{"id":2562,"date":"2015-09-10T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2562"},"modified":"2020-12-10T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T09:22:36","slug":"ridgeway-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2562","title":{"rendered":"Ridgeway Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p>This page accompanies our programme of the same name which is broadcast on a Wednesday at 11am. You can hear the programmes by selecting an edition below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6551\">Ridgeway Magazine 22.06.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\">Today: Ferry question; Weymouth and County at odds? Town Council leader denies &#8220;weakness&#8221; claims \u2022 Illegal car &#8220;extras&#8221; that invalidate motor insurance \u2022 Cyber crime &#8211; third largest world economy \u2022 Gardening -how green is your lawn? \u2022 Jim Potts remembers Kenneth Allsopp\r\n\r\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6551-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220622-web.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220622-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220622-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6551\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6546\">Ridgeway Magazine 08.06.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today, Classic Clips from past shows, including: 18th century dining out &#8211; BYO loo! \u2022 Ruderies in the Commons \u2022 When Prince Philip asked for seconds \u2022 Travel &#8211; what airlines don&#8217;t tell you \u2022 and watch those rude hand signs \u2022 Very un-PC ads \u2022 History of loo paper. Plus Ruth at the Chelsea Flower Show<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6546-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080622-web.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080622-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080622-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6546\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6543\">Ridgeway Magazine 25.05.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Fascinating guests, fascinating facts, views and special features. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton. Today: Need cash? Use the pawnbroker \u2022 More from Stop Loan Sharks operation \u2022 How to grow tomatoes successfully \u2022 Weymouth opposes call for fewer town councillors \u2022 Take a trip to Helsinki<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6543-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250522-web.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250522-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250522-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>The programme includes the audio from Michelle&#8217;s case study video by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoploansharks.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stop Loan Sharks<\/a>. Two videos can be viewed here &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Michelle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rr-CmdKQB34\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rr-CmdKQB34<\/a> and<\/p>\n<p>Matthew: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iwkKKbSfftQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iwkKKbSfftQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6543\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6537\">Ridgeway Magazine 11.05.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>To Ukraine with aid &#8211; one man&#8217;s epic journey \u2022 Report: &#8220;Hidden Debt&#8221; evil loan sharks and how to break free \u2022 Motoring: RAC surveys traffic light getaway times \u2022 Investigation: strange posts appear on Weymouth road \u2022 Ruth&#8217;s advice on dry gardens \u2022 Jim on emmets and grockles. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6537-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110522-web.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110522-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110522-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6537\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6534\">Ridgeway Magazine 27.04.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Hunger locally as 10 million tons of food is wasted \u2022 All say Ahhhhh! Meet a tiny orphaned wallaby \u2022 Gardening &#8211; are cheap supermarket plants worth it? \u2022 The community eyes that watch speeding motorists \u2022 The &#8220;Godfather&#8221; at 50; a walk in his shoes \u2022 It&#8217;s all Greek to our Poet at Large. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6534-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine270422-web.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine270422-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine270422-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6534\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6530\">Ridgeway Magazine 13.04.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Fascinating guests, fascinating facts, views and special features. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton. Today: Elaine&#8217;s Weldmar trek to Nepal \u2022 Weymouth charity supports youngsters in work \u2022 New lifeboat naming ceremony on song \u2022 Meet Dennis Spurr mischief-maker! \u2022 Jim Potts our &#8220;Poet at Large&#8221; reads&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6530-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130422-web.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130422-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130422-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6530\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6526\">Ridgeway Magazine 30.03.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Littlemoor shakes off its lawless image \u2022 Meet the man who rescued Weymouth fisheries \u2022 The rising cost and threats to fish and chips \u2022 Ruth on transplanting &#8211; do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts \u2022 Jim Potts with readings on war!<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6526-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300322-web.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300322-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300322-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"size-large wp-image-30157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Louie-OLeary-with-John-Shepherd-860x645.jpg\" alt=\"Louie O'Leary with John Shepherd\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6526\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6523\">Ridgeway Magazine 16.03.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Big business employs Happiness Officers&#8230;really! \u2022 March is will making month supporting local charities \u2022 Repair Caf\u00e9 fixes Daleks to Dysons \u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s visitor plans for 2022 \u2022 Ruth gardens and Jim reads \u2022 A Russian visit remembered \u2022 Residents, Tesco and booze won&#8217;t mix&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6523-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160322-web.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160322-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160322-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6523\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6519\">Ridgeway Magazine 02.03.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Fascinating guests, fascinating facts, views and special features. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton. Today: Raising awareness of Motor Neurone Disease \u2022 Annoying neighbours &#8211; research \u2022 Author Harry Walton&#8217;s dystopian novel \u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s Repair Caf\u00e9 to re-open \u2022 Ruth&#8217;s gardening tips \u2022 Meaning of Ash Wednesday with Jim Potts<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6519-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020322-web.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020322-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020322-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6519\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6515\">Ridgeway Magazine 16.02.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Report: thousands go hungry in our area \u2022 How The Nest combats food insecurity with new branch \u2022 Our &#8220;Poet at Large&#8221; on subject of hunger \u2022 John drives a bus! \u2022 Ruth shines a light on bulb growing \u2022 New Brewing and Distilling exhibition info \u2022 Be sure to lick the right stamp! \u2022 A history of traffic roundabouts.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6515-10\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160222-web.mp3?_=10\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160222-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160222-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6515\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6512\">Ridgeway Magazine 02.02.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Why the \u00a3100-a-day holiday car hire charge \u2022 The hidden danger of losing a purse or wallet \u2022 Gardening and the kindest cut of all \u2022 How the Dull Men&#8217;s club survived lockdowns \u2022 The RNLI and the UK&#8217;s most dangerous waters \u2022 Jim Potts our Poet at Large reads Thomas Hardy \u2022 Watch it! The hand signs that can be misread abroad. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6512-11\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020222-web.mp3?_=11\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020222-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020222-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6512\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6505\">Ridgeway Magazine 19.01.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: NFU comments on &#8220;re-wilding&#8221; and farming&#8217;s future \u2022 Sustainable gardening &#8211; Ruth&#8217;s ideas \u2022 &#8220;I wanna be the leader!&#8221; says our Poet at Large \u2022 When &#8220;Vinegar Valentines&#8221; replaced loving messages \u2022 Stories behind popular food, Bisto, Bovril etc \u2022 Posh frocks take off at Julia&#8217;s House&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6505-12\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190122-web.mp3?_=12\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190122-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190122-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6505\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6499\">Ridgeway Magazine 05.01.22<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>For poetry lovers; introducing our &#8220;Poet at Large&#8221; \u2022 Memories of 2021 include garden grabbing and town cramming \u2022 How banks outrage &#8220;oldies&#8221; \u2022 The jam jar dealers&#8217; slang \u2022 Sir Max Hastings on the Malta convoy \u2022 Fleeing a wild fire \u2022 Met the charitable folk at REMAP \u2022 How time flies &#8211; 2022 anniversaries<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6499-13\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050122-web.mp3?_=13\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050122-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050122-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6499\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6495\">Ridgeway Magazine Pick of the Year 2021<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Stories re-visited include \u2022 Killer cows \u2022 Careful with home poured drinks \u2022 The history of Babycham and potato crisps \u2022 The Police are tired and exhausted! \u2022 The Echo at 100 &#8211; headlines remembered \u2022 The scourge of Japanese knotweed \u2022 Paul Atterbury on the novel 1984 \u2022 Keeping cool \u2022 and &#8220;the green thing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6495-14\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine-web%20Pick%20of%202021.mp3?_=14\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine-web%20Pick%20of%202021.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine-web%20Pick%20of%202021.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6495\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6490\">Ridgeway Magazine 08.12.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Fascinating guests, fascinating facts, views and special features. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton. Today: Remember when women could not get a mortgage? \u2022 When re-cycling and uncluttering pays YOU! \u2022 The puzzle of the Middle East with Sir Simon Mayall \u2022 Gardening &#8211; making real Christmas trees last \u2022 Don&#8217;t cross! A history of jay walking<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6490-15\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine081221-web.mp3?_=15\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine081221-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine081221-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6490\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6486\">Ridgeway Magazine 24.11.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Coping with death and destruction &#8211; a doctor talks \u2022 Generation Z wants pampering at work! \u2022 Christmas gifts for gardeners \u2022 A peek at sunny Gibraltar \u2022 Pedestrian crossing ignorance costs lives \u2022 Getting a &#8220;snootfull&#8221; of air pollution&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6486-16\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine241121-web.mp3?_=16\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine241121-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine241121-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6486\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6474\">Ridgeway Magazine 10.11.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Dorset poet Jim Potts&#8217; incredible life story \u2022 Writer broadcaster AN Wilson on &#8220;unpeeling&#8221; Dickens \u2022 Gazing into a sea not made of water! says an author \u2022 Gardening with Ruth &#8211; the answer lies in the soil \u2022 The zebra crossing is 70 years old \u2022 A local talent show in Weymouth &#8211; book now!<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6474-17\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine101121-web.mp3?_=17\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine101121-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine101121-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6474\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6465\">Ridgeway Magazine 27.10.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Fascinating guests, fascinating facts, views and special features. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton. Today: Paul Atterbury on 100 years of the Poppy \u2022 &#8220;The doctor will see you now&#8221; &#8211; Dr Amir Khan talks about his book \u2022 Ruth on gardening and Malcolm on pets and fireworks \u2022 Neither a lender nor a borrower be &#8211; a new twist on an old saying \u2022 A shepherdess on a woman in a man&#8217;s world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6465-18\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine271021-web.mp3?_=18\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine271021-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine271021-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6465\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6458\">Ridgeway Magazine 13.10.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>From the Dorchester Literary Festival, Sir Max Hastings on the vital WW2 Malta convoy \u2022 Fuel economy &#8211; driving tips from the RAC \u2022 Dining out- would you pay a table reservation fee? \u2022 Shopping: posh frocks and vintage fashions at Julia&#8217;s House \u2022 Research on the runaway growth of internet sales \u2022 Customers rally to object to plans for another convenience store \u2022 Gardening expert Ruth on the threat to front gardens&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6458-19\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine131021-web.mp3?_=19\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine131021-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine131021-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6458\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6453\">Ridgeway Magazine 29.09.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>New law to make tipping waiters a fairer affair \u2022 Are car park spaces more important than lawns? \u2022 Gardeners&#8217; questions with Ruth \u2022 Spiders; the &#8220;Kalahari Ferrari&#8221; and the Noble Black Widow&#8217;s nasty nip \u2022 How Spotted Dick became Spotted Richard and other traditional dishes \u2022 Leather jackets or legless daddy long legs in your garden \u2022 It&#8217;s a dog&#8217;s life &#8211; tail wagging explained<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6453-20\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290921-web.mp3?_=20\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290921-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290921-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6453\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6447\">Ridgeway Magazine 15.09.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Holidays in Dorset &#8211; book now for 2022 to avoid disappointment \u2022 Portland Island Community receives a huge financial grant \u2022 Meet the talented Portland couple who work with driftwood \u2022 How green is your lawn? asks gardening expert Ruth \u2022 Our &#8220;Tame Vet&#8221; Malcolm reflects on autumn, squirrels and rabbits&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6447-21\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150921-web.mp3?_=21\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150921-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150921-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6447\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6444\">Ridgeway Magazine 01.09.