Family Connections

Just over 25 years ago, on January 13, 1995, the Echo reported an end to the dispute over Weymouth’s quaint horse-drawn vehicles.

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A local transport historian will give an illustrated talk about the Abbotsbury Branch Railway on Friday, February 7.

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Back in the early 1990s, two manor houses in Puddletown opened their doors to the public. We look back at the grandeur they offered.

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MANY of you remember the ‘little Ice Age’ we referred to in Looking Back two weeks ago – Christmas 1962 when towns and villages were cut off because of heavy snow.

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JUST over 50 YEARS ago a man from Weymouth who rescued a drowning father was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Resuscitation Certificate.

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A LOCAL historian will shed light on the 1931 disaster at Holton Heath in a talk on Monday, January 27, at 7.30pm.

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AFTER a winter with no snow, teenagers in January 1975 went skiing on a farm in the Dorset countryside.

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For a sleepy village, Puddletown has hit the headlines many a time over the last few decades. We look back at the events that caused a stir.

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25 years ago, on January 14, 1995, more than one hundred people joined a torchlight procession to protest at Brown Route plans for Weymouth’s new relief road.

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Youngsters at a Weymouth school got to work making a rain detecting machine.

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