Reviewed: The Royal Oak at Cerne Abbas
Deliberating from the orgy of puddings is difficult, but I opt for bread and butter pudding
Read articleLyme Regis: Maritime history award for Ken Gollop
LOCAL HISTORIAN and Lyme Regis Museum trustee Ken Gollop has been honoured for his contributions to maritime history with an award from the South West Maritime History Society.
Read articleBettiscombe and daffodils
Drifts of daffodils follow the small streams that trickle from under Pilsdon
Read articleReviewed: A night out in Bridport’s new Lidl
IT WAS Saturday evening so I decided to give the long-suffering Mrs Bladder a bit of a night out. I swanned her along to take a look at Bridport’s new Lidl; do I know how to show a girl a good time or what?
Read articleLush Places: Where sanity lies
IN BRIDPORT’S Rural Lidl, there is apparently a police presence as the new store opens. Whether it is as a precaution against irate St Andrew’s Road residents…
Read articleMemories wanted of Bridport Town Hall
We are looking for personal stories about the Town Hall – maybe an event you attended, a remembered detail that’s been replaced, something that happened in the centre of town. Also we would love to see your old photographs or other related items. Unless we capture and collect this information now it will be lost forever.
Read articleMarshwood Vale residents want A35 action to stop traffic snarl-ups
RESIDENTS in the Marshwood Vale want Dorset Police and highways officials to stop the narrow lanes of the vale being rammed with traffic whenever the A35…
Read articleNew curator vows to make Bridport Museum a ‘must visit’ place
EMILY HICKS has begun work as the new curator of Bridport Museum Trust. Ms Hicks first ventured into the world of museums in her early teens when…
Read articleBridport: From Mountfield to the Bunker
I WAS thinking about Bridport Town Council the other day, well, to be honest, I seldom think of anything else. Unless it’s beer. Anyway my mind…
Read articleDorset villagers don’t like roads, rats and ramblers
A list of dislikes from the Marshwood Vale offers a curiously compelling snapshot – “Unemployment, Heavy clay, Some older men” – of modern life in rural West Dorset.
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