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Preview of the Dorset Sea Food Festival in Weymouth \u2022 Paul Atterbury sets the scene for the Dorchester Literary Festival \u2022 Gardening expert Ruth on why September is an important month \u2022 To the Sahara on the Weldmar Hospice trek \u2022 Our tame vet Malcolm and his tale of the camel in the desert \u2022 Opinion piece -&#8216;don&#8217;t talk to me about the green thing!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6444-22\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010921-web.mp3?_=22\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010921-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010921-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6444\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6437\">Ridgeway magazine 18.08.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Alpacas &#8211; a popular Dorset tourism asset \u2022 More historic headlines from the Echo \u2022 Ruth declares war on garden pests \u2022 The Bus Shelter moves to the Park and Ride \u2022 Children should eat with their fingers&#8230;really? \u2022 John, hair singed, flees a wild fire. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6437-23\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine180821-web.mp3?_=23\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine180821-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine180821-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6437\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6432\">Ridgeway Magazine 04.08.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Celebrating 100 years of the Dorset Echo; a reporter remembers the big stories \u2022 Caring for your garden in high summer \u2022 Part three of the Portland Port story \u2022 Meet the dog that runs rings around you \u2022 Pet Patter returns with advice for hot dog owners \u2022 Charity news &#8211; The Blue Marine Foundation in Dorset<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6432-24\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine040821-web.mp3?_=24\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine040821-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine040821-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6432\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6426\">Ridgeway Magazine 21.07.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>&#8220;Levelling up&#8221; what does it mean for Weymouth&#8217;s future? \u2022 Britain&#8217;s worst drivers \u2022 Gardens &#8211; how to leave them when away on holiday \u2022 The Portland Port story &#8211; part 2 \u2022 Probing the cashless society \u2022 A change of MP for parts of Dorchester and Weymouth \u2022 Keeping cool &#8211; some real and\/or fanciful ideas<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6426-25\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210721-web.mp3?_=25\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210721-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210721-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6426\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6417\">Ridgeway Magazine 07.07.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Gaming: obsessive and addictive behaviour. A Portland group offers help \u2022 Portland Port keeps its business head above water without cruise ships \u2022 First instalment of the Port&#8217;s history \u2022 Keep106 is three &#8211; chairman has plans for our future \u2022 Section 106 in Littlemoor &#8211; hands off OUR cash says councillor! \u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s BID former chief looks back<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6417-26\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070721-web.mp3?_=26\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070721-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070721-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6417\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6414\">Ridgeway Magazine 23.06.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Investigation: when obsessive gaming becomes an addiction \u2022 Dorchester: how will County planning &#8220;protocol&#8221; affect town? \u2022 Gardening: it shouldn&#8217;t cost the earth says our expert \u2022 Second hand cars: buy now with salesman&#8217;s lingo explained \u2022 Charity: The Horse Course turns to gardening \u2022 Reading from &#8220;Blood Moon Rising&#8221;, new book from local author<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6414-27\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine230621-web.mp3?_=27\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine230621-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine230621-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6414\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6411\">Ridgeway Magazine 09.06.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Killer cows; why we should all take care even on public footpaths \u2022 Plenty of work, but where are the staff asks Chamber of Commerce boss \u2022The Weymouth Repair Caf\u00e9, soon to re-open, fixes the unfixable \u2022 For peat&#8217;s sake &#8211; our gardening expert talks compost \u2022 We meet the new Weymouth mayor \u2022 Those harbourside railings again! \u2022 And responsible crabbing \u2022 Welcome to the brand new award winning MV Freedom<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6411-28\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090621-web.mp3?_=28\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090621-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090621-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6411\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6400\">Ridgeway Magazine 26.05.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Will dissatisfied Weymouth and Dorchester Town Councils seek a form of independence from the County Council? \u2022 Tarmac, cats eyes, traffic lights and Belisha beacons: the fascinating history on our roads \u2022 Over 2800 Dorset children seek mental health help in eight months. A psychotherapist says Prince Harry is helping \u2022 Holidaymakers abroad beware. Rip off charges for &#8220;sanitising&#8221; hire cars &#8211; add over \u00a3200 and more! \u2022 Also gardening tips from Ruth Hayes. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6400-29\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260521-web.mp3?_=29\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260521-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260521-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6400\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6396\">Ridgeway Magazine 12.05.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Should Weymouth Town Council declare independence from the County Council? \u2022 What was life like for two Weymouth ships&#8217; passengers bound for the New World? \u2022 Password tyranny &#8211; forgotten yours? \u2022 Chips with everything? No! there&#8217;s a world shortage \u2022 Japanese knot weed in Dorchester. It&#8217;s serious! \u2022 This week&#8217;s charity &#8211; Portland Island Community Action<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6396-30\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120521-web.mp3?_=30\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120521-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120521-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6396\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6391\">Ridgeway Magazine 28.04.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Racist issues and bad behaviour surface on Weymouth Harbourside \u2022 Will the area become a no-go area at night? We report \u2022 Tree cutting and railways &#8211; historian Paul Atterbury&#8217;s view might surprise \u2022 Weymouth Town Council has money for charities &#8211; just ask \u2022 There&#8217;s cash in old trainers &#8211; millions! \u2022 What do we buy secondhand? Books, buggies bicycles and clothing \u2022 Gardening: advice on shady areas and dry patches<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6391-31\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280421-web.mp3?_=31\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280421-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280421-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6391\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6387\">Ridgeway Magazine 14.04.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Town Council leader fears for Weymouth&#8217;s future &#8211; frank interview \u2022 &#8220;1984&#8221; tops classic book sales; Paul Atterbury reviews 70 years after publication \u2022 New book about tales from Dorchester Assizes in 19th century \u2022 reviewed 100 years of red phone boxes &#8211; where have they gone? \u2022 R E M A P, the charity that fixes equipment for the disabled \u2022 Too dry, too cold &#8211; gardening tips for the Spring<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6387-32\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140421-web.mp3?_=32\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140421-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140421-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6387\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6381\">Ridgeway Magazine 31.03.21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Why a policeman&#8217;s lot is not a happy one! Police and Crimes Commissioner speaks out \u2022 Covid jabs &#8211; why the hesitancy? \u2022 Good news for pub gardens and b&amp;b business is looking up \u2022 Charities in need can apply for local brewer&#8217;s Community Chest funding \u2022 Ruth talks about weeds and weeding \u2022 John talks rubbish!<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6381-33\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310321-web.mp3?_=33\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310321-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310321-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6381\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6376\">Ridgeway Magazine 17\/03<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: The nasty side of Brexit &#8211; beware unwelcome additional costs on EU purchases \u2022 Have you lost track of a workplace pension you may have paid in to? \u2022 Remembering the Little Black Dress and it&#8217;s male counterpart the DJ with white tie and tails \u2022 Mobile phones are nearly 50 years old \u2022 Free &#8216;sitting out&#8217; licences for pubs and eateries. Dorset Council tells more \u2022 Ruth, our gardening expert, talks about heather and lavender&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6376-34\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170321-web.mp3?_=34\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170321-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170321-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6376\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6366\">Ridgeway Magazine 03\/03<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Gazumping is back with a vengeance; an estate agent explains \u2022 We investigate why Dorset Council is increasing the rates on empty, but useable, houses by 300% \u2022 We have a report from France on how they&#8217;re coping with lockdown \u2022 A Weymouth care home manager hopes new rules will benefit her residents \u2022 Our gardening expert answers some gardeners&#8217; questions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6366-35\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030321-web.mp3?_=35\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030321-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030321-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6366\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6358\">Ridgeway Magazine 17\/02\/21<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The introduction of decimal coinage &#8211; some personal views \u2022 1971 &#8211; a troubled year in review \u2022 The stories behind two old favourites; Babycham and Smiths crisps \u2022 Cold start, won&#8217;t start? Advice from the RAC \u2022 Bruised and battered garden? &#8211; Don&#8217;t worry says Ruth \u2022 Final episode &#8211; the washer-upper who bought a hotel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6358-36\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170221-web.mp3?_=36\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170221-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170221-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6358\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6351\">Ridgeway Magazine 03\/02<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Town cramming and garden grabbing as explained by Weymouth Civic Society \u2022 Be careful with your home-poured drinks \u2013 just one could put you over the limit! \u2022 Are we smoking more during lockdown? We ask Action on Smoking and Health \u2022 It\u2019s a good time to plant a hedge says our gardening expert Ruth Hayes \u2022 John reports his Covid jab was \u201cseamless and painless\u201d \u2022 Our good cause this time is the Margaret Green Animal Rescue centre&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6351-37\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030221-web.mp3?_=37\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030221-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030221-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6351\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6344\">Ridgeway Magazine Pick of 2020 &#8211; Pt 2<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Tales of royalty, film stars and a lady of the night at a grand hotel \u2022 Pip Squeak and Wilfred, Rupert Bear and Teddy Tail remembered \u2022 Why Christopher Robin&#8217;s childhood was unhappy \u2022 The history of loo paper and a warning to wash hands \u2022 Florence Nightingale at 200: more reformer than nurse \u2022 Whatever happened to common sense? \u2022 A girl&#8217;s dash for her life to escape a desert war \u2022 Spotlight on a charity&#8230;the &#8216;MV Freedom&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6344-38\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200121-web.mp3?_=38\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200121-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200121-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6344\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6341\">Ridgeway Magazine Pick of 2020 &#8211; Pt1<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Children read their stories about &#8220;A different summer&#8221;, Tom Restorick drums for the NHS \u2022 Gardening expert Ruth on Christmas plants and our &#8220;tame vet&#8221; Malcolm on talking to pets. \u2022 What to do if your dog is lost or stolen. \u2022 Getting your own back on the banking rigmarole. \u2022 Memories from a top hotelier and a top press photographer \u2022 An idea for stress relief in lockdown that works \u2022 Dorset&#8217;s dodgy car sales and tricks. John Shepherd and Andy Venton present&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6341-39\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060121-web.mp3?_=39\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060121-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060121-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6341\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6337\">Ridgeway Magazine 23\/12<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>British versus French trawlermen; revisiting the scallop wars \u2022 Rip off! Motor insurers charge 30% extra for monthly payments \u2022 Gardening rubbish; make use of Christmas wrapping \u2022 How the p.c. brigade tried to wreck Christmas \u2022 Jokey headlines and 2020 cracker jokes. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6337-40\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231220-web.mp3?_=40\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231220-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231220-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6337\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6331\">Ridgeway Magazine 09\/12<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Recruitment fraud &#8211; job seekers beware! \u2022 Shops open again &#8211; how is Weymouth doing? \u2022 This week&#8217;s good cause &#8211; Steps, working with young people \u2022 Overnight campervan stays on Portland &#8211; no! says Civic Society \u2022 Our vet says it&#8217;s &#8220;all in a Christmas Day&#8217;s work for a vet&#8221; and warns that pet treats can cause problems \u2022 Vinegar and lemon cure for hard water limescale \u2022 Food at rock bottom prices to help those in food poverty<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6331-41\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091220-web.mp3?_=41\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091220-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091220-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6331\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6315\">Ridgeway Magazine 25\/11<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>To Portland for the latest on the &#8220;mighty burner&#8221; incinerator plan \u2022 More warnings about scams and how to avoid them \u2022 Gardening &#8211; Winter salads and how you can grow them at home \u2022 Pubs&#8230;first orders or last orders please! \u2022 This week&#8217;s good cause &#8211; the Dorset Volunteer Centre \u2022 How a cheeky mutt scooped the prize in a Weymouth and Portland video competition \u2022 We look at a local author&#8217;s compilation of lockdown memories. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6315-42\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine251120-web.mp3?_=42\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine251120-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine251120-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6315\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6305\">Ridgeway Magazine 11\/11<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior: from the battlefields in France to internment in Westminster Abbey, some little remembered facts \u2022 Gardening: do&#8217;s and dont&#8217;s of house plant care \u2022 Portlanders feel strongly about demolishing the Pulpit Inn with alarming plans for the SSI \u2022 Ten golden rules for avoiding scams from Which? Magazine \u2022 House keys &#8211; under the mat? Take more care of them \u2022 This week&#8217;s local good cause &#8211; The Lantern Trust in Weymouth&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6305-43\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine111120-web.mp3?