Bridport Foundry railings located just down the road at Charmouth
It seems fitting that these railing supports on Charmouth beach should have been made a few miles along the road at Bridport Foundry.
Dorset Stuff
Leonard Studley’s Story Of Nigh Eighty Years In The Broadwindsor Area
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 […]
Who remembers Bollom Dry Cleaners?
Do you remember Bollom Dry Cleaners? I was reminded of them when I spotted the shop entrance pictured here in East Street, Bridport. The shop name is emblazoned across the threshold. I have seen this […]
A Dorset Apple Cake Recipe From The White House Hotel, Charmouth
I have come across this video showing an apple cake actually being made in Dorset. Here the White House Hotel in Charmouth give away their recipe for apple cake. They make them as individual cakes. […]
Dorset Apple Cake, Titli Nihaan style
Fancy cooking an apple cake? I came across this Dorset Apple Cake on YouTube. In the video Titli Nihann demonstrates her recipe for apple cake in her own entertaining, rather eccentric, style. The recipe is […]
Who was cuckolded at Cuckholds Pit?
Out near Chardstock in East Devon there is a road sign which reads ‘Cuckholds Pit’. It has always amused me. I assume ‘Cuckhold’ is a spelling variation of ‘Cuckold’. Cuckold is a term for a […]
Is the Leakers Bakery sculpture strangely phallic?
Look above the fascia sign for Leakers Bakery in Bridport. Recently a willow sculpture has appeared. It comprises of three different loaves of bread. Now I am sure it is supposed to be perfectly innocent […]
A nice old gold painted glass sign in Bridport
I spotted this glass sign while wandering around Bridport town centre. I thought as a little bit of history it was worth sharing. It proclaims “Nursery and toilet requisites”. Who would use a word like […]
Thomas Hardy’s Wessex Tales filmed in West Dorset in 1973
In 1973 the BBC filmed six Wessex Tales. Wessex tales was based on a collection of short stories written by Thomas Hardy in 1888. They were originally broadcast on BBC2 in November and December of […]
A bit of Bridport history, 26 East Street
Back in 2012 I wrote a short piece about the different shops that had traded from 26 East Street Bridport. At the time of writing the shop was empty. Since then it has been leased […]