Exploring An Abandoned Bowling Alley Full Of Memories

Friday nights started in here, then on to old rectory, lazy lizard, Harry’s.. great era to have grown up in Weymouth

Me and friends used to have our birthday parties here all the time when we were kids. Once we turned 18 it was still open so we’d always start our night there before heading into Lizard, T-Bar for drinks. Shame so many places have shut down. Thanks for the throwback

Got some memories down they Niel and Dan😊. From Whitey

I remember when it was called lakeside

I’m from Weymouth have so many memories here when I was a kid

Fond memories of this building, both as Texas DIY and of course the bowling alley. Not read the comments, but the coin is a Spanish peseta, which was their currency before the Euro took over. Great video, thank you.

So many haopy memories here for me with my kids and other family members. Such a shame 😢

Would make an amazing boom battle bar for anyone who’s been to one! Beer pong, axe throwing, virtual darts, crazier golf, shuffleboard, pool tables, cocktails and DJ’s! The clipper would also be a good location for one of these! Sadly “temporary car parks” and “luxury” flats will probably get the deciding vote 😔😔 So sad to see how what our town has become, it could be soooooo much better!

I remember going here when I WayVally school for are P.E. Lesson and being able to go home straight afterwards. I also remember going to a kids birthday party at the alley. Balls and Harley set up. I’ve got a photos of my son at the bowling alley hoping that one day I’ll be able to take him properly. He was only about one at the time.

Miss this place so much! My stepdad ran it from the time it closed down! that’s also where I got my first work experience 😅

I live in Dorchester and went there for a lot of birthdays and the like over the years, good memories. Really cool to see it again if a bit sad. Thank you!

Used to enjoy going there, but I expected it to close tbh. They seemed to do zero maintenence. Having to wait 10min every other bowl for them to fix the lane just killed it.

The layout of the front changed over the years. I remember first going not long after it opened in the late 1990s. The bowling shop was in half of the glass front. The bar was on the opposite side to where it was when it closed. There was disco/party area in the area in front the toilets. The toilets were the back up toilets. That is why they stank all the time. The main toilets were where the kitchen ended up. I loved going there, more so as an adult. I was sad to play games on my own but it gave me something to do. The price was good too. When it closed, it did come as a shock to everyone. I remember talking to a member of staff before the roof fell in that the roof was bad and needed money spent on it to fix the roof but owner of the building at the time, which wasn't the local council, didn't want to spend the money to fix it. It is a sad loss to the town of Weymouth as there isn't much to do anyway. Weymouth does need something like this in the town again.

I’m from. Dorchester,Always remember having many nights out here,thank you for sharing!real shame its closed,x

I used to bowl here competitively and worked at the bowl from about 2012-2015 That first room upstairs was actually a storage room and a former kids party room (hence the decor). The second was, as you said, a staff room. The last one was the managers office, but we all spent so much time in there bugging them it may as well have been another staff room!

Upstairs In the staff area, that used to be an area for kids birthday parties, I remember having one there!

I live in Weymouth and I used to love bowling there and I’m going to miss bowling alley

Thanks for having me along mate. Great to see!

Im from Weymouth I remember when it was called Lakeside me and my brother cleaned it every day.

I remember when it was Texas, there was a spooky shed in the car park that a homeless man lived in. Then it was lakeside. Used to meet up there for a game of pool and cheap drinks before a night out. What a shame they let it go to ruin.