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A tribute to Bill Bartlett, Symondsbury Mummer

BILL BARTLETT, a great Dorsetman, passed away in late July 2011.

I was privileged to shoot an interview with him at Eype on the Dorset coast about his involvement with the Symondsbury Mummers – how the tradition was revived in 1950 and particularly about the film of the Mummers made by the late Peter Kennedy in 1952.

“Yes, yes, yes”: Last chance to see Dorset thriller Dope Under Thorncombe with live music

Dope Under Thorncombe is a feature film about drug smuggling in West Dorset. It was shot in the late 1930s, mostly at West Bay and along the coast, though some scenes were filmed inland, such as the gunfight at Eggardon Hill. The producer was Bridport man Frank Trevett, who inspired his friends and family to [...]

Musical premiere for West Bay melodrama

COMPOSER Rachel Leach has created a dramatic score to bring to life a silent film made in Bridport in the late 1930s. Dope Under Thorncombe, a melodrama based around West Bay, was made by local people under the direction of amateur filmmaker Frank Trevett. His daughter, Vivienne Smith, pictured with the camera that captured the [...]