Mayor’s Log

4 September - Monique Pasche’s Honorary Townsperson Ceremony A very special and rare event, when a local resident is recognised for the enormous amount of work done in and for the town over a very long time.  It is not…

Saturday 2nd – Teddy-bears’ picnic and crowning Carnival Princess and Attendants on the Millennium Green A delightful event.  Lots and lots of children with all sizes and shapes of teddies, having a wonderful picnic with extra attractions and lots to do…

1st & 2nd July – University of York  We were delighted to be invited to attend and take part in a workshop/conference on Rights Respecting at the University of York.  As still the only ‘town’ which has declared itself to…

6 June – Rotary Club of Bridport – President’s Evening 2025  This was held at The Bull in town.  A formal evening, hosted by the current President where we were invited to their President’s Dinner.  There is so much good…

4 May – Ukrainian Door  Almost my last event as Mayor for 2024-5, was the event to welcome the Ukrainian Door, an actual door from a bombed home in Ukraine which has been lent to Bridport for a while and…

2nd April – Westlands Entertainment Centre, Yeovil  We were kindly invited by the Mayor of Yeovil to a very entertaining evening’s show at this lovely venue, which was a celebration of the huge number of choirs formed within the community…

Hi readers!  So sorry I am very late with these two months worth of Mayoral activities….please forgive me, life, family and other commitments!  7th February – Bridport Pantomime Players – 60th Anniversary!  An excellent production of The Wizard of Oz,…

January 10 – donation to BTC of a very unusual picture My first and very pleasant engagement for the New Year was to gratefully receive a lovely piece of art created by Richard Butterworth, kindly donated to Bridport Town Council…

December Blogs Dear Readers, I must have been visited by some mischievous Christmas elves!  I was adding the last photo to this set of blogs and whoosh!  Everything else I’d prepared just vanished into thin air and was not recoverable. …

1st November November opened with another book launch – this time the brainchild of Sheila Meaney, working within Bridport Heritage Forum on a community project called “A House Through Time”.  This she explained was “The end of chapter one” –…