Yes, you got that right “Barnes’ Night” not Burns Night – we ain’t Scottish. William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) wrote beautiful poems in the Dorset dialect. We celebrate Dorset’s son with a feast every year around the end of January. If you’d like to come along and maybe regale the crowd … Read more
Drink today and drown all sorrow, for perhaps you should not do it tomorrow Best whilst you have it, use your breath, because there’s no drinking after death. So here’s to the ships of our navy. And here’s to the ladies of our land. May the former be well rigged and the latter be well … Read more
A short video by Abbie Stewart The Cider Shed is made up of a small community of men from Chideock, Dorset. Every Tuesday between September and January, they make their own cider using locally sourced apples. All the men have their own stories and reasons for joining the shed, but they all share the same … Read more
Collin reminisces about his first “romantic” experience, around 1932. Apologies; the sound is terrible.
Here are some photographs of Hubert Warren’s cider shed in Netherbury, Dorset. Taken by Keith Bayliss in April 2005 (after Mr Warren had died), it is in a disused state, some cider left in the old barrels. The photo of the old press was from a photograph some years older. Who remembers Hubert’s?
Here are a selection of photographs from the Open Shed Doors South West Dorset cider shed tour on Easter Saturday 2017. All stolen off Facebook so if you feel your copyright has been infringed or would like to add your own images please contact us.
Collin Phillips sings “Little Ball of Yarn” and “The Two Newlyweds” at his Cider Shed in Symondsbury, Dorset on 21st August 2011 when The Skimmity Hitchers came and played a gig.
A Celebration of the Great Dorset Cider Shed with music from the Skimmity Hitchers. Five Sheds in One Day Itinerary: 10.30 – Nettlecombe 12.30 – Bidlake 14.00 – Symondsbury 15.30 – Chideock 17.30 – Monkton Wyld All times are approximate and subject to the vagaries of traffic, cider quality, toilet stops and anecdote length. Ask … Read more