_=43\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine111120-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine111120-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6305\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6302\">Ridgeway Magazine 28\/10<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>What does a milk maid have to do with the discovery of vaccination \u2022 Why the Council is to take over a sea front caf\u00e9 \u2022 Car parking in Dorset and local councillors&#8217; fury at &#8220;harmonisation&#8221; plans \u2022 Is Weymouth falling down? A former conservation officer speaks \u2022 The mixed history of British Summer Time \u2022 This week&#8217;s good cause &#8211; a phoning and letter writing idea \u2022 Nothe Fort received funding for improvements. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6302-44\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281020-web.mp3?_=44\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281020-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281020-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6302\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6282\">Ridgeway Magazine 14\/10<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The first in our series about deserving good causes; the mini-cruise ship MV Freedom \u2022 Gardening tips from Ruth &#8211; talking about hardwood cuttings \u2022 There&#8217;s a hedgehog in my garage &#8211; we learn more about them \u2022 Cinema is alive and well in Dorchester says the Plaza \u2022 We ask &#8211; are smart plugs that smart? Take care&#8230; \u2022 Premium Bond prize fund reduced &#8211; are you feeling lucky? Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6282-45\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141020-web.mp3?_=45\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141020-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141020-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6282\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6278\">Ridgeway Magazine 30\/09<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today &#8211; The virus effect; Weymouth&#8217;s b &amp; b&#8217;s leased from Dorset Council have asked it to reduce rents \u2022 Buying a used car? Dorset Trading Standards warn of dangerous cars being offered by traders \u2022 Advance warning of road works to remove railway lines in Weymouth \u2022 What have an umbrella, a girl and a deadly journey have in common? Mary Poppins is not the answer! \u2022 Gardening tips &#8211; your lawn in winter. And miner bees in your garden? We explain \u2022 Meet the world&#8217;s dumbest crooks. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6278-46\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300920-web.mp3?_=46\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300920-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300920-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6278\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6271\">Ridgeway Magazine 16\/09<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Two young writers read their stories in Julia&#8217;s House &#8220;A Different Summer&#8221; competition \u2022 Author Minette Walters gives a judge&#8217;s view of the entries \u2022 We examine used vehicle price rises with a scam warning especially on camper vans \u2022 Gardening; don&#8217;t be afraid of taking cuttings \u2022 doing well despite Covid &#8211; tree surgeons and landscapers \u2022 the American way of justice, so different from our own. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6271-47\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160920-web.mp3?_=47\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160920-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160920-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6271\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6261\">Ridgeway Magazine 02\/09<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>State education is 150 years old but it was not universally welcome \u2022 Dorchester&#8217;s old schools remembered \u2022\u00a0Christopher Robin at 100 &#8211; the sad boy whose famous father didn&#8217;t like children \u2022\u00a0Tomatoes, birds and wasps: How to turn your tomatoes from green to red; Where have all the garden birds gone? Bee nice to wasps, the gardeners&#8217; friend.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6261-48\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020920-web.mp3?_=48\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020920-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine020920-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6261\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6258\">Ridgeway Magazine 19\/08<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>We take a hard look at vehicle insurance; too complicated&#8230;is that why most people don&#8217;t read the small print? \u2022 Scams revealed: rip off premiums, fake policy documents and &#8220;ghost insurance brokers&#8221; take motorists for a ride. \u2022 Are you insured for that drive to work and car business use? \u2022 Two readings &#8211; from vet Malcolm Welshman&#8217;s new book and the first chapter from a thriller by a Weymouth author. \u2022 Radio Postcard from Croatia &#8211; a visit remembered&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6258-49\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190820-web.mp3?_=49\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190820-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190820-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6258\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6245\">Ridgeway Magazine 05\/08<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>With the brake on overseas travel, we have &#8220;radio postcards&#8221; with past reports from Venice, Sicily and Gibraltar&#8230;happy memories \u2022 What links an outbreak of bubonic plague in Mongolia, the Black Death&#8217;s arrival in Wyke Regis and the Weymouth creator of nasty smells? \u2022 Also hints on summer bloomers from our gardening expert. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6245-50\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050820-web.mp3?_=50\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050820-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050820-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6245\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6235\">Ridgeway Magazine 22\/07<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Best-selling author Minette Walters sets the scene for a children&#8217;s writing comp to aid Julia&#8217;s House. \u2022 The story of the last woman to be hanged at Dorchester prison. \u2022 The Dam busters &#8211; two family connections and Chesil&#8217;s part in the historic raid on Nazi Germany \u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s business community is doing well despite&#8230; \u2022<br \/>\nGardening expert Ruth Hayes gives advice on clematis. \u2022 Facts and figures about Dorchester&#8217;s employed denied Government financial aid \u2022 The story about carrots helping you see in the dark&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6235-51\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220720-web.mp3?_=51\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220720-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220720-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6235\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6230\">Ridgeway Magazine 08\/07<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Eleven hundred people in work in Weymouth and Portland are not receiving full Government assistance &#8211; worse nearly 800 may be receiving nothing. We talk to Excluded UK which is lobbying for action \u2022 One size does not fit all. Bespoke facemasks made to order by an enterprising lady in Broadwey \u2022\u00a0From washer-up to running one of the world&#8217;s finest hotels &#8211; the boy that became boss of the Grosvenor House hotel who once had to serve the Duke of Edinburgh seconds from the food waste bin! \u2022 Weymouth Harbourside pedestrianisation is not welcome by many. And in this connection, when is a public consultation not a public consultation? Dorset Council is asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6230-52\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080720-web.mp3?_=52\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080720-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080720-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6230\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6224\">Ridgeway Magazine 24\/06<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>A hint that Weymouth may get a new ferry service to the Channel Islands. We talk to a Weymouth councillor who is leading initial investigations \u2022 When a dog is lost, is there an organisation which the owner can turn to for help. The answer is Yes! \u2022 Ruth Hayes brings us more gardening tips and retired vet Malcolm Welshman reads an extract from his new book \u2022 We wander down Memory Lane with Red Star Parcels&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6224-53\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine240620-web.mp3?_=53\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine240620-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine240620-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6224\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6212\">Ridgeway Magazine 10\/06<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The horrors behind dognapping and links to organised crime \u2022 All change at the dentist&#8217;s and a gruesome history of dentistry \u2022 Weeding your garden &#8211; we have tips \u2022 Weymouth lockdown charity wins nearly \u00a310,000 funding \u2022 History of musical instruments continues with the organ \u2022 Comment: whatever happened to commonsense? \u2022 Down memory lane reprises the 50&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6212-54\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine100620-web.mp3?_=54\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine100620-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine100620-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6212\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6200\">Commemorating D-Day&#8230;2020<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The Weymouth Military Weekend has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with most of the usual annual D-Day commemoration ceremonies across the UK and a much reduced attendance at the Normandy beaches. To keep the memory alive we broadcast again an edition of Ridgeway Magazine from 2019 which commemorated the 75th annisversay of D-Day when John Shepherd visited the Normandy landings grounds in the company of historian Andrew Roberts and Lord Dannat, former chief of the Army General Staff. We also heard about the heroic role of the Dorset Regiment and an example of a piece of D-Day history dug up in a field near Dorchester.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6200-55\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030620-web.mp3?_=55\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030620-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030620-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6200\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6191\">Ridgeway Magazine 20\/05<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Weymouth fishing fleet are doing better than a recent report suggests &#8211; we tell more \u2022 Stressed out by lockdown? A psychotherapist suggests thinking &#8220;inside the box&#8221; to achieve peace of mind \u2022 Who &#8220;laughed all the way to the bank?&#8221; And what does it have to do with our history of the piano? \u2022 TV antiques expert Paul Atterbury talks about his hopes for the autumn Dorchester Literary Festival \u2022 Plus Pet Patter with Malcolm and gardening tips with Ruth. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6191-56\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200520-web.mp3?_=56\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200520-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200520-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6191\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6183\">Ridgeway Magazine 06\/05<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>This edition was broadcast near the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. Whilst Europe celebrated victory the Channel Islands had to wait two more days. We explain why \u2022 Lassie the Wonder Dog and film star is 80 years old. There was another famous Lassie closer to home &#8211; in Lyme Regis &#8211; and David Tucker tells the story \u2022 Our gardening expert Ruth Hayes talks at length about lawns and their care \u2022 Historian Jane Tapley tells us about the history of knives, forks and spoons \u2022 We begin a new series about the origin of musical instruments with the drums \u2022 From the archives Kate Adie talks about her book about women and war.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6183-57\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060520-web.mp3?_=57\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060520-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060520-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6183\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6178\">Ridgeway Magazine 22\/04<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Today: Advice from the RAC when your car is laid up for a long time \u2022 Growing from seed with Ruth Hayes our gardening expert \u2022 Weymouth Town Clerk tells us how the one year old council is doing \u2022 Poems and memories from three famous voices. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6178-58\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220420-web.mp3?_=58\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220420-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220420-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6178\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6170\">Ridgeway Magazine 08\/04<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>In this edition: Gardening tips from our gardening expert Ruth Hayes \u2022 Jane Biscombe, Weymouth Town Clerk, tells us about a scheme in association with Weymouth Churches Together to help those in need receive necessities during the lockdown \u2022 What has happened to typewriters? They may have disappeared but you can still buy ribbons for them \u2022 Rather indelicately we talk about toilet paper, its history and the 3 P principal \u2022 From the archives we hear from Judy Murray, mother of tennis stars Andy and Jamie \u2022 Do you talk to your pets? You should says our tame vet Malcolm Welshman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6170-59\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080420-web.mp3?_=59\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080420-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080420-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6170\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6155\">Ridgeway Magazine 25\/03<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>In this edition: A warning about coronavirus-related scams \u2022 a chat with Lord Julian Fellowes \u2022 and an extended interview with Martyn Underhill, outgoing (in 2021) Police &amp; Crime Commissioner for Dorset. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6155-60\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250320-web.mp3?_=60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250320-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250320-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6155\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6142\">Ridgeway Magazine 26\/02<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>One in five people going abroad do not take out travel insurance. We talk to the researcher and give some prices for treatment &#8211; could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds! \u2022 The Campervan was introduced 70 years ago and five million were built. We look back and talk to a Campervan fan \u2022 With 80,000 visitors steaming into Portland port this year, the Weymouth Ambassadors are ready for them \u2022 A visit to the RSPB nature reserve in Weymouth indicates climate change is a reality for bird life \u2022 A trip down memory lane takes a fond look at standing for the national anthem at the end of a film or show&#8230;or not! \u2022 Cyber crime &#8211; can you insure against it happening to you<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6142-61\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260220-web.mp3?_=61\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260220-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine260220-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6142\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6134\">Ridgeway Magazine 12\/02<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Rates relief for small businesses announced, but will it help. Claudia Webb of Weymouth BID explains \u2022 Who remembers Teddy Tail, Pip Squeak and Wilfred while Rupert Bear is still with us after 100 years \u2022 Florence Nightingale born 200 years ago was far more than the &#8216;Lady with the Lamp&#8217; and why did she spend her last 30 years in bed? \u2022 Gardening tips and questions answered by Ruth Hayes \u2022 Congrats to &#8216;The Diary&#8217; &#8211; 20 years old and still going strong when other publications have failed \u2022 Diamonds are a girl&#8217;s best friend, but do you know if they&#8217;re real? \u2022 Can cows tell if it&#8217;s going to rain and do you get wetter if you run or walk in the rain? Fact or fiction&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6134-62\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120220-web.mp3?