There are certain buildings in and around Weymouth which I have passed on so many occasions in my lifetime that they just become yet another invisible part of the scenery, you no longer really see them…not properly. One such grandiose building stood down towards the bottom end of Dorchester Road, an imposing building which towered tall behind its…
Tag: Sidney Hall
Sidney Groves Memorial Hall; 1900-1987.
One of the beautiful old buildings that Weymouth lost during a period of modernisation was what was locally known as the Sidney Hall, this intricately styled building sat in pride of place along the harbourside where Asda car park now stands. There is a tragic family history that laid behind the building of this hall. The…
VICTORIAN TALES FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND 