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THIRTY years ago, a new road opened that would create an impressive new route into Poole.
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Five facts you may not know about the funfair that used to be at Westham Bridge
February 13, 2019 at 2:13 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
WE can’t get enough of sharing memories of the miniature railway and funfair that used to be at Westham Bridge in Weymouth.
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Murder, smuggling and shipwrecked mariners: The grisly history of Weymouth’s oldest pub
February 12, 2019 at 2:18 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Looking Back
HERE’S a glimpse at another pub from days gone by.
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