Bridport: Cafe Royal up, Tannery Road down?
THINGS are moving on at a rapid pace down at Tannery Road in Bridport.
Bridport: Come off it, Liberal Democrats!
I haven’t heard a cuckoo yet but I have seen the next best thing. A man, a very brave man, canvassing for the Liberal Democrats.
Bridport’s iconic Cafe Royal sold for £260,000
BRIDPORT’s iconic Café Royal has been sold at auction for £260,000 to Nicholas de Savary. UPDATED
Praise for history of Bridport rope and net making
There are few, if any, other places in Britain that have been shaped for so long by one industry as Bridport has been by rope, net and twine. The trade probably dates back to the ninth century. Read Mr Sims detailed book and you’ll never look at Bridport and its surrounding villages in quite the same way ever again.
West Dorset: Have your say on free bus travel
IT SEEMS that all the news is about cuts these days and this is no exception. Money available for bus passes for older people is being significantly reduced. At the moment, responsibility locally…
Icon or eyesore? Bridport’s Cafe Royal to be auctioned (UPDATED)
BRIDPORT’S acclaimed Café Royal is to be auctioned next month, as West Dorset District Council embarks on a plan to raise £1.5 million. The Café Royal is opposite Bridport bus station. Its big-windowed American diner…
A walk on Eype beach
Let’s walk. Underfoot the scrunchy pea gravel scrapes and squeaks. Sudden patches of sand give relief to legs already wearied by trudging on banked and sliding stones. Look closer underfoot – individual pebbles lucent with seawater
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