_=62\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120220-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine120220-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6134\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6122\">Ridgeway Magazine 29\/01<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Our main feature in this edition is an extended interview with Ken Lennox, four times Press Photographer of the Year, with memories of Princess Diana, to war with Kate Adie and peace with Paul McCartney. Also Car Theft surprise &#8211; Dorset is one of the worst areas just behind Glasgow and Surrey. In &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217; Malcolm Welshman, our tame vet, chooses fish as his subject&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6122-63\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290120-web.mp3?_=63\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290120-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290120-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6122\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6117\">Ridgeway Magazine 15th Jan 2020<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Gardening expert and editor of &#8216;Amateur Gardening&#8217; magazine, Ruth Hayes gives advice \u2022 Should restaurants, bars and pubs charge for tap water? What is the law? \u2022 Weymouth hotels and guest houses reveal disappointing figures for 2019 \u2022 Returning unwanted Xmas gifts &#8211; what are your rights? \u2022 We look back a hundred years to 1920. And in the last 50 years, what &#8216;must have&#8217; items are now obsolete? \u2022 Looking to the future what jobs are likely to disappear by 2030? \u2022 Garden birds; even though it&#8217;s mild should we keep feeding them?<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6117-64\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150120-web.mp3?_=64\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150120-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine150120-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6117\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6105\">Ridgeway Magazine Christmas edition<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>\u2022 Meet our new gardening expert &#8211; Ruth Hayes, gardening editor of &#8216;Amateur Gardening&#8217; who will be answering listeners&#8217; questions next year \u2022 We explore the history of two seasonal pieces of music, &#8216;The 12 Days of Christmas&#8217; and the carol &#8216;Silent Night&#8217; \u2022 The police woman&#8217;s story. How, despite outright sexism and gender obstructiveness Carole Phillips made it from lowly PC to Superintendent \u2022 Retired vet and author tells us it&#8217;s &#8216;All in a Christmas Day&#8217;s work for a vet&#8217; and advises against over-indulging pets at Christmas where a treat might seriously damage their health<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6105-65\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine181219-web.mp3?_=65\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine181219-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine181219-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6105\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6101\">Ridgeway Magazine 4th Dec 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The story of two farms; Tumbledown Farm has been returned to Weymouth Town Council. Ideas needed to make something of its 30 acres. Green and clean activities perhaps? \u2022 Fancys Farm is a popular petting farm on Portland with animals including wallabies and alpacas but severe weather has made it short of funds. It needs help \u2022 The Dorset Police rural crime squad and NFU insurers discuss measures to combat equipment theft \u2022 The history of the potato crisp &#8211; 400 different flavours from kipper to turkey dinner \u2022 Prue Leith talks about her favourite food<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6101-66\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine041219-web.mp3?_=66\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine041219-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine041219-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6101\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6092\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th Nov 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The Mini is 60 years old &#8211; its evolution is full of stories \u2022 Two authors with new books on the show today &#8211; Sir Tim Waterstone and Dom Joly \u2022 a report on Weymouth&#8217;s harbour consultation \u2022 and John drives a steam train! \u2022 Oh, and we go to church in the USA with a resume of the roadside signs to tempt you inside and the strange names given to churches and chapels<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6092-67\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine201119-web.mp3?_=67\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine201119-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine201119-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6092\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6088\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th Nov 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>At this time of Remembrance we discover dissatisfaction in the ranks over the demobilisation of four million soldiers. Was dear old Blighty really a land for returning heroes? \u2022 Author and journalist Simon Heffer talks about WW1&#8217;s badly behaved leading personalities coupled with views of life on the Home Front, particularly the role of women \u2022 In &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217; retired vet and author Malcolm Welshman brings us another tale from the vet&#8217;s surgery \u2022 Do you know the difference between compost and mulch? Naomi from Poundbury Gardens explains<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6088-68\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine061119-web.mp3?_=68\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine061119-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine061119-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6088\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6083\">Ridgeway Magazine 23rd Oct 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The first six months of the new Dorset Council &#8211; has it lived up to expectations. We have views from councillors and the local democracy reporter Trevor Bevins \u2022 Long serving town and county councillor Kate Wheller explains why she quit Labour to become an independent \u2022 What has become of the red telephone box? Just 70 left in Dorset but you can buy or rent one \u2022 In conversation with Alexander McColl Smith author of the &#8220;Number 1 Ladies&#8217; Detective Agency&#8221; and 100 other books!<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6083-69\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231019-web.mp3?_=69\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231019-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine231019-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6083\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6078\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th Oct 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Popular phrases we use daily &#8211; where did they come from? &#8220;Simples!&#8221; \u2022 Take a STAND, the campaign against 3,500 new homes for Dorchester&#8217;s &#8220;garden village&#8221; \u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s BID announces more plans to build business for the town \u2022 We visit the Nothe Fort and experience 1940s shopping and a school classroom to teach children about the war years \u2022 By bus pass from Lands End to John O&#8217;Groats &#8211; he did it and raised money for charity \u2022 Politicians&#8217; insults&#8230;.to each other! \u2022 Another tale from Malcolm Welshman&#8217;s &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217;. Presented by John Shepherd and Andy Venton<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6078-70\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091019-web.mp3?_=70\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091019-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091019-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6078\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6073\">Ridgeway Magazine 25th Sept 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>In this edition &#8211; 70 years since George Orwell&#8217;s book 1984 was published, what are its lessons today? Paul Atterbury discusses \u2022 25 years of the Weldmar Hospice but Matt Smith reveals the hospice movement is under threat \u2022 A local author-turned-plumber talks about her new book &#8216;The Crazy Adventures of a Love Sick Angel&#8217; \u2022 We hear about a new initiative called &#8216;Uniting Weymouth and Portland&#8217; \u2022 Are smaller portions and the offer of doggy bags the answer to restaurant food wastage? A local restaurateur thinks so.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6073-71\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250919-web.mp3?_=71\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250919-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250919-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6073\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6067\">Ridgeway Magazine 11th Sept 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We talk to one of the organisers of the Dorchester Literary Festival, Janet Gleeson<\/li>\n<li>We pay a virtual visit to the House of Commons and examine some very quirky things<\/li>\n<li>We talk about snuff and the taking of<\/li>\n<li>John visits the Bridport Hat Festival and discovers two unusual musicians<\/li>\n<li>Malcolm presents part 2 of his parrot tale<\/li>\n<li>And there&#8217;s some vintage and mostly very un-PC ads published in American magazines in the 50s and 60s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6067-72\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110919-web.mp3?_=72\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110919-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110919-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6067\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6057\">Ridgeway Magazine 28th August 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>No holiday weekend off for Weymouth RNLI &#8211; five call outs make it one of the UK&#8217;s busiest stations<\/li>\n<li>We meet the Weymouth RNLI&#8217;s new operations manager, a local young mother of two with a Master&#8217;s ticket who has travelled the world<\/li>\n<li>The strange story of the prison murderer, the Dorchester priest and the privy that made him famous<\/li>\n<li>Coming soon: Dorset Police auctions for the proceeds of crime and seized vehicles. How to get a Rolex, a Beemer or some bling for a song<\/li>\n<li>By bus pass from Land&#8217;s End to John O&#8217;Groats -an epic journey for a 70 year old in aid of charity. Will he earn a place in the Guiness Book of Records<\/li>\n<li>More shop closures but Weymouth BID has an idea for a youth market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6057-73\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280819-web.mp3?_=73\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280819-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280819-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays @ 11 am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6057\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6052\">Ridgeway Magazine 14th August 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>\u2022 The charity Shelter reports on why many families in Weymouth and Portland cannot afford their rents which can exceed 40 per cent of take home pay \u2022 Weymouth Esplanade lighting is go while plans for the Peninsular site are stop. A county councillor explains \u2022 We visit the beatiful 26 acre Sculpture Park near Dorchester and meet the man behind it \u2022 Noted chef Mitch Tonks talks about his new restaurant Rock Fish which he hopes will put Weymouth on the fish lovers&#8217; map \u2022 Our tame vet Malcolm Welshman gives another in his &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217; series \u2022 In your garden &#8211; the topic is those awkward spaces where nothing will grow<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6052-74\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140819-web.mp3?_=74\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140819-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140819-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays @ 11 am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6052\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6039\">Ridgeway Magazine 31st July 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>\u2022 Headline collector and author Melvyn Dover talks about his passion for funny headings culled from newspapers<br \/>\n\u2022 The Dorset countryside is riddled with forgotten underground bunkers, relics of the Secret Army. We visit two<br \/>\n\u2022 KeeP 106 is one year old. Chairman Andy Worth talks about the station which has listeners in many countries<br \/>\n\u2022 Weymouth&#8217;s Nothe Fort goes into the beer business. We sample the &#8216;Whisling Gunner&#8217; and the &#8216;Sapper&#8217;s Courage&#8217;<br \/>\n\u2022 &#8220;Put a sock in it!&#8221; and &#8220;Back to square one&#8221; are among the phrases used by early radio broadcasters. We explain their origins<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6039-75\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310719-web.mp3?_=75\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310719-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310719-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ridgeway Magazine is broadcast on Wednesdays @ 11 am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6039\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6033\">Ridgeway Magazine 17th July 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>\u2022 Speed kills! Village communities are setting up Community Speed Watch groups under the guidance of Dorset Police. We visit the group active in Charminster<br \/>\n\u2022 Reports from two events which brought over 60,000 visitors to the Weymouth area &#8211; the Chickerell Steam Fair and the Weymouth Sea Food Festival<br \/>\n\u2022 We discover some collectors of some very unusual items &#8211; eye baths, ladies compacts and disinfectant sprays<br \/>\n\u2022 Thought the Resistance Movement applied to France and European countries? The south of England had its own secret army set up under the orders of Churchill. Its memory lives on<br \/>\n\u2022 The Fisherman&#8217;s Mission is still active and still helping an industry where one seaman is lost every week<br \/>\n\u2022 Pet Patter has the story of a chameleon whose owner took it to our Tame Vet for treatment<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6033-76\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170719-web.mp3?_=76\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170719-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170719-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6033\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6024\">Ridgeway Magazine 3rd July 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>The Magazine &#8216;visits&#8217; New Delhi, Beijing and Sao Paulo, three of the world&#8217;s most populated cities and samples the atmosphere courtesy of five pods in which the atmospheric conditions were replicated. They were installed in Portland and all were invited to take the &#8216;poisonous&#8217; air<\/li>\n<li>The first 100 days of the new unitary authority which merged five Dorset councils into one in April. How has Weymouth fared since the change? The Town Clerk speaks<\/li>\n<li>General Lord Dannatt tells RM how he created the charity Help for Heroes. It all started in his flat<\/li>\n<li>A survey indicates how men are forced to use up less space in the house as women take over the drawers and wardrobes and then demand a clean-up and clear out. True or False?<\/li>\n<li>Roses can be tricky to grow. Our gardening expert offers some advice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6024-77\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030719-web.mp3?_=77\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030719-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030719-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6024\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6019\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th June 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Blood Bikes save lives. Who are the Yeovil Freewheelers to whom Simon Gudgeon of the Sculpture By The Lakes near Dorchester has donated a \u00a315,000 motorcycle? More info at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yfwbloodbikes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yfwbloodbikes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Two initiatives from Weymouth&#8217;s Business Investment District. One is about responsible crabbing and the other will promote Weymouth and Portland&#8217;s many heritage sites<\/li>\n<li>We meet a housekeeper (male) who is all at sea as he looks after the needs of 3,800 passengers and crew<\/li>\n<li>While D-Day is in the news, John visits Norway to learn about an unsuccessful (but gallant) naval landing in 1940 which failed to thwart the Nazi forces and their occupation of the country<\/li>\n<li>Can it be true? Were all US forces dead repatriated to their homeland? Perhaps not so, as historian Roger Guttridge reveals<\/li>\n<li>Another instalment of Pet Patter from retired vet and author Malcolm Welshman entitled &#8216;Madam Mountjoy&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6019-78\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190619-web.mp3?_=78\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190619-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190619-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6019\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6004\">Ridgeway Magazine &#8211; 2nd D-Day special 5th June 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The focus is on Weymouth and Portland in &#8216;Bodies and Buddies&#8217;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are looking at the rumours about the burial of hundreds of US troops killed in training in the days before D-Day. An eyewitness to the landing of the bodies tells all<\/li>\n<li>Lord Dannatt, former Chief of the British Army and founder of Help for Heroes talks about the composition of an invasion force<\/li>\n<li>Historian and author Peter Caddick-Adams tells us about the Yanks who became buddies and sets the scene locally before D-Day. