When I was young, I used to see my parents discussing the latest obituary in their daily paper. People I had never heard of but who clearly meant something to them and were in the main spoken of with love…
I don’t think there can possibly be one person in our community today that has not felt the weight of last night’s announcement or the anxiety that it will inevitably bring and my thoughts are with you. It is now…
Christmas as we all know is a time for family, friends, food, giving and sharing. Being able to see my grand daughters open their presents on Christmas morning has to have been one of the highlights of the year for…
Earlier today the Government announced that the Dorset Council area will go into Tier 3 (Very High) from 00:01am on Thursday 31 December. A strain of coronavirus has already reached Dorset according to new data – and could have been in…
As a child Christmas meant the mysterious delivery of presents down the chimney into my sack and the excitement of tearing off wrapping paper to see what Santa had brought me. Later in life the pleasure of watching my own…
I have never been more proud to be a citizen of Bridport than over the past week. REASON 1 On Monday evening BBC Spotlight South West included a feature about Bridport in its evening news broadcast. It was it is…
Shop Local is the big message nationally this Christmas and what better place to do it than Bridport. On Wednesday I spent the day with BBC Spotlight South West reporter John Henderson filming and interviewing people around the town for…
I suspect that like me your initial reaction on hearing that Dorset was to be placed in Tier 2 when the Lockdown is lifted on 2nd December was one of incredulity. We have been extremely successful in keeping the number…
One of the projects undertaken by the Bridport Heritage Forum to commemorate the centenary of the The Great War, was the development of a ‘Wild Flower Meadow' in Jellyfields Nature Reserve, Walditch. The meadow would be a living, tribute to…
On the morning of Wednesday 11th November I was delighted to take part in the launch of the Bridport Business Awards 2021. The Covid-19 lockdown meant that the event had to be a virtual one. It was hosted by Rick…