Two Romany caravans, with accompanying horses, spent last week on the verge on the Burton Road at the end of the West Bay bridle path.

The horses have been one of the greatest traffic calming devices I have seen in a long while.

They have the added bonus of providing adequate manure for local rose growers.

Planning for the Bonfire on the Beach (run by West Bay Days) is proceeding well and this year will see even better arrangements that particularly take the traffic into account.

If you can spare some time on the evening of Saturday, October 27, between 5pm and 9pm to help in this extremely popular event, please contact westbaydays.org.uk.

All offers of help will be appreciated.

Amid a strong breeze on the previous Sunday the seasonal bunting around the harbour was taken down.

This marks the end of the season in some ways, but we may yet enjoy an Indian summer.

This year marks the formation of the Royal Air Force.

Last Sunday the local Royal Air Force Association gathered for Battle of Britain Sunday, marking the conflict in the Second World War.

Standards were paraded at the service which took place in St. John's Church.

Now the search is on. Of the six men remembered on the War Memorial in St. John's Church absolutely nothing is known of Herbert Gush or Alfred Oliver except to say that the latter is believed to have served in the Royal Navy.

It would be wonderful to have the service records of these two men available to us before the six silent soldiers are placed on Harbour Green from November 1-15 this year.

If any readers can help with tracing either their service history or any known relatives it would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted on philpiringer@aol.com.

Thank you