Come along and watch the grand unravelling/rollout of Bridport's longest scarf!! Raising funds for Bridport Community Kitchen, the scarf will begin its unravel at 10am on Friday 26 April at the kitchen and make its way up to the Town…
Mayor’s Blog 144 Armistice Day, Remembrance Parade, Carnival Thank You Party, Asker Meadows Nature Trail Plan Armistice Day The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations, began at 11am…
Mayor’s Blog 136 This week: Bridport & District Gardening Club, Christchurch Civic Day, Bridport’s longest scarf! Bridport & District Gardening Club Harvest Competition I was honoured to receive an invitation to present the prizes at the annual Gardening Club Harvest…
Mayor’s Blog 131 This week : Rationing to Rock ‘n’ Roll, West Bay Day, Lyme Regis Civic day, Mayoress report, Upcoming engagements. Rationing to Rock ‘n’ Roll On Saturday morning the rain finally gave it a rest and so I…
Blog 120 – Your New Mayor, Mayor Making, Community Charter Fair, Bridport Arts Centre 50th Anniversary, the New Elizabethan Singers, Neil Barnes’ Shop, and Heritage Walking Routes Hello from your new Mayor! I felt that I should continue the Mayor’s Blog…
BLOG 119 – Coronation Weekend, Coronation Windows, ‘From Street to Sea’, Bridport Bowling Club Centenary and Mayor Making DORSET CIVIC SERVICE TO MARK THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III On Friday, Anne and I attended the Dorset Civic Service to…
BLOG 112 – SPRING SHOW, ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, NOYE’S FLUDDE and more This is my favourite time of the year. The arrival of the spring equinox means that the hours of daylight are greater than the hours of darkness once…
BLOG 102 – ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS & MORE Walking home through town a couple of evenings ago after attending a mayoral event I was struck by how cheerful our high streets are looking. The big…
Restart a Heart, Litter, NHS, Drawing, Young Film-makers, TEDx and Calendar Boys! ST JOHN AMBULANCE – RESTART A HEART DAY On Saturday 16 October, an alliance of partners all over the world (including UK Ambulance Services, Universities, and other charitable…
We Mourn The Queen and Welcome King Charles III We are living through a period of time, which although we knew would happen one day, we never imagined it actually happening. The events of the past few days are something…