Weymouth, Alexandra Gardens 1899
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Photo ref: 43850
Photo of Weymouth, Alexandra Gardens 1899

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The deck-chair audience listens to the band. The view looks across the Pavilion (top left), which became the Ritz Theatre and was destroyed by fire in the 1950s. Behind are the ferry terminal and commercial pier, with a funnel just visible (left centre). Devonshire Buildings and Pulteney Buildings (centre) have those rounded corners that are so characteristic of Georgian Weymouth. They date to the height of the resort's fame, when King George III and his court spent each summer in Weymouth during the Napoleonic Wars.

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A Selection of Memories from Weymouth

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Weymouth

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My first girlfriend went on holiday here in 1955 so I waited impatiently for a letter from her. Lovely memory
Army child and went to eight different schools 1936-1946. There was an all boys school called St Johns at Weymouth. On one of my return trips to my native county from Canada, I was perturbed to see it had been pulled down . I understand it was done just a year inside it's designation as a historical building. In place I saw a building called St Johns bed and breakfast. My year there was 1938 and graphic ...see more
When i left school i wanted to go on yhe stage so my first experance was at the ALEX GARDEN THEATRE, with Peter Powell (Sandy Powells son),Unfortunaly My first husband destroyed my photos of the Panto,(Divorced) and as im writting of my life experances it would be nice if anyone could help me, Iremember being billetedat a lodging in Marine Parade,and having to run out of the theatrewhen the show ...see more
I first visited Weymouth as a small child during the second world war to see my rather strict widowed maternal grandmother who lived at 10 Carlton Road South, within walking distance of the beach. I particularly recall the strong smell of gas in the kitchen and geraniums in the porchway. I have a photo of me dated 1945 playing on the beach with a metal bucket and spade and in the background can be seen two ...see more