Bridport artists & makers offer Eype surprises
ARTISTS and makers from around Bridport are holding an exhibition at Eype Centre for the Arts this Saturday and Sunday (July 3 from 10.30-6, July 4 from 10.30-4). It will, says Marion Taylor, be “a fantastic combination of exciting art, quality crafts and superb food in a glorious setting.” Now, Marion is one of the [...]
New Bridport waste transfer station planned for Autumn 2013
SO, in the end, after flocking in at the rate of two a minute, more than 400 people went to Bridport Town Hall to discuss the seven sites short-listed for a new waste management centre in the Bridport area. Dorset County Council’s exhibition about the sites answered some urgent questions, but raised others. THE MUNICIPAL [...]
Two visitors a minute at Bridport waste transfer show
HUNDREDS of people from the Bridport area have been shunning the hot weather in favour of such hot topics as vermin, odour, traffic, planning context, and nature conservation. Yes, Dorset County Council’s exhibition about possible sites for the future location of Bridport’s waste management facility has been pulling in the crowds. The show in Bridport Town Hall attracted about 230 people [...]
Bridport waste transfer station exhibition – NOWTS’ view: ‘It’s endgame time’
Editor’s Note: Steve Spear is a member of the pressure group NOWTS, formed in Bradpole to campaign against Dorset County Council’s idea of putting a Waste Transfer Station (WTS) at Gore Cross. What follows below is a lightly edited version of a piece issued for general distribution, and it makes some interesting points, particularly about Lilac Farm, previously written about [...]
Bridport: Has a site finally been found for a new waste transfer station?
A FORMER dairy farm could become a new household recycling centre and waste transfer station for the Bridport area. Lilac Farm, which lies just east of Bridport off the A35, is to be evaluated in depth by Dorset County Council’s independent planning consultants, Nicholas Pearson Associates. The county council has spent years – and hundreds of thousands of [...]
West Dorset General Election: A Political Masterpiece
A SHORT film for the 2010 General Election campaign in West Dorset has been made by David Partridge of the Bridport Peace and Justice Group, and the Eype-based film-maker Dave Young, whose recent film about the Electric Palace in Bridport was popular on The Guardian website. Political Masterpiece stars Mr Partridge – and well, you [...]
D-Day Dorset: Bridport to honour US fighters
DORSET’s role in the run-up to D-Day will be remembered when members of the World War Two Living History Association encamp near Bridport at the end of May. It’s 66 years since the US 1st Infantry Division left Dorset to invade Europe and defeat Hitler. The event at The Hyde in Walditch has two aims: to honour [...]