Weymouth Civic Society

WCS Annual Awards
2024-06-20 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Nothe Fort, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8UF, United Kingdom
Members are invited to join us for the annual presentation of awards by Weymouth Civic Society.
The categories are:

Built Environment
Arts & Culture
Natural Environment
Improving Lifestyle
Heritage

Talk - Greenhill Gardens - History and Future?
2024-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Pilgrim House, 1 Hope Square, Weymouth, United Kingdom
Talk – Greenhill Gardens – History and Future? Given by Iain Campbell.
There’s no charge for this talk and it’s open to both members and non-members. Donations to the work of Weymouth Civic Society are welcome.
Refreshments available from 6.30pm and the talk is at 7pm.

Talk - The Archaeology of North Quay/High West St.
2024-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Pilgrim House, 1 Hope Square, Weymouth, United Kingdom
Talk – The Archaeology of North Quay/High West St. by Richard O’Connell of Context One Archaeology.
Context One Heritage & Archaeology carried out an excavation in the car park around the former Weymouth and Portland Borough Council offices in the autumn of 2023 as part of the demolition programme for Dorset Council.
The site previously encompassed the historic core of Weymouth town. Following successful community involvement in an archaeological evaluation on the site in 2021, which also spawned an oral history project, Context One proposed a similar community project for the excavation.
Over a 12 week period, more than 80 volunteers, many from Dig the Street community group, took part in a highly successful investigation that produced evidence from the early genesis of Weymouth as a town right up to the 1960s when the High Street was demolished.
Richard will be talking about the initial findings of this unique excavation and what it means for our understanding of how Weymouth may have developed over the last 800 years.
Refreshments from 6.30pm, talk at 7pm.
Donations welcome towards the work of Weymouth Civic Society.

Talk - The Marine Wildlife off Portland
2024-05-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Pilgrim House, 1 Hope Square, Weymouth, United Kingdom
From local wildlife photographer Sandra Stalker.

Sandra is an award winning underwater photographer living and diving on the wonderful Dorset coast. She has been diving for over 24 years, having learned to dive in very poor visibility in Portland harbour in a stormy September. She was inspired by tropical underwater imagery in books and films.
After seeing her first fish on her third dive she realised there was life within our waters. She’s gone on to promote the wonderful array of often overlooked colourful marine life that the Dorset shores have to offer through her photography.
Sandra enjoys the challenges of finding interesting new ways to portray and photograph the local underwater life. She’s has been awarded in Underwater Photographer of the Year and a finalist in Close up photographer of the year, Wildlife photographer of the year, British Wildlife Photography awards and the European wildlife photography awards.
This year she was awarded Most promising British underwater Photographer in underwater photographer of the year.
This talk is about the marine wildlife off the Dorset coast and will be illustrated with Sandra’s photographs.
There’s no charge for this talk and it’s open to both members and non-members. Donations to the work of Weymouth Civic Society are welcome.
Refreshments available from 6.30pm and the talk is at 7pm.
