South West Quadrant: “If this development goes ahead, my wife and I will never visit Bridport again”
NOT ONE letter sent into the Planning Inspectorate supports the redevelopment of the South West Quadrant of Bridport. The proposed “regeneration” of the area, which includes St Michael’s Trading Estate, is going to be fought over at an appeal hearing in West Bay in January. If landowners Haywards get approval for their scheme, which was [...]
Bridport Trick Factory: A Mum’s view. “If they weren’t doing this, they’d be trashing the house.”
You can see Harriet Laurie on You Tube by clicking on this link GRAPHIC designer Harriet Laurie is one of the leaders of the fight to save Dorset’s only indoor skate park from destruction. The Trick Factory on St Michael’s Trading Estate in Bridport is in danger of being knocked down so that [...]
No what dancing? But that’s just what I wanted…
From dorsetforyou.com’s What’s On listing By Category > Activities/Nature (sports, gardens, walks, trails, wildlife) <http://tinyurl.com/yl6du5u > Flight’s Country Music Club Top class country music banos – no lice dancing – Last Saturday in the month Happy Christmas! (And thank you for this to Trevor Bevins)
“Great coffee can be a work of art”: A Dorset coffee roaster reveals his secrets
A PILE of hessian sacks filled with raw coffee beans are stacked up on a wooden crate in the corner, while a traditional roasting machine churns its first load of coffee of the day, and the bitter-sweet aroma of freshly-roasted coffee fills the air. I almost expect a rugged explorer to come climbing out [...]
Fight to save Trick Factory moves on to Bucky Doo Square and Chapel in the Garden
TODAY is the big day to save the Trick Factory, the indoor skate park in Bridport that’s threatened with destruction by property developers. So says the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith, who lives near Bridport and is now helping to organise the campaign against the park’s shut-down. It’s scheduled for demolition if landowners Haywards get the right [...]
Bridport skate park fans get London law firm to put “fear of God” into developers
A BIG London firm of lawyers has today volunteered to represent the young skateboarders and BMXers of Dorset as they battle to save The Trick Factory in Bridport from being shut down and demolished. The human rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith, best known for his work with prisoners at Guantamano Bay, said: “I suspect that will [...]
Trigger from Only Fools and Horses to read Nobel Prize winner at Bridport Arts Centre
BRIDPORT Arts Centre has just released its Spring theatre programme for 2010 and Trigger’s take on Harold Pinter is officially one of the highlights. Roger Lloyd Pack (aka Trigger) is going to be reading through Pinter’s 1995 play Ashes to Ashes. He’ll appear with Harriet Walter as part of A Pinter Celebration day on January [...]