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Tale behind estate sale

NEW BOOK: Two Days One Summer by Elizabeth Buckler Gale

3:05pm Friday 21st September 2007

IN 1958 Captain George Pitt-Rivers decided to sell the West Dorset section of his estate, which included the greater part of Burton Bradstock and east of the river at West Bay.

Crunch time in Bridport

Gavin Brooking and Mark Teideman

10:55am Monday 10th September 2007

NOW the season of mellow fruitfulness is upon us, branches and brambles heave with berries. In the past, this bounty did more than give the birds something to peck at; the arrival of each new fruit occasioned a burst of activity in the kitchen, as cooks and homemakers transformed it into jam or preserves.

Canaries call in Burton Bradstock

11:14am Thursday 6th September 2007

A CALL has gone out for all former players and officials of Burton Bradstock Football Club.

Healthier plants lead to healthier humans

ORGANIC OPTIONS:  Owners Josephine and Arthur Pearse with Adam and Ellen Simon at Tamarisk Farm, West Bexington

8:14am Monday 27th August 2007

AS I WALK through the door at Tamarisk Farm, and barely before I have had a chance to sit down, I am offered a pear.

Food week partnership

2:02pm Thursday 9th August 2007

A NEW partnership is at the helm of Dorset Food Week this year.

West Dorset people spin some yarns

SPINNING YARNS: Alison MacDermott  talks about life in West Dorset

3:35pm Tuesday 7th August 2007

A PROJECT celebrating the lives and memories of West Dorset people has been unveiled in Bridport.



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