This card, postmarked
1924, was taken between 1913 the year the Victoria Secondary School
was built (later Weymouth Grammar School, itself recently demolished
to become a housing development) and 1921 when the old Westham Bridge
seen here was replaced.
The reclamation of land alongside Commercial Road had not commenced.
To the right of Westham Bridge can be seen the weir used to control
the water and tides prior to construction of the present Westham Bridge
with the sluice mechanisms built into the bridge.
Many other
landmarks are visible including The Nothe and Harbour entrance, The
Pavilion Theatre, The Royal Hotel and at the extreme left the Tower
of Christchurch at the junction of Park Street and King Street later
to be demolished in the 1950s, To the rear of Christchurch was the
British Restaurant during World War 2 and fondly known to a generation
as 'Cookery Nook'
Views from the
same series and possibly the same flight can be seen at Harbour
and Town
