Posts from the ‘Fizzles’ category

It’s all the fault of Palmers Brewery (allegedly)

The connections between the demise of Bridport Bitter and the weather, IPA and the Middle East.

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Bridport: Idle Thoughts of An Idle Man

There was a popular ditty a few years ago entitled Why does it always rain on me? Well, I’ve worked out the answer. Because you live in Broadwindsor, son.

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The Red Bladder cleans up West Dorset

Watch out all you ne’er-do-wells, footpads and villains! One word from The Red Bladder could earn you a hefty stretch of porridge.

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Your Dorset: A Rant

SO, EVEN in these straitened times, Dorset County Council has still managed to bring us yet another edition of that little belter Your Dorset. A 16-page,…

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Bridport, New Year’s Eve: “Are you The Red Bladder?”

“Are you,” he demanded “The Red Bladder?” When a stranger asks you that it takes your breath away.

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Is this a UFO near Bridport – or just the moon?

DOWNLOADING photographs taken around Bridport over Christmas, I suddenly found myself looking twice at this one, and wondering – what is that in the sky? Could it really be a UFO? Here’s a…

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Bettiscombe and daffodils

Drifts of daffodils follow the small streams that trickle from under Pilsdon

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Bridport: 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…

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Sir Anthony Jolliffe to retire as President of Society of Dorset Men

SIR ANTHONY JOLLIFFE GBE DL DSc has announced that he will retire, after 28 years as President of the Society of Dorset Men, at the annual meeting…

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We’re MAD. Come round to Our House

A HALLOWEEN murder mystery night in Bridport proved a marvellous success for the town’s newest amateur dramatics group. Marvellous Amateur Dramatics (MAD) cast became movie producers,…

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