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Bridport Museum Events

Bridport Museum Re-opens on Saturday 19th March 2016 Come and pay us a visit and have a look at our displays! Our … Read more…

Basic Income

Could free money for everyone promote resilience?

More and more people on all sides of the political arena are talking about the idea of a Citizens’ or Basic Income. This is an income unconditionally granted to everyone, without means test or work requirement – a form of minimum income guarantee. In a world where there are no longer enough full-time jobs, the idea of paying everyone a basic income to every citizen as a right will promote cooperative working, creativity, adult education and flexibility in the labour market.

Broadwindsor Shop is Three

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Broadwindsor Community Stores celebrates its 3rd birthday this Saturday, 5 March.

The shop continues to go from strength to strength and during the year has added Paypoint to the range of services available. This service has proved to be a great success with customers being able to pay their utility bills, top up prepayment keys and much more.

The celebrations will start at 10am through until noon. Local Chinese food producer Etangs will be cooking samples of their full range for customers to taste, and manager, Stephen Jarvis will be providing some new items from the in-store Bake Off range for tasting.

Allotment / Veg Patch Available

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Opportunity for someone to share our veg garden. It’s about 1/8 acre (500m2) and has a polytunnel and a green house, we … Read more…

BEM for Riverside Owners

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Janet and Arthur Watson, co-owners of The Riverside Restaurant, were surprised and thrilled to both be awarded the BEM in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to the Hospitality Industry in the South West .

Below is a transcript of the award ceremony held at The Riverside last Saturday 12th December 2015 which was attended by friends, family and colleagues.The award was made by Angus Cambell, The Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset.

Late Night Shopping

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Christmas Kindness

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Dot’s Mission to Help the Homeless

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A young lady from Bridport has come up with an idea to raise funds for the homeless. This is her story:

“This Christmas I have put together a Christmas Card design to raise funds to help the homeless in Bridport and West Dorset.

I have felt very upset seeing homeless people on our streets. There is no reason why anyone in this country should be homeless. It upsets me to think of people without a home when it’s cold and wet and I don’t want to be one of those people who walks by without helping.

December in Broadwindsor

Moscow Drug Club

11 December at Broadwindsor Comrades Hall
Tickets £9 from 01308 867638 or 01308 868582
BAR AVAILABLE

Moscow Drug Club is a curious place, where elements of 1930s Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo tango and Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few drinks and stagger arm in arm into the darkness of some cobbled street in eastern Europe, on a mission to find the bar where Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local Tziganes…

Refugees, Immigration, Racism

Autonomy Films present Refugees, Immigration, Racism. Amidst press-generated hysteria, this is an evening to separate facts from prejudice. A short film about … Read more…

A talk by Dr Lewis Dartnell

2.30pm Saturday 14 November Dr. Lewis Dartnell is a research scientist, presenter and author. He is currently a UK Space Agency research Fellow at the University of Leicester, working in the field of astrobiology and the search for microbial life on Mars. As a celebrated author, Dartnell has won prizes from The Daily Telegraph, Oxford University Press, New Scientist and Times Higher Education.

Climate Change Discussion

Climate Change Discussion in Bridport with Oliver Letwin MP

Come to a public meeting with your West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin and bring your questions or concerns.

This open meeting is a follow-up to the Climate Change lobby of Mp’s in Westminster in June and it precedes the UN Climate Change talks in Paris (November/December) and the Climate Change March in London on November 29th.

Local History Day

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September Events

This listing contains a selection of events taking place across West Dorset this month. For full event information pop into your local … Read more…

Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss

There will be a FREE taster session on Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss at Bridport Community Hospital on Tuesday 15th September 2-4pm. … Read more…

Melplash Show 2015

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The 2015 Melplash Show takes place on 27^th August 2015 from 8am – 6pm at the showground on West Bay Road.

A full day of entertainment for all the family! The one day agricultural show not to be missed! There is so much to see and so much to do that early arrival is recommended.

Bridport Through War and Peace

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Bridport Carnival 2015

The Bridport Carnival takes place on Saturday 15 August with a grand procession through the town, starting at 7.00 pm from West … Read more…

Bullshit Baffles Brains

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Bullshit Baffles Brains – New book launched telling veterans’ story for the first time

The latest book by Dorset author Christopher Jary has been launched at a reunion of the Dorset Regiment Old Comrades Association.

The book entitled Bullshit Baffles Brains follows the success of They Couldn’t Have Done Better (The Story of the Dorset Regiment 1939-67).

