ALLINGTON COURT BRIDPORT DORSET HOLIDAY RENTAL FOR 21
A former council office in Bridport, Dorset has just been launched as 21 guest holiday manor house. Called Allington Court it has been totally refurbished back to its 19th century style! Located close to the town centre it is perfect for wedding parties, family celebrations or gatherings and also ideal for the corporate and business market too. All 9 bedrooms have bathrooms and there is plenty of outside space and parking for around 12 cars. A games and summer house room too.
STOMPIN DAVE PROVIDES A MUSICAL HISTORY LESSON IN BRIDPORT
He goes under the name of Stompin’ Dave Allen and can be found most Saturdays in the Dorset coastal town of Bridport UK playing his ‘Bluegrass’ and American folk music as he hoofs at the same time!
Stomping out a cheering beat as he flatfoot dances on a small wooden soundboard and plays his fiddle simultaneously to an audience of busy market day shoppers in the town.
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Food & Drink: Dorset Dough Cake
Do you remember Dorset Dough Cake? It used to be made by Smith’s bakery in Gillingham and sold in shops around the county, including Balson’s butchers in Bridport. Read the recipe and method below...
When Peter Smith fell ill in 2006, Smith’s closed and dough cake production ceased. Moores Biscuits in Bridport stepped into the breach and made dough cake for a few months, but there was low demand and they found it was too timeconsuming to continue. For the last five years or so, no one has made dough cake for sale in Dorset on a regular basis.
But now, Yarn Magazine has uncovered a traditional recipe for the cake and Sheila Gilbey, from the Abbots House in Charmouth, shows us how to prepare one.
Ingredients
- 225g (8oz) strong white flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 55g (2oz) butter
- One sachet yeast
- 15ml (5fl oz) water
- 115g (4oz) mixed dried fruit
- 55g (2oz) caster sugar
- teaspoon mixed spice
Method:
Use the ingredients to make a very soft dough, rise, knock back and place in a 6-inch cake tin to rise and then bake at 190°C for 30 to 45 minutes. Cover with paper if necessary to prevent burning on top. When cool, brush with sugar syrup to glaze.
THE DIXIE HERITAGE HOUR - AUG 23, 2019 - Thomas Moore
Dr. Ed talks with Thomas Moore, author of the book A Fatal Mery: The Man Who Lost the Civil War.
An award winning book, wining both the British Bridport Prize for Fiction and the “Chapter One Contest” of the West Cork (Ireland) Literary Festival; the author wrote it while studying at Cork College in Ireland, where he was working on his Master's degree in the History of the Irish Revolution. So it is no surprise that the main character and his family were emigrants to America's southland from Ireland.
Set in the American War of Secession and its aftermath, Drayton FitzHenry is the son of a prominent South Carolina planter. He opposes secession but joins his brothers in the Confederate Army in defense of his state. During the war’s decisive battle at Gettysburg, Drayton commits an act of mercy toward a Union officer which he later discovers probably caused the South to lose the battle. By his act of mercy, he is literally “the man who lost the Civil War.”
Drayton wrestles with guilt and self-reproach for half a century until he travels to Gettysburg in 1913 when 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans returned to the battlefield for a time of national reconciliation.
In addition to discussing the book and its characters, the guest talks about his previous books, The Hunt for Confederate Gold and NO VILLAINS NO HEROES. He also tells us what it was like to work in Strom Thurmond's office for over 20 years. For most of that time he was Strom's top advisor and speech writer.
As a graduate of The Citadel, Cork College, and as a student of Irish history, Thomas shares several parallels between the Irish Revolution, the Irish Civil War, America's War Between the States, and the cultural conflicts going on in America today.
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Eliza and Saul
Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose play a set of tunes in the woods near Robin Hood's Bay. Eliza and Saul will be playing together as part of the Wayward band and tour, celebrating Eliza's 21-year career as a professional musician, along with an all-star big band and folk star Jim Moray, celebrating his own 10-year anniversary. See them in the UK May/June 2013, never to be repeated!
Hardown House (WY403)
Join us on a tour of the stunning Hardown House!
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Hardown House is an imposing, detached country residence, set in a stunning elevated rural position, in the village of Morcombelake, with panoramic rural and sea views towards Golden Cap. The property is set in half an acre of south facing grounds, which have been well landscaped with an abundance of mature trees, flowers and beautiful rhododendron bushes.
Morcombelake is a popular village, situated 4 miles west of Bridport, and 5 miles from Lyme Regis, and is the home of the original Moores biscuit bakery, makers of the famous Dorset Knob. The village has a post office/shop, and the friendly Felicities farm shop. The village is in an admirable location nestling amidst the rolling West Dorset hills, and within easy reach of the World Heritage Jurassic coast.
