Incredible Harry Green Dorset photos of 60s and 70s

They're among the images of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s taken by Dorset Evening Echo photographer Harry Green.As you can see, he had an eye for excellent people photos and his lens captured many of the major happenings in the area.

Some of you might recognise stunt motorcyclist Brian Huddy, whose photograph is here, along with a photo of what we believe to be the 1955 flooding of Weymouth and a picture captioned 'the winter of '78' showing deep snow.

Scroll down to enjoy this third part of the Harry Green photo series.

Broadwey railway station on the old Abbotsbury branch line

This forgotten railway station in Weymouth would later became a builders' yard.

A single rail line ran from Weymouth to Abbotsbury, passing by the long gone Broadwey station.

The GWR line opened in 1885 and great hopes of mineral traffic drove the original construction of the line. These hopes failed to materialise and after a quiet existence carrying local passengers and agricultural produce, the line closed in 1952.

READ MORE: Pictures of 1960s and 1970s Dorset taken by Harry Green

Broadwey station itself opened in 1885 as 'Broadway' but was renamed Broadwey in 1896. In 1913 it was renamed Upwey to avoid confusion with Broadway in Worcestershire!

Although it had a passenger platform, it mainly functioned as a goods depot as the location of Upwey Junction on an embankment made access difficult. There was a goods shed, cattle pens and a 5 ton crane.

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform. The site of the station is now a builders yard with the station building and goods shed still in place.

When the line closed in 1952 it was one of two Dorset branch lines that shut - the Portland branch closed to passenger traffic in March to be followed by the complete closure of the Abbotsbury branch in November.

The Abbotsbury line was a rural backwater that would probably have closed earlier if it had not been for the war and petrol rationing.

Custom House Quay, Weymouth

Donkeys on Weymouth beach

Floods at Chickerell

READ MORE: Life in Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester in bygone days 

Lyme Regis

Motorcylists arriving in Weymouth, late 1970s

Royal Navy off Portland

Vintage bus rally at Lodmoor, Weymouth, 2nd July 1979

Weymouth Esplanade and beach, early 60s

Wheely demonstration by Weymouth’s Brian Huddy, 1970s

Daredevil stunt rider Brian Huddy of Weymouth is remembered for carrying out 'leaps of death' over up to nine cars.

Brian, who died in 2008, would smash through burning caravans on the back of his beloved motorbike.

Wearer of the '222' number, he was described by friend and fellow rider Colin Ayles as a 'true character'.

Brian's fearless stunts wowed crowds locally at the Wessex Stadium, the Big Affair in Chickerell, the Dorset Steam Fair and he even went up to King's Lynn and Bristol to jump cars around different stadiums.

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He achieved these great feats after growing up in a Wyke Regis children's home on Ford's Corner. He went on to become a landscape gardener but couldn't resist a more daring challenge.

A friend, the late George Freeman, dared Brian that he could not jump over a car.

Brian would go on to jump over up to nine cars at a time on his Mako 490 that he was loaned by sponsor and motorbike shop owner Brian Goss in Yeovil.

Mr Huddy even agreed to step in for protege Colin Ayles when the young stunt rider injured his back in an accident in 1981.

But he suffered the same injury in a similar crash and ended up in the same hospital ward as Mr Ayles.

Winter of 78 (February), Weymouth

Dorset was hit by a severe blizzard in February 1978 that left the county isolated and caused major disruption.

THE winter of 1978 is remembered as one of the worst seen in Britain and was the third coldest of the 20th century.

During heavy snowfall, paths had to be cleared for cars – although many most decided to get around on foot instead.

Snowmen stood proudly on almost every street and even the occasional igloo could be spotted.