Bridport-based arts and heritage specialist Crystal Johnson explains why she’d like you to share any knowledge you might have about Dorset’s historic connections with artists. FOR CENTURIES Dorset’s landscapes have inspired authors, poets, scientists and artists. More than 40% of the county is classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), including virtually the [...]

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.

Mission: To promote an understanding of and engagement with local industrial heritage and history, its place in people’s lives, its national and international impact and context THE PROPOSED project will restore and renovate the Literary and Scientific Institute in East Street, Bridport, as a discovery centre for local industrial heritage and history. The building will be [...]