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/authors\/1062921\/peter-caddick-adams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Books website<\/a> for more information about Peter Caddick-Adams<\/li>\n<li>Les Sullivan of the Nothe Fort talks about the macabre duty of the Weymouth fishing fleet<\/li>\n<li>Stephen George of the Portland D-Day Centre on the vital importance of the Mulberry Harbour<\/li>\n<li>The irrepressible Poppy Butcher talks about singing for the US troops and her job at Portland Dockyard at the age of 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6004-79\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3?_=79\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>See also our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5952\">first D-Day Special<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6004\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5958\">Ridgeway Magazine 1st May 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Beware scams old and new. Author Roger Guttridge reprises an 18th century Dorset scam which did not end well for the tricksters and Dorset Police add a modern day warning<\/li>\n<li>What happens when the Police seize and impound your vehicle? This has caused no end of trouble for almost 2,400 Dorset vehicle owners since 2017<\/li>\n<li>Old wives&#8217; tales&#8230;.any truth in them? We explore some<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Me time&#8217; and why tens of thousands of women are holidaying on their own. A Dorchester travel agent says it&#8217;s a growing trend<\/li>\n<li>We have advice for solo female travellers&#8230;pack a door stopper and more<\/li>\n<li>Are you a landlord? Don&#8217;t bury your head in the sand and ignore far-reaching news laws<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth Esplanade lighting. The project manager says &#8220;By the end of the year&#8221; for sure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5958-80\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010519-web.mp3?_=80\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010519-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine010519-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Tune in to Ridgeway Magazine on Wednesdays at 11am<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5958\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5954\">Ridgeway Magazine 17th April 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We hear from the President of the Dorset Association of Parish Councils who describes why they are so important and the reason to elect new councillors<\/li>\n<li>Superloos: Weymouth&#8217;s Town Clerk talks about the gender neutral element that worries people and seeks to allay their fears<\/li>\n<li>Two items about pets: Pet Patter&#8217;s subject is dogs and the signals they give out. And a dog walker gives some advice about insurance and other aspects<\/li>\n<li>Flying away on hols? We tell you the things airlines don&#8217;t want you to know by airing cabin crew secrets<\/li>\n<li>Slugs &#8211; the gardeners&#8217;friend? The Royal Horticultural Society says they can be<\/li>\n<li>Continuing the history of bad weather clothing. This time hats and coats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5954-81\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170419-web.mp3?_=81\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170419-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170419-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5954\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5952\">Ridgeway Magazine D-Day Special 3rd April 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>In this 75th anniversary year of the D-Day landings we present a special edition of Ridgeway Magazine featuring interviews made during a visit John made to the D-Day landing grounds in Normandy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord Danatt, former Chief of Staff of the British Army, reviews the military aspects of both Overlord and the failed raid on Dieppe two years earlier which led to Hitler&#8217;s order that commandos and Special Forces were to be shot if captured<\/li>\n<li>Military historian Andrew Roberts reveals some of the ideas that worked for the Allies and some that did not.<\/li>\n<li>Two young French people have surprising views on the landings &#8211; seems many French would rather not be reminded<\/li>\n<li>Chris Copson, curator of The Keep Military Museum, reprises the important role played by the Dorset Regiment on D-Day and Dorset&#8217;s subsequent fight towards Arnhem<\/li>\n<li>Keeping the invasion plans a secret&#8230;a local man tells us about an important relic of that period he discovered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5952-82\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030419-web.mp3?_=82\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030419-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030419-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5952\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5949\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th March 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Solicitor Katharine Jones celebrates 100 years of women being admitted as solicitors. Once the legal profession, all men of course, considered women not to be people at all. Therefore as non-persons they could not become lawyers<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth sea front lights &#8211; we have an exclusive report on the future of the laser display. They think it&#8217;s all over &#8211; not yet for this local conundrum which seems to limp along<\/li>\n<li>Would you pay \u00a315 for a cup of coffee? You might do in London but not in Dorset as we hear from a coffee roaster, Nigel Green of the Dorset Coffee Company and Christian and Zeta from the prizewinning mobile coffee bar with a difference called Coffee on the Hoof<\/li>\n<li>Cheesed off with your bank manager? An elderly customer writes to her bank and we read the letter which exemplifies the &#8220;Computer says NO&#8221; style of banking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5949-83\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200319-web.mp3?_=83\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200319-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200319-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5949\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5938\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th March 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Who wants to be a gladiator? Coming to Dorchester, a fight to the death! Full training given. Thumbs up to all that<\/li>\n<li>Wrexit, by that we mean Weymouth joins the unitary authority in April. A county councillor tells Weymouth to wake up to the facts the town&#8217;s assets are going to be nabbed leaving it without an income<\/li>\n<li>Those railway lines in Weymouth &#8211; should trains run on them again? Rail buff and author Paul Atterbury takes a rather unexpected view<\/li>\n<li>In your garden as spring approaches. Some jobs to do with advice from Lucy our gardening expert and an idea for a lazy answer to weeding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5938-84\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060319-web.mp3?_=84\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060319-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060319-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5938\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5936\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th Feb 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>The history of the theatre from Greek times to backstage at Weymouth&#8217;s Pavilion Theatre. An expert takes the stage and tells of the days when women were banned from attending<\/li>\n<li>Filled in your self-employed tax return? You might like to hear of some of the more ridiculous taxes down the years from taxes on beards, clocks and hearths to hats!<\/li>\n<li>As for VAT, there are some strange anomalies and some glaring inclusions<\/li>\n<li>What are the chances of picking up a 60 year old magazine and seeing a picture of yourself? One listener did and tells us about her school&#8217;s experiment among its pupils in being socially responsible. It made the headlines in its day<\/li>\n<li>Help is at hand with a craze said to be sweeping the country &#8211; the Repair Caf\u00e9 movement is coming to Dorset.<\/li>\n<li>In Pet Patter Malcolm advises &#8216;a little knowledge is a dangerous thing&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5936-85\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200219-web.mp3?_=85\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200219-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200219-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5936\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5930\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th Feb 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Mallams restaurant in Weymouth has had to close for good and owners Janice and Steve Gosson explain that it wasn&#8217;t just the devastating fire which swayed their decision<\/li>\n<li>Alistair Chisholm is in the studio to talk about the ALL For Dorset movement which wants to banish party politics from local government<\/li>\n<li>We talk to James Webb from the Priest&#8217;s House Museum in Wimborne about their collection of Victorian Valentine cards<\/li>\n<li>Phil Say from Weymouth Pavilion tells us about the building&#8217;s amazing lighting scheme<\/li>\n<li>In Pet Patter Malcolm Welshman recounts the story of the Cow in the Tree, an episode from his latest book &#8216;An Armful Of Animals&#8217; (available from Amazon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5930-86\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130219-web.mp3?_=86\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130219-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130219-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5930\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5925\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th Jan 2019<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Local Democracy Reporter Trevor Bevins warns things might not work out as promised with the new Dorset Unitary Council taking over from five urban and district councils on April 1st<\/li>\n<li>Fifty years on; what made the headlines in 1969? The Moon and the Beatles to name but two subjects<\/li>\n<li>The circus is not dead! There are 100 in the UK and a National Centre for Circus Arts with a BA Hons degree on offer<\/li>\n<li>Local photographer and cameraman John Gurd records pantos in Dorset and streams them to children in hospital for no charge<\/li>\n<li>Still with the circus &#8211; the story behind the John Lennon song &#8220;For the benefit of Mr. Kite&#8221; which featured on Britain&#8217;s most popular ever album &#8220;Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5925-87\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090119-web.mp3?_=87\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090119-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090119-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5925\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5889\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th Dec 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Loneliness amongst youngsters &#8211; counsellor and psychotherapist Alison Moore discusses the problem live in the studio<\/li>\n<li>The Robert White cancer treatment centre has recently opened and we look at how the centre came in to being<\/li>\n<li>Restorative justice in Dorset is a year old and is already proving successful. The scheme&#8217;s co-ordinator explains<\/li>\n<li>The price of coffee beans plunges &#8211; the cost of a cup of coffee continues to rise. Are baristas ripping us off?<\/li>\n<li>Our resident vet warns about dodgy doggy treats and dangers to pets in the home during the festive season<\/li>\n<li>Christmas through the ages starting with the &#8216;cool yule&#8217; and ending with Father Christmas and Christmas boxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5889-88\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine121218-web.mp3?_=88\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine121218-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine121218-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5889\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5886\">Ridgeway Magazine 28th Nov 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ll start from scratch&#8230;.and tell you about the invasion of the super flea<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re nicked! Ever wondered what goes on in the Police custody suite?<\/li>\n<li>The story behind the world&#8217;s best know tune.<\/li>\n<li>The facts behind coffee shops and the proposed &#8216;latte levy&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Babysham is 65 years old. We have its fascinating story so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5886-89\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281118-web.mp3?_=89\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281118-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine281118-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5886\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5866\">Ridgeway Magazine 14th Nov 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Our studio guest is Nigel Bundy who tells us about an advocacy initiative run by Age UK and how you can call on their help with tricky problems.<\/li>\n<li>Journalist and television presenter Peter Snow and his journalist wife Ann Macmillan talk to John about their new book &#8216;War Stories&#8217; at the Dorchester Literary Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Our resident vet Malcolm Welshman tells us about a camel with a sore foot, a story from his latest book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malcolmwelshman.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;An Armful of Animals&#8217;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We have a story about when &#8216;passenger assistance&#8217; fails at an airport and advice on getting compensation from a reluctant airline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5866-90\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141118-web.mp3?_=90\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141118-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141118-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5866\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5863\">Ridgeway Magazine 31st Oct 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\">\r\n<ul><li>Interview with Lord Fellowes in which he says the book he has on the go currently is the story of the early life of Marilyn Monroe. He gives his selection of the seven books he would take if marooned on a desert island<\/li><li>We talk to LAPD prosecutor Ron Bowers who was charged with re-opening the death of Marilyn Monroe as a cold case. Was it murder or was it suicide?<\/li><li>As many as 400 Dorset residents in fuel poverty may die of the cold this winter. The charity Surviving Winter is there to help and their CEO talks about its work<ul><li>Visit website: <a href=\"http:\/\/dorsetcommunityfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dorsetcommunityfoundation.org<\/a><\/li><li>Contact the Team: 01202 670815<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Ridgeway Magazine re-visits the Horse Course, a charity in which horses are used to teach people and children how to overcome their behavioural problems and addictions<ul><li>Visit website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehorsecourse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.thehorsecourse.org<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The long playing record is 70 years old. We look at how listening to music has changed since then and ask our presenters which LP was the first one they bought<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5863-91\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine311018-web.mp3?_=91\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine311018-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine311018-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5863\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5850\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th Oct 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Paul Atterbury live in the studio gives a heads up (perhaps that should be eyes down) on the upcoming Dorchester Literature Festival.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sir Tim Smit, chairman of Eden Project International, introduces Portlanders to the plans for a world class attraction and gives Ridgeway Magazine exclusively his \u201cno brainer\u201d idea for another attraction on the Isle.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u201cPet Patter\u201d\u2026vet Malcolm Welshman talks about his new book \u201cAn Armful of Animals\u201d and gives us a peek inside it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do children still pay conkers in this age of Health and Safety?\u00a0 We report on how the \u201cconkering\u201d Germans have saved the World Conker Championships.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Littlemoor has at last got its new shop which sells food. Is it just what the locals wanted?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5850-92\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine031018-web.mp3?_=92\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine031018-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine031018-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5850\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5838\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th Sept 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>The Weymouth harbour-side Peninsular (Pavilion) site. The council\u2019s leisure focused plans, just announced, are derided by the business community. And is the site really worth millions, or not much at all?