Many thanks for posting this. I lived in Weymouth as a kid until around 1962 so very nostalgic for me. The driver on the miniature railway let me clean the locomotive and turn it on the turntable when I was about 12 years old. A very kind man who encouraged my interest in engineering.
As a kid aged about 12 years old I worked on the miniature railway, cleaning the engine and turning it on the turntable. The driver (and owner?) was very kind to me. He gave me a load of pre-war Hornby Dublo wagons.
How times have changed (and not for the better may i say) I used to bring my family here early nineties. Stayed at a b&b called the DOUGHILL.. great times
Our family used to holiday in Weymouth every year when I was just a small boy still at primary school (I'm now 65 years of age). The miniature railway (4:35) I remember with fond memories. I still remember the names of the two steam engines. The black one was 'The Black Prince' and the green one was 'Robin hood'. My wife and I still visit Weymouth every year it's truly our second home.
Weymouth has changed a lot, I never knew the names of the loco`s until now, thankyou for that :) I also may be doing another soon as I`m slowly gathering old photo`s of the town.
I've been going there for 33 years now. First with my friends, now with my family. Lovely place and full of all those memories I have from years gone by. I know exactly what you mean by second home
Jeez, that bought back some memories. Lived in Milbourne St Andrews in the 70s. Used to go to Weymouth regularly, donkey rides, the fella who used to do sand sculptures and the swing boats, and of course Punch and Judy. Hell, good days. Been living in NZ for over 30 years now, would love to take the grandkids there. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for doing this. I was born in Radipole in 1955 and spent a lot of time round the backwater, either feeding the swans or exploring the lake on the pedalos they used to rent out down there. The fairground used to be the other side with that miniature railway. My mother used to work at the Central Library you show in this. Not a great looking building, but at least there was a library… My grandmother lived in Chapelhay. I never realised how much it had suffered from bombing, so thanks for showing that. Overall, modernisation is not always progress, sadly!
Super montage of nostalgia for us locals but it was the Pier Bandstand (opened 1939 and the last seaside pier to be built in England) that was demolished in May, 1986, not the Pleasure Pier.
oops, me bad lol but the Pleasure Pier is now in the firing line not to be demolished but to be built on with flashy hotels, cafe`s etc... not good for many
Correct! I was a member of Weymouth Swimming Club when there was no indoor pool. The end of the Pleasure Pier was where we trained but how many Weymouth children were taught to swim off there in the sixties by a saintly lady called Nurse Peters? Later, sadly killed when knocked off her bike.
Thanks for sharing. Brought back happy memories of holidays with parents early/mid 1970's, and latterly as a Sales Rep covering Weymouth & Portland in the 2000's. So many familiar features now gone.
Spent a small amount of time in Weymouth (2002/ 2003?). Wish I had had the opportunity to get out and really explore the area. What I did see, I really liked.
I know, and the icing on the cake was that some of the rubble was carted over the road and thrown into the harbour. If those councillors carried on like that in todays modern age, they'd be lynched publicly.
Excellent video. I have many happy 1960s childhood memories of Weymouth. We used to catch the British Rail Sealink ships from Weymouth to Guernsey. I remember the ships names were Caesaria and Sarnia. We used to stay overnight at a guest house that I can not remember the name of but it was owned by a Mrs Chapman. Was there a cuckoo clock made out of flowers? Or are I thinking of somewhere else?
It's so interesting seeing what it was like before and now. The old railway station looked a lot nicer than the current one; when we were there (holiday) to take a train to Poole 2 weeks ago, on looking around the building I noticed how shabby it is, cobwebs hanging from the upper walls etc. Does no one clean it? Lovely to see the old railway bridges too. Btw I love the Rodwell Trail walk, I do it every year we come down! When the sun is shining you can't beat the blue sea, it's lovely.
thankyou, I prefer the old town personally with it`s history intact, but the new town is beautiful just lacks that warmth. I will be making another one day of Wyke and Portland just watch this channel.
Wow! What an amazing video. It was really fascinating to see some of the old buildings that have now gone. So many really beautiful buildings which really added character to the local area. So much has changed - often the rplacements leave a little to be desired!! The old station looks fantastic and grand. Also, 'Mr Wrights extended shop' - a really nice building.
@@stiggypoohs a lot seemed to happen in the 50's-60's, replaced with those horrible, boxy, asbestos filled soulless buildings for utility, devoid of personality. Sad really.
Interesting video of weymouth.we went there on holiday to weymouth and around other areas of dorset for 30 plus years.my cousin lived in weymouth back in the 70s as he were in military based at lulworth barracks
This is in my close neighbourhood, very interesting to see old footage of area how it used to be. I see you were born not two minutes walk from where I live now, great video, many thanks 👏👏
My old stomping ground. Born in 1959, I remember so much of these images. D'ya know, in a way, I prefer things as they were! Happy days. Thanks so much for posting buddy.
I too was born in 1967 in Portwey Hospital! How strange to see so many places I recognise in black and white before the modern reveal! My late father rewired the Sidney Hall when it was a bingo hall, long ago now.
film shows what is known as Chaplehay Heights my nan use to live there as well as in Oakley Square, use to visit in the summer holidays see the carnival swim from the nothe to the raft, this was when the brewery was still going, the torpedo works was still going strong and the Rec was Weymouth Football Club now a car park for ASDA
Thanks for sharing this - since our in-laws retired to Portland fifteen years ago we have been visiting Weymouth and the surrounding areas frequently - your video has given an excellent insight into local history !!
Iv been to every place you shown and Iv live here for 13years next month (I moved when I was 8-9 and I’m 22now) and I never knew about this, I am deeply saddened, and emotional about this, it’s so wonderful to see but seeing it change so much it’s crazy, everything you shown is the exact same right now, I just can’t believe I never knew😢 I have been looking for ww1 and 2 and found a few but never shown building blown up and so many differences, Thankyou for doing this! Was amazing thing to do for people, Iv gotta show my family, my boyfriend has been here much longer than me but I’m sure there’s a few things that he didn’t know and may come a shock to him, like it did me, children who live here should know this stuff, it’s so fascinating, but sad too, Thankyou again!
As a small boy I was holding my Mum's hand as we walked into the old, original Weymouth Railway Station to meet my Dad, a British soldier returning to Wyke Regis after 5 + years in a German POW Camp. (1945). I left Wyke Regis Church of England Primary School in 1948 (ex first ever Head Boy!) to go to that beautiful Weymouth Grammar School, down the Wyke Road and Boot Hill and around the Harbour. Why no shots of Wyke, the Albert Pub, the Cove, Littlesea......oh dear, there's so much. But you've produced a lovely series of memories. My warm thanks.....Jim Leake (my mother was a Dorset "Tizard")
Edward Leake each video I do takes me about 3 weeks, I haven't done one yet of Wyke and Portland but I am looking at it latest possibly Spring next year, trust me... I will do a few more.
Just how do they find all these photos. I went here as a young + middle aged ish, teen. As far as I can remember. I'm now 20. The aT life can pass anyone of anything by and at slow or quickly. I knew that was the old school before that, I even knew it.
did you not have any old photos of what use to look like sort of military establishment that was a little bit back from the quayside and im talking about the quayside opposite where the sealink ferries use to dock and meet the train and the buildings were used by sea cadets in the mid 70s, as I was there around 1975 as visiting sea cadets from Warrington and our band marched and played music on the road by the quayside as we brought our musical instruments and we also went rowing in the river from a jetty opposite the ferry terminal up to the bridge and we also went sailing starting from the same place but going out to sea but we had to soon turn back as we was racing against the sealink ferry coming as we was trying to avoid the wake caused by the ferry but we made it that was the only time I ever went to weymouth as I also got food poisoning eating Tope at tea time and ended up at the Portland naval base hospital and we also boarded a frigate called HMS APOLLO on a day visit to the naval base great times
Those old narrow roads and houses were far nicer ,just as where I live the old buildings are mainly gone , the character is destroyed, so sad the field has a road , not many areas with no roads on the UK now. Terrible
I think it is the same everywhere now. Are people more happy nowdays ? I am not sure. Problem is dehumanisation, both in work and in society, cause of excess of consumer society. Jacques, from france.
Thank you for this video. Any pics of Weymouth Grammar School at the Alma Road/Holland Road, Westham site? Last time I was there the school buildings, and I think the adjacent South Dorset Tech buildings had all been demolished and replaced by tightly packed housing. I attended WGS 1954-60 and conducted Southern National buses in Weymouth there in summer 1960, which gave me a fair knowledge of the area. But while I enjoyed identifying lots of your views, there were quite a few I couldn't place. I've subscribed in the hope of finding more.
Hi Clive, unfortunately I do not have any photographs of that era or time, I will though happily do some research and get together some information on your request.
@tecdessus Yes, thank you. There's not much. I joined (actually re-joined) the Old Students but haven't been contacted. So be it. I lived in and around Weymouth 1954-68 and 1975-91. Might we have met? Stay well. Clive.
we`ve holidayed in weymouth on quite a few occasions,we last went there after the alterations etc for the olympics water sports and several people say they ruined it.do you think this?
Absolutely ruined the area, we have been left with a road system that needs overhauling, in one junction you must be a local to understand the chaos that unravels before your eyes. Seen tourists and locals come a cropper on it, 2 people sadly have passed away just off it due to its madness. The only saving grace with the Olympics in 2012 was we finally got a decent road into and out of Weymouth, the rest... is crap.
Patti Smythe Neque haec spes salubriora oculorum meorum tibi anglicus nisi forte nimia legitur PUKKA Now back to English, the photographs are as you say good though and I love the way that history has been captured.
