These pictures were all snapped in Dorset in the 1980s ... Read more: These shops from the 1980s are bound to bring back old memories Included in this selection of pictures are large chains ...

The pictures here show some of the old shops in the ara. And although the buildings may still be there, the businesses that once occupied them have changed.

The VG Shop was in Portland Road, Wyke Regis, and was the go-to destination for food shopping in the area. These images - which were taken in the 1960s - were shared with the Dorset Echo archive by ...

This huge fire hit the Infants School in West Street, Bridport on November 12, 1906. The picture was originally shared with the News by Bob and Mariko Speer of the Sanctuary Bookshop in Broad Street, ...

THESE old Dorset school photos were taken 17 years ago in 2008. This is the first part of a series of 2008 old Dorset school photos we'll be running across the next four weeks. See if you can ...

THESE old Dorset school photos were taken 18 years ago in 2007. See if you can recognise yourself or anyone you know, perhaps a family member or a friend, in these pictures. Click into our photo ...