Refugee Week, and more
Refugee Week Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Founded in 1998 and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June, Refugee Week is also a growing global movement. Through a programme of arts, cultural, sports…
Biodegradable Pants!
St Mary's Primary School - Edible Garden St Mary's Primary Schools Edible garden hosted an open after school event last Friday and I went along to see how it is progressing. When I arrived the garden and field beside it was thronged with children and their parents sampling the food…
Bridport Food and Beer Festival 2022, The Plot and Gordon Court
The fantastic Bridport Food and Beer Festival, organised by Bridport Local Food Group, is back even bigger and better on Asker Meadow this weekend. The scaled down event last year on Millenium Green was a great success but nothing beats the all singing and dancing event we will have here…
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and more …
The recent extended Bank Holiday weekend marked the official celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Alongside Bridport Town Crier John Collingwood, I have had the honour of carrying out some of the formal acts of celebration plus visiting numerous other ‘street party’ and picnic events: The Proclamation…
Becoming Mayor Again, Magic Tenners and the Queens Platinum Jubilee
I would like to begin this week’s Blog by thanking my fellow Town Councillors for electing me to serve this, my third term as Bridport’s Town Mayor. It is without doubt an incredible honour and a privilege to serve as Mayor of this wonderful town and I am deeply humbled…