This time Christopher Jary has teamed up with Dick Eberlie – who served as a subaltern with the 1^st Dorsets in Hong Kong 1952-53 – and together they have written the untold story of the veterans.

Nature Rocks

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Nature Rocks is back in West Bay for another year, offering three days of family fun and an opportunity for people to engage with the coast, their natural environment and local history. It will run from 11-13^th August at The Salt House and its surrounding lawn.

Appearing this year will be popular paper mache artist Darrell Wakelam, creating a “Cabinet of Curiosities” over three days in the mould of famous Bridport scientist Dr. Roberts. Members of the public can chip in and add their own hand-made curios to the cabinet.

Let There Be Light

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The Lyric Theatre is raising funds to restore and reinstate the beautiful arched windows in the auditorium and to make the good the ones on the front of the building. They have launched a campaign on line but are also looking for support and donations. The online campaign has a short film about the state of the windows and the good work that The Lyric does to support people who want to access the performing arts at a local level and also for many professionals who need a space in which to create and present their work. View it here http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/let-there-be-light/

Support Bridport Museum

Two Fun Ways to Support Bridport Museum’s Redevelopment Plans

There is still a lot of work going on behind the scenes at Bridport Museum as they prepare to submit their second application to the Heritage Lottery Fund later this year. The team have been working closely with the architect and designer on the proposals which will be submitted in the hope of securing the rest of the funding for the proposed £1.2 million redevelopment.

The team would like to thank all those who have already supported the redevelopment plans – particularly those who have contributed to the consultation events and online survey. To maintain momentum and profile of the application, the Museum team has recently launched two exciting fundraising ideas in which everyone can get involved:

People-Powered Economics

Talk on People-Powered Economics – David Boyle

David Boyle will be giving a talk on aspects of Community Economics and Empowerment, on Thursday 18 June, at St Johns Ambulance Hall, Rax Lane, Bridport. The evening will start at 7pm with a presentation by Pete West.

Reverence or Reason in an Ecological Crisis?

This is the opening event of Just Press’ mini-festival of dissenting ideas, consisting of two short lectures:

Lucy Goodison – If God Were a Tree
Horatio Morpurgo – Climate and Culture: Twin Tipping-Points

Wednesday 17th June, 7.30 for 8pm, W.I. Hall, North Street, Bridport
(£4 entrance, drinks and food available)

BEM Award for the Riverside

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Jan and Arthur Watson, co-owners of The Riverside Restaurant, were surprised and thrilled to both be awarded a British Empire Medal in … Read more…

Legal Intern Sought

The CENTRE FOR CRIMINAL APPEALS is looking for a volunteer intern to assist in working to overturn miscarriages of justice from early SEPTEMBER 2015. The placement is in a home office in Symondsbury, near Bridport, working under the supervision of a lawyer who specialises in criminal appeal cases. This is a unique opportunity to gain experience in document analysis, case investigation, paralegal skills and the criminal justice system.

Share a Care Café

National Carers Week. Tuesday 9th June, 10am-12.30pm at Bridport Arts Centre

“Walking into the Living Tree, well, it’s the best thing we ever did,” says Brenda Knight.

Brenda and her husband Alan live in Whitchurch Canonicorum and they’ve both been treated for cancer. “As a wife or a husband you get on and deal with it, you don’t think of it as a being a carer. But in fact you are.” That realisation is sometimes difficult, knowing that you’re in charge of everything as Brenda explains. “At the Living Tree Alan would be happily chatting away with members of the group and I’d be meeting up with the friends I’d made there. It was like being off duty for an afternoon and I came to see I really needed that break.” Brenda also valued the practical advice she received at the meetings. “There was always someone who could suggest where to look for help, even if it was for gardening. You need to feel that you’re still on top of life’s everyday things and the Living Tree helped me achieve that.”

Flowers of Freedom

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Four Horsemen

In this documentary 23 global thinkers – many of them ignored by mainstream media – break their silence about how the world really works, catalysing a debate about the whole system and the solutions we urgently need.

Battle of Hill 60

1^st May 2015 sees the 100^th anniversary of a tragic episode in World War I involving men of the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. On 1 May 1915 the Dorsets were holding part of the front line near the Belgian town of Ypres at Hill 60, a large spoil heap from the construction of the nearby railway cutting. It was a fine sunny day and the enemy was unusually quiet until around 7.15 p.m. when they opened a severe bombardment. And then, before the sentries could give the alarm, thick clouds of gas were shot out of cylinder nozzles from the German trenches. Company Sergeant-Major Ernest Shephard said in his diary entry for Saturday 1 May: