2p or not 2p; bogger or blogger? Waddon earth! Etc
THIS photograph was sent to me in an email catchlined 2p or not 2p, with the message: “Came across this at Friar Waddon today while on a walk – thought you might appreciate it!…
Memorial to dead worker restored as Beaminster Tunnel set to reopen
THREE DAYS before Beaminster Tunnel first opened to the world in June 1832, one of the men working on it died. William Aplin, a labourer, was killed by “a quantity of earth falling on him in…
Artist 763, corrugated
ARTIST Liz Somerville is opening up her studio in Cattistock this weekend for a Christmas Sale. There’s something about her technique, and her sense of colour, which both captures and recasts the…
Old Bridport to Maiden Newton railway line may become Trailway
ARTICLE UPDATED on November 26, and again on December 5. Watch YouTube video showing train journey from Bridport to Maiden Newton in 1975 by clicking on this link. Note: film is silent WORK may start before Christmas…
Strummer Pink opens in Beaminster, “the buzz town of West Dorset”
“PEOPLE really do enjoy coming to Beaminster and I’m constantly hearing feedback that suggests that Beaminster is the buzz town of West Dorset and certainly this region. It’s good. It’s exciting.” So says…
Take this Sword of Damocles away from our coast, says Dorset Wildlife Trust
DORSET Wildlife Trust claims that 10 oil tankers sitting in Lyme Bay, waiting for oil prices to rise, are “an accident waiting to happen”. Tankers parked off the coast near Brixham are thought to be earning oil speculators £1 million per…
Pilsdon the model for new woodland commune in Somerset
THE WRITER Tobias Jones has sold his house in Bristol and bought 10 acres of woodland in Somerset so that he and his family can set up a commune modelled on the Pilsdon…
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