Dutch theme park proposed as Dorset tourist attraction
Put an artificial skating rink in the Square, glue a few rooks up in trees and invest in a couple of tons of artificial snow and tourists will flock to Bruegeland in Dorset
How to save Broadwindsor’s pub and shop
IT WOULD appear that the bustling community of Boadwindsor is having problems. Both the shop and the pub in the village [The White Lion] look set to close. Not if The Red Bladder has anything to do with it they won’t. Like a rat-trap closing on its prey my mind snapped on a solution so [...]
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.
Smash plates at Broadwindsor Fun Day
SIMON Emmerson, founder of the international folk band The Imagined Village, will be playing at this year’s Broadwindsor Fun Day this Saturday 11 June. Simon and some of his musician friends will be performing at the event, which has ‘Global Village’ as its theme. Stallholders will be representing countries from around the world as the fun [...]
Marshwood heart attack: Dorset First Responders in action
A perfect example of all the different disciplines – air and ground ambulance teams, paramedic and your local First Responders working together for one person’s benefit. Makes you feel good, doesn’t it?
Folk musician returns to Dorset for Christmas concert
THE LOVELY soaring voice and fiddle of award-winning folk artist Jackie Oates can be enjoyed again in Broadwindsor just before Christmas.
Dare you look through Mrs Gerrish’s Rear Window?
MRS GERRISH’S Rear Window looks intriguing. It’s a thriller and a spoof of the famous Hitchcock film Rear Window; it includes true stories of brushes with the law and music from the era of World War II; and it’s touring West Dorset throughout October. The show’s being put on by the Bristol-based Ministry of Entertainment, [...]