25 YEARS AGO

MARCH 17, 1995

HERITAGE SITE: More tourists are likely to visit resorts in west Dorset if plans to declare Lyme Bay a world heritage site come to fruition.

A report published says Lyme Bay is ‘internationally famous for its beauty and its outstanding scientific interest’. It adds that the area should be linked with the Purbeck coast to form one heritage site.

REPAIRING COAST: District councillors decided this week that more than £630,000 should be spent on stopping landslides along part of west Dorset’s coastal path.

The West Cliff at West Bay is going to be repaired if the government agrees to provide almost 99 per cent of the money, and if West Dorset Council is prepared to supply £8,000.

FOYER SUPPORT: A scheme described by Bridport mayor Roger Draper as ‘a ray of hope for young people who find themselves without a place to live’ looks set to get cash aid from the town council.

Members supported the mayor’s proposal that funding from council coffers should be given towards a foyer scheme being set up in Bridport by West Dorset Housing Association.

50 YEARS AGO

MARCH 13, 1995

BUSINESS BOOST: New industries are almost certain to spring up in Bridport during the next few years.

The town council gave the go-ahead for a developer to interest firms in industrial sites at St Andrew’s Well on the Bridport to Beaminster road.

NEW MAYOR: Alderman Percy Charles Norfolk, who was born in London’s Old Kent Road at Camberwell, is to be Bridport’s next mayor.

He was chosen to succeed councillor Ernest Lewis as the town’s chief citizen and will be installed in May, only two days after celebrating his 64th birthday.

HOTEL INQUIRY: The fate of the Langmoor Hotel, an issue which has divided Lyme Regis for more than 10 years, was being decided this week.

A public inquiry at the Woodmead Halls opened on Wednesday morning to hear Dorset County Council’s application to demolish the Georgian building.