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Key Dates in Weymouth for 2010
Spirit Of The Sea 3-16th July 2009 - Celebrating the area's close relationship with the sea, the festival brings together a range of sporting activities, cultural events and entertainment.
Weymouth Carnival 18th August 2009 - A day of fun packed entertainment including aerial displays, the Grand Procession and family packed beach events.
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The History
In 1571 Elizabeth 1st granted a Royal Charter to unite Weymouth with Melcombe Regis and they became a borough. The Kinley was originally in Melcombe Regis but after the charter we are all in the beautiful Jurassic Coastal Bay of Weymouth which has been called Englands Bay of Naples. When Melcombe Regis existed its claim to fame was that this was where the Black Death entered England in 1348 which bought Rats and flees into the town.
We have moved on since then and the only animals in Weymouth now on the beach are the donkeys and dogs at certain times of the year. Unfortunately we are unable to take dogs or donkeys !! ( unless guide dogs ) as we have two very friendly Burmese Cats.
Weymouth suffered badly during the English Civil War approx 1645 and there can still be seen the a cannon ball embedded in the wall in Maiden Street underneath a window.
In 1789 King George 111 paid his first visit to Weymouth taking his first dip in tthe sea at Weymouth Bay using one of the first Bathing Machines - a similar one of which can be seen by the side of his statue on the Esplanade.
The Railway arrived in Weymouth in 1857. The old station was of Isambard Kingdom Bruel design and was extended to Portland in 1865.
Nothe Fort was built in 1860 as part of Englands Coastal defences and completed in 1872.
The Clock Tower on the Esplanade was erected at the of King Street to mark Queen Victorias Jubilee in 1887.
The Pavilion was opened in 1908 but destroyed by fire in 1954. It changed its name to the Ritz and then back to the Pavilion. The new Pavilion opened in 1960.
Weymouth was heavily involved in both the 1st and 2nd World Wars. A memorial was erected
to commemorate the embarkation of thousands of troops and vehicles to France at the end of the 2nd World War.
We are now looking forward to a new and exciting development on and around The Pavilion for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Weymouth always has and always will boast a safe beach for children with golden sands leading in a pebble beach towards Preston. The water is shallow and suitable for all ages.
