READER Ian Moignard has been in touch to shed some light on the ship in the foreground of this photograph of Weymouth.
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Life working for steam roller company
July 30, 2019 at 11:39 pm (Genealogy)
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LAST year the mystery of the steam roller in Dorchester’s King’s Road playground was solved.
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When you could travel around town by horse bus
July 30, 2019 at 5:29 am (Genealogy)
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TRANSPORT historian Brian Jackson has been in touch following publication in Looking Back of an old street scene in Abbotsbury Road, Westham, Weymouth.
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Late Echo photographer’s glimpses of a town
July 29, 2019 at 11:59 pm (Genealogy)
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WELCOME to the first in a series of photos that we will be reproducing by the late Dorset Evening Echo photographer Harry Green.
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Hillbourne Community First School ugly bug ball 1999
July 24, 2019 at 12:04 pm (Genealogy)
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It wouldn’t have been a good day for those scared of bugs – but that didn’t stop the pupils of Hillbourne Community First School from having a ball.
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When Princess Margaret’s visited Wareham in 1989
July 24, 2019 at 8:04 am (Genealogy)
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PRINCESS Margaret’s visit to Wareham was delayed by low cloud, forcing her to arrive by train instead of the planned helicopter.
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Royal couple’s pre-wedding visit to theatre
July 23, 2019 at 11:22 pm (Genealogy)
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TODAY marks 33 years since Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson tied the knot.
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Shipbuilding past of harbour
July 23, 2019 at 11:22 pm (Genealogy)
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MENTION West Bay and people tend to think of the harbour, ice creams and perhaps fishing boats.
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Remembering Fordingbridge Pet Show June 1979
July 23, 2019 at 11:19 pm (Genealogy)
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THEY recommend neve tor work with children and animals – but one event mixed both with great success.
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The burial sites rumoured to ‘sing’
July 22, 2019 at 11:36 pm (Genealogy)
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WE’VE looked at some strange phenomena in Looking Back over the years, but this one is new to us.
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