Bridport is a busy market town, with an eclectic mix of events and cultural activities taking place throughout the year. It has a vibrant art and foodie scene; there are various weekly and monthly markets, lots of excellent restaurants and artesian cafes, as well as regular open studio and arts events. Surrounded by some very famous hills, there are endless walking opportunities, as well as riding and cycle trails. A short drive from Bridport is the pretty harbour town of West Bay, with its stunning cliffs, made famous by the recent ‘Broadchurch’ TV series.
The accommodation is well laid out across two floors and comprises, entrance hall, snug, living room with real fire and triple aspect views across Lyme Bay, dining room/kitchen, large boot room, utility room and cloakroom. The present owners have lovingly extended the property, to include a fabulous glass fronted garden room. Sliding glass doors open to a terrace with seating for 8, from which to enjoy the breath-taking views. On the first floor is the large master bedroom, with twin aspect views, dressing room and an ensuite bathroom, a twin room, a double with ensuite bathroom, and a king-size room, as well as a further family bathroom.
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Assistant Herdsperson role in Dorset
Excellent new role on a large dairy farm in Dorset. Rob Moore Regional Manager for Farm Solutions speaks about the potential with this role.
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UK: LONDON: FISHING BOATS ARRIVE FOR PROTEST RALLY
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A mini-armada of British fishing boats have sailed into London, and thousands of fishermen attended a protest rally in a bid to save Britain's fishing industry.
The rally is part of a campaign aimed at getting the British government to withdraw from the European Union's unpopular Common Fisheries Policy.
London's famous Tower Bridge opens to allow the flotilla of British fishing boats to sail up the River Thames into the heart of the capital.
Thousands of angry fishermen have invaded London by sea and land to press their demands for a better deal for the industry.
The mini-armada of banner-bedecked fishing boats are on the way to the centre of UK Government in London's Westminster for a protest rally.
Coaches and special trains are bringing others from fishing ports all over the country.
More than 3-thousand fishermen are expected at London's Central Hall for the industry's biggest national demonstration against the controversial Common Fisheries Policy to date.
The beam trawler Marie Claire, built to carry troops in the Second World War, before its conversion to a fishing boat, was one of four trawlers from Cornwall in south-western England which made the protest voyage.
SOUNDBITE:
They fell unfairly treated because we don't have any more than 14 per cent of the total annual catch from around our shores and I think it's very unfair. And most of the fish comes from around our shores, that's Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of course, and it's time something was done. I think possibly the possibility of coming out of the Common Fisheries Policy if we can.
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Stevenson, Cornish trawler owner
Other vessels from south Devon and Hampshire on the southern coast, and from the River Thames estuary, swelled the protest fleet to around 30 craft.
Some of the smaller craft are hoping to sail up to Parliament at Westminster, where skippers are planning to let off fireworks and flares.
The rally is part of the ongoing Save Britain's Fish Campaign aimed at persuading the British government to withdraw from the unpopular
Common Fisheries Policy.
Many politicians of all parties sympathise with the fishermen's case:
SOUNDBITE:
We're all agreed that the Common Fisheries Policy is a disaster. It's a disaster we should never have accepted in the first place. Why do we treat it like it's some kind of sacred text?
SUPER CAPTION: MP Austin Mitchell, Labour
The fishermen say the Police is weighted against their interests, and want Britain to regain sovereignty and control over its 200 miles of coastal waters.
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Pliosaur Unveiling
A fossil of a Pliosaur, (a huge marine reptile dating back 155 million years) is unveiled by Sir David Attenborough at the Dorset County Museum.
Jack Daniels, pink hedgehogs, cajons, live music and more.
Just getting back from the boros of NYC in the sweltering summer heat then landing in England I found myself in The Borough Gardens of Dorchester, Dorset on a cool summer afternoon meeting some of the people who make the music scene in South Dorset creative, dynamic, and a place musicians have found their way to for decades. Come meet them with me.
Mitchell's Wines - The Only Departmental Wine Store in Sheffield (Part 2)
Mitchell's Wines has been established over 75 years on the south side of Sheffield and is passionate about bringing you interesting wines, beers, and whiskies from around the world. Join us on Facebook at facebook.com/mitchellswine
OWEN MOORE - Carry On Like It's OK
Owen Moore singing one of his own songs, Carry On Like It's OK, at the tiny 200-year-old lookout house on top of The Knoll, (a hilltop near the village of Puncknowle in Dorset), overlooking Chesil Beach and the sea. June 2017.
The Flood (Sutcombe 2012)
A short film documenting the flooding of Sutcombe, Devon on the 4th August 2012.
WEYMOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC 2019
Regarded as the most popular and largest UK beach volleyball event which is held on Weymouth Beach Dorset each July.
The event has been going for 36 years and is run by a small dedicated group of volunteers.
Over the years it has attracted many sponsors and these are invaluable each year in order to help keep the event up there as the one the players want to win on the UK beach volleyball circuit!
Stopping HS2 - The Colne Valley resistance
STOPPING HS2 – THE COLNE VALLEY RESISTANCE
To the west of London lies the Colne Valley regional park, an area of farmland, woodland, waterways and dozens of lakes. It’s also on the route of the controversial HS2 high-speed train.
Since 2017, the Save Colne Valley group has tried to impede the progress of tree-felling and other destructive development work, and the HS2 company has taken out various High Court injunctions and fenced off huge areas in their battle to continue. Last week, bailiffs and police forcibly ejected a woodland protection camp in what the activists claim was an illegal eviction – the officers failed to show any court papers to justify their actions. One tree-climber, Freeman, was eventually taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia after spending three days in branches with no food or water allowed up to him.
Extinction Rebellion, the climate and ecological action movement, has supported the protests for some time, since even HS2 Ltd themselves have admitted that over the next 120 years HS2’s carbon emissions will increase rather than decrease, and the tree-clearance for the project will be the most extensive since the First World War. A recent damning Wildlife Trusts report shows that almost 700 natural habitats will be impacted.
Colne Valley supplies around 20% of London’s drinking water, carefully filtered over many years through natural chalk layers. There is however an old Victorian toxic dump nearby and there are fears that holes bored by HS2 through the chalk aquifers could allow chemicals to contaminate the water.
The current plans basically connect domestic airports (Birmingham, Manchester, East Midlands) and they, along with Leeds Bradford, are all lobbying for it as they see the prospect of a direct connection to London as an opportunity to attract international flights and expand aviation.
The cost of the HS2 project has spiralled out of control and the latest estimates of £100 billion public money have been questioned by the Deputy Chair of the review, Lord Berkely, who resigned and spilled the beans with his own 70 page report which suggests eventual costs of more than £150 billion.
At the weekend, Hillingdon Council were planning road closures at Colne Valley in order to facilitate a new swathe of tree-felling on the evicted site, but activists from Extinction Rebellion and Stop HS2 arranged to join the Colne Valley camp and despite half-hearted attempts by security men to close off a public right of way, they had to give in to numbers (as well as the incongruous sight of the ‘Red Rebel Brigade’ in the muddy woodland setting).
Supporters travelled from across the country, including Bridport, Leeds, Leicester and Cornwall, and after darkness fell they successfully re-occupied the camp area which had been evicted earlier in the week.
The pressure on Boris Johnson to cancel the project is coming from all quarters except of course the construction companies, land-grabbers, and airports. The resistance is building and more tree camps are springing up – veterans of the Roads Movement protests in the nineties remind us that those tactics cause huge delay and expense and were ultimately successful – the government at that time scrapped two thirds of its plans in the face of those protests.
Despite the mud, and the enormity of the task of stopping such a massive infrastructure project, among the protesters on Saturday there was clearly real hope and a sense that victory was possible.
Kingston Town Crier
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The historic city of Kingston, Ontario is the home of the world champion Town Crier Chris Whyman whose booming vocals, danger red jacket and clattering bell have made him a bright feature of its streets for more than 20 years. We had the chance recently to take a tour with him (see the video above) and felt like ye olde groupies trailing behind the big man as he shared Kingston’s rich history with us.
But what exactly is a Town Crier?
Well, long before Facebook, Twitter and all the other modern media contraptions people in colonial times used to get their news with gossip at the pub, a chat with a neighbour over the back fence, sometimes official pamphlets or notices or crude newspapers. But the Town Crier was often the best source. He was a bloke with a bell, a hat and bright cloak who’d stroll the streets booming out proclamations and declarations, crying ‘hear yea, hear ye’ to attract an audience.
Chris told us he took up being a Town Crier for Kingston on a whim, cobbling together a costume for a competition which he ended up winning. The job stuck and these days he is the city’s official Town Crier and Goodwill Ambassador.
He’s met a slew of celebrities and royals through his job, including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, and welcomed Princess Diana and Prince Charles to Kingston when they visited in 1991. Not a bad result for something done on a whim!
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Helmsley Town Criers competition. 21st July 2018
Yorkshire's largest Town Crier competition attracts international competitors from across the country, and the world including Bermuda and Nova Scotia. The event held
over the weekend in the grounds of Helmsley Walled Garden saw a host of town criers from across the UK