Have you sat on the long gracefully curving bench in the Tudor Arcade in Dorchester? Did you spot that it forms the shape of a large question mark? And have you wondered how and where it was made? Well it was made locally by Simon Thomas Pirie Furniture who are based at Briantspuddle near Bere Regis,
Sat on my book shelf is large thick paperback volume whose spine reads MY STORY Leonard Studley. The front cover reveals the full title My Story: Of Nigh Eighty Years In The Broadwindsor Area Of The Hill Country Of West Dorset. This book was written by Leonard Studley who was born in December 1909 at
Looking through today’s edition of the Bridport News I spotted a planning applications for both 3 East Street and 9 West Street in Bridport. Being nosey I looked them up on the Dorset planning web page. The one in East Street turned out to be New Look going for a new look. The other one is to change the signage on what is now Lloyds TSB to TSB.
I am naturally suspicious of anything that describes itself as ‘Artisan‘. When did it become such a buzz word? For as long as I can remember to be called a craftsman (or craftswoman) brought respect and something to aspire to. Now that perfectly good term is spurned in favour of the pretentious ‘artisan’, which is
I have driven along the A35 from Bridport to Dorchester countless times over the years. Until recently I had never realised as I went up the hill near Uploders towards Askerswell, past what used to be the Travellers Rest pub, that the junction that turns down Icen Lane towards Shipton Gorge was known as Cuckold’s
Real West Dorset have posted a series of articles and a video about one man’s battle with Dorset County Council over a parking ticket he got in High West Street, Dorchester. I’ve reposted the video below, but it really should be viewed in conjunction with the original articles which can be found at the following