<\/li>\n<li>We harness the views of the Weymouth Business Investment District, the Chamber of Trade and a developer.<\/li>\n<li>A councillor accuses the council of not listening to the views of the townspeople and voting to go ahead with the unpopular plan.<\/li>\n<li>We visit Radipole RSPB nature reserve and report 17 swans may not have been stolen or slaughtered after all. And autumn is the best time for bird watching.<\/li>\n<li>We air the second part of the report on shared ownership \u2013 this time for the elderly in Poundbury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5838-93\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190918-web.mp3?_=93\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190918-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190918-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5838\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5828\">Ridgeway Magazine 5th Sept 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Scallop Wars \u2013 a West Country trawler skipper tells of his experiences of being threatened and attacked by French fishermen<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCyril the Squirrel\u201d gets his moment of fame, as told by vet Malcolm Welshman in this edition of \u2018Pet Patter\u2019<\/li>\n<li>We visit Mad Hatter day in Bridport and talk to a lady \u201csheep hatter\u201d who takes biodiversity to the extreme. And no, she\u2019s not mad!<\/li>\n<li>Where do all the phrases with the word hat in them come from? We explain, at the drop of a hat.<\/li>\n<li>One man (and his tank) who collects buckets of money for Help For Heroes \u2013 a report<\/li>\n<li>Dorset is famous for collections of historical military vehicles. We find an enthusiast who rebuilds WW2 Jeeps from the wheels up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5828-94\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050918-web.mp3?_=94\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050918-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050918-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5828\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5805\">Ridgeway Magazine 22nd August 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Why are 30 Weymouth b&amp;bs up for sale? Is the town over-bedded? Many small hotels are struggling despite the summer sun.<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth Council leader says the town\u2019s crown jewels\u00a0 (that\u2019s the properties and facilities it owns) will not be nabbed by the new Unitary Authority. Really?<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a stink brewing about the new Esplanade unisex superloo planned for 2020. It\u2019s the gender issue.<\/li>\n<li>We hear about a Dorset charity called Mosaic which helps children cope with bereavement of someone close.<br \/>\nContact details: Tel 01258 837071, web &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosaicfamilysupport.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mosaicfamilysupport.org<\/a>, email &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:laura@mosaicfamilysupport.org\">laura@mosaicfamilysupport.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Six trillion discarded cigarette butts \u2013 dropping one could cost you up to \u00a31,000 if you ignore a fixed penalty fine for littering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220818-web.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 22nd August 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5805\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5800\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th August 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Local democracy reporter explains the changes on the local government front\u00a0 when Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester become a Unitary Authority\u2026what does it mean for ratepayers?<\/li>\n<li>What should I do about my frazzled lawn? Leave it alone! advises our gardening expert.<\/li>\n<li>John visits Gibraltar where the pillar boxes are red and the police still wear helmets.<\/li>\n<li>Small shops are suffering but Broadwey Village Stores re-invented itself when all seemed to be lost.<\/li>\n<li>With 3,500 new homes mooted for Dorchester, how to get on the housing ladder. Shared ownership might be the answer.<\/li>\n<li>About half-a-million UK drivers will face prosecution in France this year. The jolly gendarmes are waiting with a mass of new rules\u2026be prepared and learn about them before travelling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080818-web.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th August 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5800\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5772\">Ridgeway Magazine 25th July 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>The business side of the Sea Food Festival; worth millions to Weymouth, says its chairman<\/li>\n<li>We pay our final visit to Croatia and find out what\u2019s for dinner<\/li>\n<li>Our feature \u201cPet Patter\u201c with vet Malcolm Welshman who has succumbed to \u201cObsessive Dog Disorder\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cdoggy bus\u201d from Spain and how Ralf the spaniel, sentenced to death at the Malaga dog pound, found a new home with John\u2019s daughter<\/li>\n<li>When a \u201cwater resistant\u201d watch gets a dunking in the sea; advice on how to dry it out that might just save it from rusting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250718-website.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 25th July 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5772\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5754\">Ridgeway Magazine 11th July 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Can you over-water your garden and plants? Naomi from Poundbury Gardens tells us.<\/li>\n<li>John joined a huge crowd at the Chickerell Show and talks to some exhibitors and a show director.<\/li>\n<li>We make a visit to the RSPB reserve at Radipole.<\/li>\n<li>In this next instalment of John&#8217;s recent cruise he visits Croatia and the historic city of Dubrovnic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110718-website.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 11th July 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5754\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5719\">Ridgeway Magazine 27th June 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Memory loss is a great fear for oldies. We talk to a Dorset world class memory champion who gives some advice on the subject.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Going on your hols? Don\u2019t forget to pack your Scrabble \u2013 the game is 80 years old and there is a story behind the word game.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217; spot.&nbsp;&nbsp; The question posed by vet Malcolm Welshman, \u201care pets psychic?\u201d He thinks they are.<\/li>\n<li>To Croatia where John pans for salt and Frances gives a history lesson about a commodity once worth its weight in gold!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine270618-website.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 27th June 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5719\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5709\">Ridgeway Magazine 13th June 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Snails and slugs \u2013 new ways of dealing with them that will not harm garden birds says Lucy, our gardening expert.<\/li>\n<li>Badgers \u2013 our vet Malcolm Welshman gives his views on a creature that gets a bad press.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAll tourists are b******s\u201d reads the spray paint graffiti on a wall in Venice \u2013 really? John visits and finds out if Venice is sinking with visitor numbers.<\/li>\n<li>We hear about the Chickerell Steam Fair and what\u2019s in the programme this year.<\/li>\n<li>Careful when using sign language abroad \u2013 a guide when giving the thumbs up or, even worse, showing palms uppermost in Greece. Our hand signals that other cultures misinterpret.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the 13th \u2013 but why is it unlucky except for the Chinese?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine130618-website.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 13th June 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5709\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5482\">Ridgeway Magazine 30th May 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Pretty lights for Weymouth Esplanade. When the scheme\u2019s bright idea went on show, visitors to the public \u201cconsultation\u201d were mainly unimpressed. Bring back the garlands of fairy lights seems to be the verdict.<\/li>\n<li>To Buckland Newton where one man\u2019s creative ideas for slowing down speeding traffic have been dumped for the second time. Do nothing County Council does not approve.<\/li>\n<li>To Sicily for our story about the Mafia which disapproved of the \u201cGodfather\u201c films. John visits the Corleone village and is totally unprepared for what happens next as he interviews a cast member.<\/li>\n<li>Vinyl records. Sales boom but don\u2019t throw out your old ones just yet\u2026they might be worth money.<\/li>\n<li>What do you do to find your missing mobile phone? There\u2019s an app that will solve this mishap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine300518-website.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 30th May 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5482\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5458\">Ridgeway Magazine 16th May 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We visit Portland to hear about the attractiveness of the port to cruise operators. Thirty three ships will visit this year with a beneficial effect on local tourism.<\/li>\n<li>One attraction that will benefit is the D Day Centre on Portland which welcomed 34,000 visitors last year, three times the expected number. We have a report.<\/li>\n<li>Jobs at sea &#8211; great opportunities for young people on cruise ships. We talk to two female officer cadets Molly and Jo (both from the West Country) and their boss on Cunard&#8217;s &#8216;Queen Victoria&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Press photographer of the year Ken Lennox tells the story of Kate Adie&#8217;s undies &#8211; all in the best possible taste&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine160518-web.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 16th May 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5458\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5403\">Ridgeway Magazine 18th April 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>In Pet&#8217;s Patter our resident vet Malcolm Welshman talks about &#8216;Man&#8217;s Best Friend&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Following on from an item in the last programme about driving tests, we discover that Dorchester is the best place in the country to take your driving test! And we talk to Julia Manley, a Dorchester driving instructor<\/li>\n<li>We make no apologies for returning to the ever-present subject of online scams. Plus, do you know what a ferrule is? Amongst other things it was the component of a scam in the 1930s<\/li>\n<li>The Banff Mountain Film Festival visits Weymouth for one day only. We talk to its organiser Rosie Fuller<\/li>\n<li>A potted history of the humble Penny&#8230;.i.e. 1p<\/li>\n<li>Continuing our feature in the last programme on wedding superstitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine180418.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 18th April 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5403\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5399\">Ridgeway Magazine 4th April 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We have an update on the Bus Shelter, the home for up to 17 homeless people in Weymouth, from its founder Emily MacCarron<\/li>\n<li>Why do French waiters appear rude? We tell you and offer some tips on dining in France<\/li>\n<li>Women drivers &#8211; they are safer drivers than men<\/li>\n<li>April gardening tips by Lucy from Poundbury Gardens<\/li>\n<li>The first part of some fascinating facts about weddings<\/li>\n<li>Andy&#8217;s Funny Bone features another comedy classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine040418.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 4th April 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5399\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5387\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st March 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Ridgeway Magazine vet Malcolm Welshman gets up close to Jonathan the tortoise. At186 he, the tortoise, is the world\u2019s oldest land animal.<\/li>\n<li>John talks about his afternoon with Ken Dodd and remembers the occasions they worked together.<\/li>\n<li>Publications \u2013 the Beano is 100 years old and Exchange and Mart is 150. Well, that\u2019s just Dandy as we take a look at comics.<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth\u2019s lukewarm reception for the local council\u2019s ideas for the Peninsular site beside the harbour; we report.<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth\u2019s town museum re-opens in a new and improved venue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210318.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st March 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5387\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5371\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th March 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Irritating phone calls? There could be scammers \u201cphishing\u201d for your personal details. We tell you how to stop them free of charge through the Telephone Preference Service.<\/li>\n<li>We list eight sure fire ways to spot a scam and warn against some old fashioned con tricks still doing the rounds including Ponzi schemes and pyramid selling.<\/li>\n<li>Table manners and will children stop using knives, forks and spoons? A historian tells us who invented cutlery and why it was important to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth.<\/li>\n<li>Pet Patter investigates hamsters courtesy of Ridgeway Magazine\u2019s resident vet.<\/li>\n<li>We look at the history of crosswords and challenge listeners to answer clues from the first ever printed 105 years ago. Not many clues but we defy you to get them right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070318.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th March 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5371\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5361\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st February 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Town and district councillor, David Taylor, is our studio guest and talks about the question of the future of the charter market. If shops are built on the market site, will Dorchester become a town of two halves?<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth councillor Alison Reed puts the case for Weymouth becoming a town council&#8230;in other words a parish council, and what&#8217;s in it for the town when it joins the unitary authority.<\/li>\n<li>A warning from Dorset Police to be on our guard against fraudsters pretending to be police officers. We hear a recording of an actual phone fraud in progress.<\/li>\n<li>We list a few events for which 2018 is an anniversary year.<\/li>\n<li>Who remembers Max Collie and his Rhythm Aces? We air an appreciation and receive a cd for the Ridgeway Community Radio sale of music appeal.<\/li>\n<li>Got a wedding coming up? Why not hire a wind-up gramophone plus 78s specially for the occasion. Mike Coslett from Bridport has all you need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210218.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st February 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5361\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5343\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th February 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Vindictive Valentine cards? As well as sweet sentiments and soppy poems, 150 years ago there were also cards for cads and pigs&#8230;..male, of course. They are on display at the Priest House Museum, Wimborne.<\/li>\n<li>The ancient Roman way of romance entailed violence to young women. Saint Valentine was not amused and lost his head to the Emperor Claudius, but not before he left a love message to a young girl&#8230;and started something!<\/li>\n<li>Gardening tips &#8211; how to use ash and soot in the garden. Slugs and snails do not like it.<\/li>\n<li>Even pets get the January Blues as we are told in this instalment of &#8216;Pet Patter&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Five things you must do before you go on holiday. And how you might beat the price hike for a passport.<\/li>\n<li>News from Ridgeway Community Radio: plans for a ginormous fundraising sale of vinyl records, CDs, music videos and DVDs.<\/li>\n<li>A Sneak Peek of the work in making the Shire Hall in Dorchester an historical experience to really look forward to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070218.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th February 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5343\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5320\">Ridgeway Magazine 24th January 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Enigma, the German military encoding machine, drew a full house at the Corn Exchange when it went on show as part of a talk given by world authority\u00a0 Dr. Mark Baldwin on how the enemy codes were devised and then broken. He tells Ridgeway Magazine Enigma was invented 20 years before the war and was sold in shops.<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth\u2019s early history will have to be re-written&#8230;research shows the Black Death and great plague did not start with rats jumping ship in the port.<\/li>\n<li>Where have all the newspaper delivery boys and girls gone? Broadwey Village stores still delivers newspaper but the number of boys and girls have halved in recent years and the conditions of employment (yes, really!) have tightened.