Lush Places: The village flower show
HERE IN Lush Places, it is the day of the village flower show. Car boots are open on the hall forecourt, spilling out dahlias, leeks the length…
Read articleRare Roman camp discovered in West Dorset
TRACES of a Roman camp have been discovered near Sherborne in West Dorset. Aerial photographs taken earlier this summer revealed three sides of a lightly built…
Read articleRed Arrows offer to support Drimpton in 2011
Mike Saunders, chairman of Drimpton Fun Day Trust, reflects on this year’s village event, sadly affected by bad weather, and reveals that the Red Arrows are keen to appear next year.
Read articleUpdated: Opera flies again at Bridport’s Electric Palace
EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS after it first opened the Electric Palace in Bridport is returning to its original purpose: OPERA. Yes, opera. “The building was originally erected for…
Read articleLush Places: all hail to the council’s King Rat
Once upon a time in Lush Places, the village had a problem with rats. They would scurry from house to house, holding parties under the floorboards,…
Read articleIt’s “show us your money” time for Bridport Literary & Scientific Institute campaigners
DORSET COUNTY Council has insisted that Bridport’s historic Literary & Scientific Institute could still house a new centre devoted to the history of West Dorset’s rope and net making industry.
Read articleRevealed: Dorset councils’ website costs
THE LOCAL government website dorsetforyou.com has been redesigned three times in the last five years and costs more than £350,000 annually, according to figures released in…
Read articleBridport Literary & Scientific Institute may be sold
DORSET COUNTY Council is to press for Bridport’s Literary and Scientific Institute to be sold, says the Bridport Area Development Trust.
Read articleDorset pub to sell beer for Euros
THE Bridport Arms in West Bay is to start accepting payment in Euros for beer in response to the record-breaking numbers of German and Dutch tourists…
Read articleNew film celebrates Dorset designer John Makepeace
A FILM about Beaminster’s renowned furniture maker John Makepeace has been produced to celebrate his 50 years at the forefront of British design.
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