Mayor’s Blog 126 This week : St James’ Care Home, Bridport Folk Festival revival, St Mary’s Park Run, Bridport hosts French Twinning visit, Yeovil Civic Service. St James’ Care Home We were invited to the open day at St James’…
Mayor’s Blog 123 Lots of “B”s this week: Bikes, Bins, Bees, Bee Friendly Bridport, Bridport Chamber Orchestra, Ian Bark kindly helped out this week due to my full diary and he has contributed two items for the Blog at the…
BLOG 116 – PORTLAND CIVIC DAY, SUSTAINABLE BRIDPORT, CHANGING PLACES, HARBOUR HOUSE, DORSET CRIME RATE & more PORTLAND CIVIC DAY I find Portland a really fascinating place and whenever we have visitors it is one of the places we tend…
BLOG 105 – CLIMATE ALARM BELLS, COMMUNITY CHEST AWARD, BEST DRESSED WINDOW AWARD, AND THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD WASSAIL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT ALARM BELLS ARE RINGING EVER LOUDER The following news reports, taken from the BBC News website this week, are…
BLOG 100 I can’t believe this is Mayor’s Blog 100. Looking back it is interesting to see the range of topics that have been covered and the number of people and places I have been privileged to meet and visit.…
Bridport Hats, Youth, Green Week, Greta’s Sculptures, Orange Trucks and Magic Tenners. The past ten days have taken us through a roller coaster of emotions and thoughts, initial shock and disbelief on hearing of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II;…
A Parched Land, Public Space Protection Order, Green Week Poetry and more Bridport’s Great Big Green Week Bridport’s Great Big Green Week is scheduled to take place between September 24 and October 1. As part of the run up to…
Bridport History Society Birthday Celebration and the Bridport – St Vaast Twinning Association Visit Bridport History Society – Birthday Celebration The Bridport History Society was founded in 1995 to promote interest in and research into all aspects of local history and wider…
It’s all about Community Over the past week or so I have been reminded of the importance of community. Events that have been held in Bridport, many of which I have been thrilled to have been able to attend, have…
Creating A Storm What a week – Bridport has been battered by a series of storms, with ‘Eunice’ being the most destructive, lately. Apart from a few nights of noisy window rattling fortunately I was not really affected by the…