
The Market House Inn, Bridport (no, not the Royal Oak)
In the White Lion Inn in Broadwindsor there used to be an old 1904 photograph of East Street, Bridport. Actually looking at the photo it is obvious to a local that it had been taken […]
In the White Lion Inn in Broadwindsor there used to be an old 1904 photograph of East Street, Bridport. Actually looking at the photo it is obvious to a local that it had been taken […]
Do you remember when Dorset claimed to have the smallest pub in England? That was the boast of the Smith’s Arms at Godmanstone. The claim was disputed by other drinking establishments. I never got around […]
I took this picture of three London buses back in 2013. I spotted them parked up in rural West Dorset. The question is why on earth were there three London double decker buses parked up […]
A while back I found the old match box pictured here. The label proclaims ‘Pricerite Safety Matches‘. Pricerite were a supermarket chain. I do not know how many branches they had, or how much of […]
Wandering around the Dorchester branch of WH Smith a while back I spotted on the shelf among the computer publications a book with the title “How to Publish Your Own eBook” written by technology journalist […]
It looks like some wag changed the name of The Bell Inn in Yeovil on Google maps. I took the screen grab shown here at about 10am on Monday 30th January 2017. Instead of The […]
What do you think about the Audrey Hepburn television advert for Galaxy chocolate? Personally I find it creepy. Of course this isn’t the real Audrey Hepburn. The star of films such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s […]
I spotted this blackboard outside a Bournemouth restaurant and had to do a double take. If you are writing Cordon Bleu probably best to make sure letter ‘r‘ cannot be mistaken for a ‘n‘ and […]
Do you recognise this inscription carved in stone above a Bridport doorway? Do you know where it is? The answer is it is at 9 West Street, above the door of the TSB bank branch. […]
I spotted the notice in the photo below in the window of an empty Crewkerne store back in 2013. It was the old Stuart Marsh shoe shop. My warped sense of humour was amused at […]
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