<\/li>\n<li>Second Chance, the Weymouth charity which collects and sells re-conditioned furniture and appliances to needy folk has closed \u2013 but there is still Dorset Reclaim as we report.<\/li>\n<li>Is art worth collecting? No, we are told, buy what you really like.<\/li>\n<li>And we invite listeners to play our song title game, courtesy of broadcaster and jazz band leader Chris Walker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine240118-full-proc.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 24th January 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5320\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5283\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th January 2018<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Dorset Police invited John to join them in the hunt for illicit drug dealers who take over vulnerable people&#8217;s homes.<\/li>\n<li>The circus&#8230;.a British innovation. It lives on but not in the new film&#8217;s way.<\/li>\n<li>John has lunch in Madeira &#8211; you cook the meat yourself.<\/li>\n<li>New Year resolutions &#8211; blame the ancients for the idea. But who keeps them?<\/li>\n<li>A warning to avoid &#8216;shyster&#8217;, or copycat websites which try to sell you a new passport, driving licence, EHIC Card, and others, for MUCH more cash than you NEED to pay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine100118.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th January 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5283\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5200\">Ridgeway Magazine 13th December 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Retired vet Malcolm Welshman talks about the dangers of treating your pet too well at Christmas&#8230;pets can over-indulge as well!<\/li>\n<li>Lucy, our gardening expert, gives advice on how to make plants gifted at Christmas last into the new year and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>We visit the National Coast Watch look out post on Portland and hear how watch keepers, all volunteers, help keep seafarers safe.<\/li>\n<li>The Dull Men\u2019s Club of Great Britain celebrates the ordinary with gifting ideas and a report of not very exciting activities during the year!<\/li>\n<li>Plus some terrible Christmas cracker jokes. You have been warned!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine131217.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 13th December 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5200\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5116\">Ridgeway Magazine 29th November 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Matt Smith, whose 10 &#8216;colossal&#8217; challenges have raised \u00a345,000 for Weldmar, talks live in the studio about fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Regular contributor and retired vet Malcolm Welshman talks to the owls<\/li>\n<li>The Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance has a new \u00a38 million aircraft called &#8216;Pegasus&#8217;. For more information about the service visit <a href=\"http:\/\/dsairambulance.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dsairambulance.org.uk<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:info@dsairambulance.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info@dsairambulance.org.uk<\/a> or phone 01823 669604<\/li>\n<li>Sandwiches &#8211; big business worth \u00a38 billion; we munch the figures and tell the history<\/li>\n<li>Why the suggested Weymouth to Waterloo alternative route via Yeovil by train is a daft idea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to comment on the programme please do so below. Also we&#8217;d be grateful if you could mention us on social media. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine291117.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 29th November 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5116\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5092\">Ridgeway Magazine 15th November 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Andy Worth, chairman of Ridgeway Radio, talks about the plans for community radio in Dorchester and the surrounding area.<\/li>\n<li>John gets \u201cnicked\u201d for speeding and reports on attendance at a Speed Awareness Course, \u201cbetter than three points on my driving licence,\u201d he says.<\/li>\n<li>A report on gambling and the addiction to Fixed Odd Betting Terminals \u2013 the facts will amaze.<\/li>\n<li>We hear about a man called Dora who never bought a round of drinks&#8230;why?<\/li>\n<li>Poundbury Garden Centre\u2019s Lisa Bond talks about her allotment in winter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine151117.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 15th November 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5092\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4951\">Ridgeway Magazine 1st November 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We have an update on finding a suitable site for the \u201cBus Shelter\u201d that will sleep 17 homeless people. But the bus is not moving just yet.<\/li>\n<li>Ridgeway Magazine vet Malcolm Welshman advises against \u201cGoogling\u201d your pet\u2019s health issues. A misdiagnosis might result.<\/li>\n<li>Fly tipping is a problem in the county but we meet a man who has built a shop in Weymouth using only waste material.<\/li>\n<li>Too old to drive safely? We report on Dorset Older Drivers\u2019 Forum sponsored by the Dorset Police and championed by Lord Fellowes.<\/li>\n<li>Train buff and Antiques Roadshow\u2019s Paul Atterbury on model railways \u2013 have they gone too far?<\/li>\n<li>White rabbits! white rabbits! and a \u201cpinch and a punch for the first of the month!\u201d&#8230;but why? We have the answers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine011117.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 1st November 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4951\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4898\">Ridgeway Magazine 18th October 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Radio One is 50 years old but we celebrate Pirate Radio with our own Geoff Atherton, Ridgeway Radio presenter, former pirate radio DJ and record plugger.<\/li>\n<li>Elvis died 40 years ago. We mark his passing (did he ever leave?) with an extended interview with Ted Harrison, author of the book &#8220;The Death and Resurrection of Elvis Presley&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine181017.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 18th October 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4898\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4854\">Ridgeway Magazine 4th October 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Lost for words? We read 30 funny old words that have been rediscovered<\/li>\n<li>What happens to lost luggage? It goes to auction!<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth Council leader explains the North Quay sale problem.<\/li>\n<li>Pet Patter: our vet talks about saving a python which had swallowed its heating pad.<\/li>\n<li>Lost your umbrella on the underground? The lost property office dealt with 332,000 items last year.<\/li>\n<li>War on waste &#8211; how long do things take to biodegrade?<\/li>\n<li>Have you forgotten about a personal pension paid into at work? We tell you how to track it down. Useful info to accompany this item: to trace forgotten pensions phone 0345 600 2537, or go to this website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/find-pension-contact-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.uk\/find-pension-contact-details<\/a>\u00a0or write to Pensions Tracing Service 9, Mail Handling Site A, Wolverhampton WV98 1LU. Note, the Government&#8217;s service is free whereas commercial companies providing the same service will charge you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine041017.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 4th October 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4854\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4834\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th September 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>So you want to be a fire fighter? Section Commander at Weymouth Fire Station, Dave Allen, tells us about the job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two anniversaries:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The 999 emergency number is 80 years old and we chart its progress and warn about making hoax calls.<\/li>\n<li>ERNIE, the machine that chooses Premium Bond winners is 60 this year. He&#8217;s chosen prizes valued at \u00a317 billion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>School hols &#8211; do you want four or five short breaks a year?<\/li>\n<li>Lucy from Poundbury Gardens gives her tips for September.<\/li>\n<li>Concluding our series on the history of the cinema &#8211; it&#8217;s all change at the flicks these days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200917.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th September 2017 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4834\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4826\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th September 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Weymouth Pavilion is now the best show in town after four years of community ownership.<\/li>\n<li>We talk to the Mad Hatters of Bridport at Hatterday festival.<\/li>\n<li>Our vet and animal expert Malcolm Welshman answers the question, \u201cWhere have all the swallows gone?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Some fruity remarks by our MPs about what they call each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060917.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th September 2017 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4826\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4807\">Ridgeway Magazine 23rd August 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>In this edition we go to France for a snapshot of life across the channel taking in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Le cricket&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>McDonalds with knives and forks<\/li>\n<li>Motoring<\/li>\n<li>What President Macron has been up to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A report on what happens if you lose your passport whilst abroad<\/li>\n<li>We re-visit the Horse Course<\/li>\n<li>We visit a lady who rescues hedgehogs<\/li>\n<li>And take your seats for part two of our Romance of the Cinema<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine230817.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 23rd August 2017 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4807\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4777\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th August 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Four legs good, two legs bad. This edition features animals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vet Malcolm Welshman tells us how dogs communicate &#8211; is the tail wagging up, down or sideways?<\/li>\n<li>A dog whisperer (yes really!) talks to a mixed-up dog about its unhappy past.<\/li>\n<li>We visit the Horse Course where mixed-up adults and children find that horses can change their moods.<\/li>\n<li>The pig is man&#8217;s best friend&#8230;.discuss.<\/li>\n<li>Those clever children from Damers First School are still selling their prizewinning &#8216;Spic and Span&#8217; product. We visit Poundbury Food Festival and meet them again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine090817.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th August 2017 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4777\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4712\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th July 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>To the Norwegian fjords where folk have to have two jobs to survive.<\/li>\n<li>Know a wolverine: the mad dog-like predator that can climb trees and kills sheep for fun!<\/li>\n<li>Politics: in Norway, even the fish voted no! to the EU.<\/li>\n<li>We go below decks on a mighty cruise ship and the captain reads a letter form a 10 year old.<\/li>\n<li>Follow-up story: winning Damers First School do it again. An interview with Eco Club Team Leader, Edd Moore. Also read the full report in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorsetecho.co.uk\/news\/15433353._Passion__enthusiasm_and_hard_work___Business_brains_clean_up_in_national_challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorset Echo here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In the week the Dunkirk film is released, we hear about \u201cMy Girl\u201d and her float-on part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190717.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th July 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4712\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4657\">Ridgeway Magazine 5th July 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Two budding business brains aged eight and nine talk about creating an eco-friendly product for a national young entrepreneurs competition.<\/li>\n<li>We list the top 10 films of all time and learn the movies were a British, not Hollywood, invention.<\/li>\n<li>Credit cards: the \u201cflexible friend\u201d is 51 and the ATM is 50 years old.<\/li>\n<li>Did \u201cWorld No Tobacco Day\u201d pass you by? We investigate puff, snuff and statistical stuff.<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Purnell, chair of Friends of DCH, reprises their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050717-edit.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 5th July 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4657\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4628\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st June 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>You can go on a Hard Hat Tour of the Shire Hall in Dorchester which will reopen as a heritage centre next year. We report on progress.<\/li>\n<li>The Decadettes give us a tune or two resplendent in their Poppy Dresses while they collect money for the Royal British Legion.<\/li>\n<li>We talk to Poppy Butcher, organiser of Weymouth&#8217;s Military Vehicle Parade, now in her eighties and just as well organised as the young secretary she once was on D Day.<\/li>\n<li>Do pets look like their owners? Ridgeway Magazine&#8217;s vet Malcolm Welshman tells us.<\/li>\n<li>Railway trivia &#8211; some stories from life on the lines.<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Bond from Poundbury Garden Centre takes us to her allotment for the third time.<\/li>\n<li>Dorset Police with a serious warning about fraud &#8211; don&#8217;t let it happen to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine210617.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 21st June 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4628\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4592\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th June 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We have an interview with antiques expert Eric Knowles, of Antiques Roadshow fame, who was recently in Dorchester.<\/li>\n<li>Travelling abroad? Check if you need a Visa as well as your passport, a Dorchester travel agent advises.<\/li>\n<li>Should old men wear shorts not to mention back-to-front baseball caps?<\/li>\n<li>We look at the history of trousers and how a Royal accident became a trouser fashion.<\/li>\n<li>The new Friends\u2019 shop in the hospital has something for everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth\u2019s Colwell Centre reopens as the School Street Shopping Plaza \u2013 we pay a visit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine070617.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 7th June 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4592\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4568\">Ridgeway Magazine 24th May 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>With 2 billion people expected to speak English by 2020,\u00a0 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) pays well and we tell you how to get on a course.<\/li>\n<li>Our feature \u201cPets Patter\u201d, with retired vet and author Malcolm Welshman, tells us how to make a cat do what YOU want!<\/li>\n<li>Where is the \u201cBus Shelter\u201d, a converted bus which will sleep 20 homeless people, to park? \u201cNot here!\u201d say Weymouth councillors.<\/li>\n<li>Gardening tips concentrate on slugs and other pests.<\/li>\n<li>We report on the newest must-have, reconditioned wind-up gramophones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine240517.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th May 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4568\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4537\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th May 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Good use for an old double decker bus. We report on one being converted into a \u201cbus shelter\u201d for rough sleepers<\/li>\n<li>Dorset Police are asking for volunteers from villages to join \u201cCommunity Speed Watch\u201d while the French Police aim to issue 12 million speeding tickets with the help of new sophisticated radar traps.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile the Community Car Scheme in Dorset needs volunteer drivers to take folk to hospital and doctors\u2019 surgeries.<\/li>\n<li>Want to squeeze inside a WW2 tank, \u201cdrive\u201d a Jeep and shoot down a plane? The Portland D Day Centre is hands-on war!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine100517-edit.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 10th May 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4537\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4497\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th April 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Dorset Police give a timely warning about the safe disposal of marine distress flares. A weekend collection of out-of-date flares saw 2,000 handed in, the oldest dating from 1964.