Mayor’s Log – July 2026
Mayor’s Log Number 3 Wednesday July 1st – Selecting a new Town Crier Today was exciting but also sad. We had four types of advertising for this job, a try out at the food festival, Facebook, Bridport News and I did…
Mayor’s Log covering June engagements
Mayor’s Log Number 2 Friday June 5th – The 6th Battalion, The Rifles. Cocktail evening , Dorchester The CO of The Rifles invited myself and many other Mayors and dignitaries from all over Dorset to this very interesting and informative…
The First Log by Jonathan Bourbon, Mayor of Bridport
Mayor’s Log 1 Bridport Mayor Making Ceremony – 7 May My journey started today when I took over the reins from Anne Rickard who has done a fabulous job for the past 2 years. She certainly will be a…
Blog Number 174 from the Mayor –
Mayor’s Blog 174 April 1, 2026 bridporttc Mayor's Blog 3 March – Meeting of Bridport Charities Bridport’s Mayor is automatically made a Trustee of Bridport Charities – and I have attended their meetings throughout my two terms as Mayor. This…
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5th February – Bridport Pantomime Players perform Jack & the Beanstalk First off for this month was the most wonderful performance from our very own Bridport Pantomime Players of Jack and the Beanstalk, and what a treat this was. Every aspect…
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Mayor’s Blog 165 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…
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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…
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Mayor’s Blog 157 6 September – The Children’s Democratic Republic of Bridport A great big THANK YOU to the organisers! Well this was just ‘something else’! Brought together by The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares – being invited to open this unusual…
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Mayor’s Blog 156 30 July, Opening of Asker Meadows Nature Reserve It was a warm summer evening when I was kindly invited by the organisers of the Askers Meadow Wildlife Reserve team to do an official ‘opening’. So much thought…
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Mayor’s Blog 153 27th June, St James Park Care Home, Bradpole This was a beautiful sunny afternoon and we had the pleasure of visiting St James Park Care Home in Bradpole, a charming place, where we were welcomed by their Home…