Hello from your new Mayor! I felt that I should continue the Mayor’s Blog that our outgoing Mayor, Ian Bark started. So here is my first ever Blog which covers the Community Charter Fair, our Mayor Making ceremony, and my…
DORSET CIVIC SERVICE TO MARK THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III On Friday, Anne and I attended the Dorset Civic Service to mark the Coronation of King Charles III held in Sherborne Abbey. Along with Mayors and Civic Leaders from…
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2024 Across much of the country local elections were held on Thursday, but not here in Dorset. It will be our turn in twelve months time when the people of Bridport will go to the polls to elect…
PORTLAND CIVIC DAY I find Portland a really fascinating place and whenever we have visitors it is one of the places we tend to take them. There is something about its no nonsense mix of rugged beauty and rich heritage…
A stroll into Bridport on a lovely, sunny, April Saturday morning and the pavements were packed with people browsing the over 100 market stalls, sitting out enjoying a coffee and meeting and greeting friends. All along East Street, West Street,…
BURROUGH HARMONY CENTRE - receives National Lottery funding The Burrough Harmony Centre, Bridport’s mental health and wellbeing centre, is celebrating after being awarded £299,086 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the…
WHAT DOES EASTER MEAN TO YOU? Before I retired from full time employment the Easter weekend was always greatly looked forward to. It is the first Bank Holiday weekend of the year and falls at a time when the days…
FROM STREET TO SEA 5 Two days after celebrating the coronation of King Charles III, we are all being urged to dedicate some time on the additional bank holiday on Monday, May 8 to volunteering. This is to honour the…
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 again and spring is definitely with us. On a walk to Jellyfields…
Something of a Magnum Opus I'm afraid this week due to me giving myself a week off to celebrate hitting three score years and ten! ENVIRONMENT SERVICE IN BRADPOLE & ECO CHURCH On Sunday 5th March I attended a special…