Memories of the missed Wimpy restaurant in Weymouth

Weymouth Wimpy was in St Edmund Street in the 70s near the Golden Lion before moving into the old Job Centre in St. Thomas Street. The Job Centre then became what is now Prezzos.

The Wimpy bar in St Edmund Street later became a Beefeater bar when Wimpy moved further up St Thomas Street.

This picture shows the Wimpey Weymouth team in their baseball caps, striped shirts and bow ties, holding a copy of the menu. 

The team at the Weymouth Wimpy (Image: NQ) The picture below comes from 1978 and was shared by Michelle Glover.

It shows her outside the Weymouth restaurant with her family - Michelle's not very visible in the photo because she is in her pram! Also in the picture is the iconic Wimpy beefeater mascot.

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Michelle says her favourite thing to eat there was the knickerbocker glory.

Michelle Glover and family outside the Weymouth Wimpey restaurant (Image: Supplied) Stewart Turner says: "I remember the Wimpy Bar in Weymouth back in the early 60s. It was the place to be for us kids."

The picture brings back memories for Georgie Brown, who says: "I could not only visualise being there, I could remember the taste."

Inside the Weymouth Wimpy

Terence Finn loves the memories that have been revived of the Weymouth Wimpy.

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He writes: "I remember it in the mid/late 60s/early 70s.

"There were two grammar school girls who used to work there in the evenings.

"One was Stevie J and the others name escapes me. It was always a good atmosphere and there was never any trouble. Good memories revived with this."

A children's party at Weymouth Wimpy (Image: Supplied) "We used to go to the Wimpy for knickerbocker glories on the last day of the summer holidays every year," Judith Parr writes. 

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"It became a family tradition that we still do at home, nearly 50 years later."

Fun at the Weymouth Wimpy (Image: Supplied) Lilian Cameron remembers: "I remember going there when it first opened.

"I think my boyfriend's pal George Jolliffe worked there. It was brilliant, burger on a bun, with egg fried on the hotplate in a metal circle!

"A great place for us teenagers to hang out!"