In this last post of my walk along the entire length of Weymouth seafront, I reach the harbour, but before that, what were once old brightly coloured beach huts, have now been replaced by swish new wood coloured kisoks, aiming to look like up-turned boats. I’m not sure if I miss the old colourful huts on the beach more than I prefer the new. A little further on an exercise was in progress on the beach, in my case some foreground interest to show the sweep and length of the seafront.
The Pavilion Theatre, (below) was built in 1958. It replaced the original, destroyed by fire in 1954, that one was built in 1908. Another nearby theatre, the Alexandra Gardens Theatre opened in 1924, and I photographed that one burning down in 1993!
The trees that you can see to the right of the theatre are the far side of the harbour. In the image below I’m standing on what was once a train platform, and the theatre is just out of frame on the left. A “boat train” once wound it’s way through the town, under the town bridge, right to the quay where one could walk a few steps and board a boat for the Channel Islands or France. Back in the early 80’s I boarded the Sealink “Maid of Kent” on a school trip for my very first trip “abroad”. The boat went to Cherbourg, it was very rough, we were all sick, refused to eat the burgers in case they were made of frogs legs, and we visited a bell foundry and Mount St Michel. Apart from the school aspect of it, I loved it! I made transparencies with my 126 Ilford Sportsman 50c!
… then a walk back to the car!
S.H.O.U.T. 