Bridport Radio

Bridport boy Richie Cupcake had a brush with death last weekend whilst exploring a derelict church in Essex the stone staircase he was on collapsed sending him plummeting 25 feet to the ground amidst tumbling masonry and ironwork. Richie escaped with multiple cuts, cracks and contusions, his baccy tin fared less well, but saved him from a being stabbed in the chest by a piece of ironwork protruding from the wall. The baccy tin was not the only hero, Bridport Radio member StretchyNuts was on the scene and managed to pull Cupcake free before more falling masonry avalanched down.

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Did anyone notice the diversion signs on the roads to and from Beaminster recently? of course you did, there they were – big ones, small ones, drunks fighting with them over the weekends. Wow, thought this citizen they really must be doing a proper job on that piece of road through Salwayash on up to Broadwindsor which has been only recently so shoddily resurfaced and patched (twice) because of the cheapskates who will not use a fixative in the tarmac so a with bit of warm weather the road ends up sticking to your tyres.

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The Mill, the young peoples’ coffee bar, advice and information centre on the corner of North Street and Rax Lane is in its 12th year.  As a registered charity they rely heavily on volunteers to run sessions and do the fundraising. So they had the idea that if 500 people in Bridport became a ‘Friend of The Mill’ for just £5 per month (or more if anyone chose) our money worries would be over! We could also extend our services further and the People of Bridport would share ‘ownership’ of The Mill.

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The intrepid “Team Dorwest” completed the Coniston Challenge for Guide Dogs on Saturday 2nd September despite having to undertake the three tasks in the most appalling weather they'd experienced in the Lake District for a long time.  They climbed the Old Man of Coniston, cycled through the Grizedale Forest and canoed across Lake Coniston in just over 5 hours and were the 8th fastest team to finish.  The rain didn’t give up at all during the day and the six team members from Dorwest Herbs, based in Shipton Gorge, were all soaked through within ten minutes of starting the challenge.

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Fish out your flood photos! Do you have photographs you would like to share, do you have an interest in extreme weather, do you have a story to tell? Bridport Museum is interested in stories or photographs concerning flooding and extreme weather in Bridport, West Bay and the surrounding area. There will be a short film on show of West Bay Storms in the 1930’s. at The Bridport Arts Centre Saturday 16th of September 11am – 2pm. For futher information please call Alice Martin on 01308 458 703 contact us or leave a comment.

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Have four resident chimney-gulls and two young'ns on our roof in centre of Bridport. In the last year have noticed their presence daily. In fact, they, like me, would probably consider taking a towel or fishing rod to the beach, being so landlocked and townie. I doubt whether they ate fish, or visited the sea more than me this year. I hope I ate less chips than them.

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"I’ve Got My Tooth In My Hand!" The war cry from a stripy topped chav after playing a major part in starting a 12 person brawl on East St Friday. His small sports topped accomplice and their collection of underage friends slunk off as the police car approached 20 minutes after this resident called. The one police sergeant in attendance spoke to an onlooker as one group departed for the oak.

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