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Osmington Mills maps
Historic maps of Osmington Mills and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Osmington Mills maps
Osmington Mills area books
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1960s Holidays
My mum and dad had their annual holidays in Weymouth in the late 1950s through to the middle 1960s. My dad worked at Vauxhall Motors in Luton but always went on the train as he did not own a car! My earlist memories of visiting Weymouth was of standing in the corridor of the steam train waiting to get the first glimpse of the sea.
We used to stay in a boarding house in Spa Road which was run by a Bert and Mary Pitman who called their house 'Bermar'. Mary and Bert became family friends and we always met up with another family that came from the Birmingham area. I cannont remember their surnames but they were called Ray and Joan and I remember playing with their son Jefferey. I would love to hear from them if they read this.
I remember the strange sight of all the passengers on the boat train passing through the shops and looking up at them as they transferred to the... Read more
The Floods
I have lived in Weymouth since 1947 when I was 2 years old. In July 1955 one of my brothers was born. This was about a week after a massive thunder storm causing a flood. The water at Westham bridge was a foot deep. It's good to to look at these photographs to see how things have changed.
1962 Vacation - 1968
It was the year before I married that my husband to be and myself went on a vacation to Weymouth. We had a lovely time, the weather was just glorious for us. We always said that when we married we would revisit Weymouth. Well, we did in the year 1968 with our first born she was 4 years old at that time. I remember so well enjoying a day on the beach, and my little daughter had such fun watching Punch & Judy shows. I would like to visit Weymouth again one of these days to relive all those memories of bygone days.
Weymouth - Chapelhay And The Corner of Buxton Road Bombsites
I was only small when we moved to Longfield Road but old enough to remember walking through the bombsites and noticing wallflowers, buddliea and butterflies among the heaps of rubble and being concerned when coming across a fireplace or something that looked like a part of someone`s house.
Wedding Day
My parents were married in this church in June 1943. My father Ernest was in the Navy (based at Portland) and my mother Joan worked as a secretary at Tilleys Garage.
My Memories of Weymouth
I enjoyed the photos of Weynmouth and other memories - I used to visit my aunt and uncle through the 1950s when they ran a hotel right on the quay called The Edward Hotel, now made into apartments I believe. It was right opposite the Alexandra Gardens Theatre and I enjoyed seeing so many summer shows and meeting many stage personalities - I still have two full autograph books to prove it and I am in my mid-seventies now and live on the other side of the world! They were great holidays never to be forgotten though. I made good friends there and still correspond with one who worked at the hotel which makes our friendship 65 years old next year! I have many friends still resident in Dorset and last visited in 2001.
The Wessex Folk Festival
Weymouth is the venue for the Wessex Folk Festival which this year attracted may Morris Sides from around England. We took turns to perform over the three day festival in June and most of the music and dancing was alongside the boats moored downstream from the bridge.
I brought my accordian and played in the Whitethorn Band. We had fine weather on the Saturday of the Festival and there were huge crowds gathered around to watch the women of Whitethorn Morris put on a display of north west clog morris dancing.
However on the Sunday all the performers had to contend with wind and rain which was unpleasant for the musicians and dangerous for the dancers as it made the road surface in Trinity Street slippery. This is a lively Folk Festival and our team of dancers and musicians will want to come again so lets hope the weather is a great deal kinder to us on our next visit to Weymouth!
