As a photographer I’m lucky to be able to contribute to the area’s most popular free community magazine. Not only that, the subjects tell me all about their lives, and then hopefully I write an interesting story. It’s a collaborative effort – and maybe because of that on some level I’ve made lots of friends.
Robin Mills went to Cheselbourne, Dorset, to meet writer Eve Bonham. This is her story. “My school friends used to call me the storyteller—and I’ve been one throughout my life. I’ve scribbled in diaries, written letters and told tall tales Read more »
Robin Mills went to West Bay, Dorset, to meet Arthur Watson. This is his story. I’ve been in West Bay for quite a long time, now. I was born in 1936, in Surrey, and in 1939 at the outbreak of Read more »
Robin Mills went to West Bexington, Dorset, to meet Joy Michaud. This is her story. “I could definitely be described as a West Bexington person, but I wasn’t actually born here. My parents owned a house in the village, but Read more »
Robin Mills went to Chideock, West Dorset, to meet thatcher Dave Symonds. This is his story. “My interest in thatching started when I was 11 years old. I got off the school bus one day, and the local thatcher who Read more »
Robin Mills went to Plush, mid-Dorset, to meet Dot Browning. This is her story. “My childhood was spent in a fairly leafy part of South London, between Streatham and Tooting. I was the youngest of three girls, and we lived Read more »
Robin Mills went to Hursey, near Broadwindsor, to meet farmer Lloyd Curtis. This is his story. “I’ve lived on a dairy farm my whole life. The family started farming down at Whetham, a couple of miles away, and the land Read more »
Robin Mills went to Lyme Regis to meet writer Miranda Vickers. This is her story. “I’m a West Londoner through and through. I was brought up there, although nowadays I spend much of my time, especially during the summer, in Read more »
Robin Mills went to Yarcombe, East Devon, to meet John Carter. This is his story. As a child of the war, I was evacuated from London aged four, to Lewes in Sussex with my sister, who was seven. Together with Read more »
Robin Mills went to Burton Bradstock to meet Fraser Christian. This is his story. “I come from Chipping Sodbury, between Bath and Bristol. My Mum and Grandad still live there. I went to school there, to a pretty rubbish comprehensive, Read more »
Robin Mills went to Cattistock, West Dorset, to meet Merrily Harpur. This is her story. “My upbringing was in Surrey, although I was born in Buckinghamshire. All the while I lived in Surrey, I was wishing I lived in Dorset, Read more »