Recently I stumbled upon the British Pathe website which contains loads of their old news stories to view. I came across one piece from 1954 that shows outworkers making nets in a rural setting outside Bridport. Click the image below to go to the Pathe web site to view the short film. Is that a
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I was chatting to a friend the other day about the building work going on to convert 33 West Street, Bridport into some form of Hotel. The subject of the previous occupants of the building, solicitors firm Milne & Lyall, came up, and he said have you read the SRA (The Solicitors Regulation Authority) report
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Aren’t pubs called The Anchor supposed to be by the sea? If so how come Salway Ash, quite a way inland from Bridport has a pub called The Anchor?
Have just spotted this on the Bridport Radio website. There are mock ups of two not too flattering postcards, one from Weymouth, the other Bridport. I’d love to reproduce them here that would be pinching so you will just have to visit this link and see for yourself.
Flicking through The Independant on Sunday today I came across an article titled What ho! Lay out your best tweeds – chaps are dressing up again and there was a brief interview with Roger Snook, owner of our very own Bridport specialist hat shop T Snook of West Street. The link above will take you
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