<\/li>\n<li>We take a look at the history of holidays for the workers and found Britain has only eight public hols while the rest of Europe averages 11.<\/li>\n<li>A report on the still-closed Colwell Centre, Weymouth, reveals some interesting facts about an unofficial Tourist Information Centre.<\/li>\n<li>Two Weymouth stories \u2013 has the \u201cdecaying\u201dtown been smartened up for summer and a report on the Lions\u2019 Club \u201cwave wade\u201d for charity.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, Marmite \u2013 the funny peculiar facts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine190417.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 19th April 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4497\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4469\">Ridgeway Magazine 29th March 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Our gardening expert Lucy Simpson, from Poundbury Gardens, tells us about the garden in springtime.<\/li>\n<li>In Pet Patter we talk to our resident vet Malcolm Welshman about animals that are mimics.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll have to forgive John on his rant about South West Trains&#8217; bus replacement services which are weekend events at the moment.<\/li>\n<li>Should we all &#8216;man up&#8217;? Not according to a university which has banned the use of the descriptive word &#8216;man&#8217; in lectures and on campus.<\/li>\n<li>With the introduction of the new one pound coin we wonder if you have a forged pound in your pocket &#8211; if so get rid of it quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine290317.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 29th March 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4469\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4460\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th March 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Ridgeway Magazine went on patrol with Dorset Police in the search of mobile phone users. The new law was explained together with a warning that a \u201cstop\u201d by Police might end with your car being seized!<\/li>\n<li>A million visitors are expected in Weymouth; we look at some of the 250 events and festivals planned for 2017.<\/li>\n<li>We follow up the story about dilapidated Weymouth with Rachel Stretton from the Dorset Echo.<\/li>\n<li>The leader of Weymouth\u00a0council talks about plans for the Peninsular (Pavilion) site.<\/li>\n<li>We have a special report on loneliness among young people with psychoanalyst and counsellor Alison Moore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080317.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th March 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4460\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4371\">Ridgeway Magazine 22nd February 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>We take a walk around Weymouth in the company of a local resident who has shamed the council in to smartening up the town centre.<\/li>\n<li>Pet Patter &#8211; Do pets really have a sense of humour, with Malcolm Welshman.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s good enough for charity shops and what&#8217;s not.<\/li>\n<li>The advice given to rail passengers for their own safety&#8230;.150 years ago!<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Simpson from Poundbury Gardens gives us gardening tips for this time of year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine220217.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 22nd February 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4371\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4365\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th February 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Food wastage and an appeal from Weymouth based charity, Soul Food, for working fridges and freezers.<\/li>\n<li>We re-visit a previous item about writing a will. Cowboy will writers? Yes, they exist!<\/li>\n<li>We talk to a tattoo artist with a cosmetic difference, who has had 8 million hits online since her story went viral!<\/li>\n<li>Finally, a timely reminder for Valentines Day and how did it all begin?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine080217.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 8th February 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4365\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4359\">Ridgeway Magazine 25th January 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>A packed programme includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cleaning Up After Fido?<\/strong> Dog poo was once called \u201cpure\u201d and was collected for money.<\/li>\n<li><strong>US Presidents<\/strong> were a weird bunch and we looked at their gifts and foibles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Year Resolutions for pets,<\/strong> with our studio guest, author and vet Malcolm Welshman.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Texting While Walking <\/strong>\u00a0You could be fined in America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tax Returns<\/strong>\u00a0 The dog ate my tax papers and other excuses unlikely to impress HMRC when not filing tax returns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit to Norway<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Ridgeway Radio\u2019s<\/em> visit, with John, to Norway\u2019s capital, Oslo, to a Viking museum, and no, the Vikings did not wear helmets with horns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine250117.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 25th January 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4359\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4345\">Ridgeway Magazine 11th January 2017<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>The latest edition features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The right and wrong ways to write a will<\/li>\n<li>Getting married at sea<\/li>\n<li>Careers aboard cruise liners<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions &#8211; did you make any and will you keep them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine110117.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 11th Jan 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4345\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4297\">Ridgeway Magazine 14th December 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Is Santa Claus past his sell-by date? (Hmmm, controversial!)<\/li>\n<li>As the &#8216;tummy bug&#8217; season arrives, we have an &#8216;Odd Ode&#8217; about hygiene in the kitchen (courtesy, Cyril Fletcher)<\/li>\n<li>Advice on how to prevent fraudsters getting their hands on you hard earned cash<\/li>\n<li>Pet Patter &#8211; are our pets psychic?<\/li>\n<li>We follow the progress of our allotment novice who grew 23 varieties of potato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine141216.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 14th December 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4297\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4266\">Ridgeway Magazine 30th November 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Cyber Crime. Are you among the 1 in 4 Brits who have been affected?<\/li>\n<li>The empty Weymouth Council Offices and why local councillors are powerless to decide the future of the buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Being invited to dinner in a grand house 300 years ago. Did you know that, as a guest, you were expected to take your own knife, fork, spoon and potty!?<\/li>\n<li>Battlefield Tours. Featuring the Western Front Association, based in Pimperne.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine301116.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 30th November 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4266\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4234\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th November 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Pet Patter &#8211; Vet Malcolm Welshman talks about animals who watch TV<\/li>\n<li>BBC TV is 90 years old<\/li>\n<li>What happened to &#8220;Penny for The Guy&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>Drunk as a Lord &#8211; where did that saying come from?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine091116.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 9th November 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4234\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4228\">Ridgeway Magazine 26th October 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Take-away food and the way it&#8217;s changing our eating habits.<\/li>\n<li>Local MP Richard Drax talks about the final months of the Search &amp; Rescue helicopter and plans for the future.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Drax also talks of the hope for survival of the Land Registry Office which has been threatened with closure or privatisation.<\/li>\n<li>The Driving Test is 80 years old. We take a look back at its beginnings.<\/li>\n<li>Autumn gardening tips from Poundbury Gardens&#8217; Lucy Simpson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine261016.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 12th October 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4228\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4214\">Ridgeway Magazine 12th October 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Why is Weymouth among the 10 unhappiest places to live? Two views; journalist Harry Walton lists Weymouth\u2019s faults and good points and guest house proprietor can only see the best. The peninsular site by the harbour; Weymouth council leader Geoff Cant explains the idea for a giant entertainments complex and the in-house finance possibility.<\/li>\n<li>As the clocks go back, we find the extra hour is 100 years old this year and remember when there were TWO extra hours in summer..<\/li>\n<li>The national Illegal Lending Team has got its collective eye on Dorset loan sharks with a phone number to report usurers.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, examine the small change in your pocket. Some coins are worth \u00a310\u2019s and \u00a3100\u2019s and we tell you which.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine121016.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 12th October 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4214\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4169\">Ridgeway Magazine 28th September 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>Pet Patter &#8211; a new monthly feature with vet Malcolm Welshman<\/li>\n<li>News of the closure ofr Weymouth&#8217;s seafront loos<\/li>\n<li>And Odd Ode about poor Sonia Snell &#8211; spent a penny but caused her hell!<\/li>\n<li>Ron Bowers, retired Los Angeles Police Department Prosecutor, on the American way of justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine280916.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 28th September 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4169\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4096\">Ridgeway magazine 14th September 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><ul>\n<li>The Fire of London &#8211;\u00a0 recently remembered on its 350th anniversary, was nothing compared to the Great Fire of Dorchester which in 1613 almost destroyed the entire town of 2,000 souls. Local historian Kate Hebditch tells the story.<\/li>\n<li>High Speed History &#8211;\u00a0 A young art expert was challenged to relate the history of art in five minutes &#8230;she did it in eight!<\/li>\n<li>Seagulls\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 A local councillor set out the initiative that has been taken to discourage people from feeding gulls by sticking advisory labels on takeaway food packaging. Can seagulls read?<\/li>\n<li>Interviews by Los Angeles Police Department &#8211;\u00a0 Another in the series of interviews by Los Angeles Police Department prosecutor\u00a0 describing crimes committed by the \u201cdumbest\u201d criminals.<\/li>\n<li>Gardening tips for September. Lucy Simpson from Poundbury Gardens joins us once again with some very useful advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine140916.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 14th September 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4096\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4091\">Ridgeway Magazine 31st August 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>We look in to the possible demise of local tourist information centres. Joining in the discussion are David Taylor, town and district councillor, and Alison Weller, Chair of Weymouth Hoteliers, Guest Houses and Leaseholders Association. Also in this edition we ask when is a supermarket not super except for its super-inflated prices and investigate our enthusiasm for forensic science with the help of a former Los Angeles Police Department forensic scientist. Finally, continuing the tourist theme, we feature some daft questions asked by tourists!<\/p>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine310816.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 31st August 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4091\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4040\">Ridgeway Magazine 17th August 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Ridgeway Magazine featured an interview with a Los Angeles Police Department Prosecuting Attorney who talked about the history of forensic science which began in England 200 years ago. He brought the subject to life by discussing the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe which he recently re-investigated as a \u201ccold case\u201d. Modern policing was reflected in an interview with the \u201cNo excuses\u201d campaign leader in Dorset who talked about the county\u2019s introduction of drug driving tests. Other subjects: when suntans became fashionable replacing the often poisonous pale and interesting look, a wry take on whether the Chinese can build Hinkley Point and why Mr. Punch might be forced to leave his pitch on Weymouth beach.<\/p>\n<p>Click the Play button to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine170816.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 17th August 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4040\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4033\">Ridgeway Magazine 3rd August 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Dorset Police Superintendent Peter Little was a live guest on Ridgeway Magazine and explained why research showed 40 per cent of Dorset parents believe their children are safer playing outside than being on-line. He discussed \u201cstranger danger\u201d in the context of children making \u201cfriends\u201d with people they don\u2019t know who could lead them into trouble and what parents should do to install parental controls. Ruth Hayes, gardening  editor of \u201cAmateur Gardener\u201d, stood in for our regular gardening expert and gave answers to the most frequently asked questions. We reported on the anniversary of credit cards which are exactly 50 years old, and asked if Britain is living above its means given the startling amount of personal debt.<\/p>\n<p>Click the Play button below to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine030816.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 3rd August 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=4033\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3990\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th July 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>John concludes his cruise to Russia by talking to the Captain of his cruise ship, The Emerald Princess, as well as the Cruise Director and his assistant who are in charge of the on board activities. Also, some useful information about the Isle of Wight as John talks to an island Tour Manager. Plus did you know that the Speaking Clock is 80 years old? &#8211; everything you need to know is here.<\/p>\n<p>Click the Play button below to listen (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine200716.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 20th July 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3990\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3967\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th July 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>This edition features part 2 of John&#8217;s trip to Russia taking in Finland and Poland along the way. Also, in this edition, txt spk&#8230;the acronyms we use when texting or, in years gone by when writing home to our loved ones, including a few you may never have heard of.<\/p>\n<p>Click the Play button below to hear the programme (also available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Listen<\/a> page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine060716.mp3\">Ridgeway Magazine 6th July 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3967\">Open in new page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3892\">Ridgeway Magazine 22nd June 2016<\/a><div class=\"lcp_content\"><p>Come with us to Ghent, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Estonia in Part 1 of this very special edition featuring John&#8217;s recent trip en route to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Ridgeway Radio<\/em>\u00a0 Outside Broadcast Unit went to Russia and many ports on the way. This programme featured Ghent, a canal trip, a report on world famous Belgian chocolate and why the city has 2,000 pubs. John visited\u00a0 Copenhagen and heard about its mermaids, its palaces including\u00a0 the changing of the guard and was told a Hans Christian Anderson story about a little mermaid. Then to Stockholm to see the most amazing museum devoted entirely to a 17th century man of war which, apart from the sails, is virtually complete having been salvaged from \u201csweet\u201d non- corrosive water. The guide in Estonia talked about the country\u2019s rich flora and fauna which is the backbone of its tourist trade. Its capital Talinn has a medieval charm, a small city where time stands still. There will be more to come from John&#8217;s trip in the next edition of Ridgeway Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Back home, also in this programme, the gardening slot featured a young novice gardener and a visit to her allotment. 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