Philippa is a TV producer. She lives with husband Martin and daughter Emily on a farm near Beaminster, where they host the annual Buckham Fair every summer.
My Place… Buckham Down, near Beaminster – Philippa Clunes
Category: My Place
My Place… Bridport Town Hall Clock – Paul Violet
I am in charge of looking after the Town Hall clock — among other things! I live in the lodge at Bridport Cemetery. I am responsible for preparing the graves, liaising with the undertakers, and sometimes just having a cup of tea in the office with people visiting a grave who are just overcome with grief.
I am a mace-bearer for the Mayor and I look after the market when the superintendent is off.
My family are from Drimpton and I have been married to Clare for 27 years and have a daughter Becky, who’s 20.
My Place… Lyme Regis — Virgil Turner
I’m Virgil Turner, I’m 49 and my main job is window cleaning. I say main job, but being Station Commander of the fire station in Lyme Regis takes up most of my time!
I have been with the fire service for 18 years now and we are also the ambulance co-responders here as well now
My Place… Bettiscombe — Henry Smith
I am really West Dorset, born and bred. I was born at Stoke Abbott in 1942 and I am 72 now
I have never lived further than four miles from where I was born. It’s true that there aren’t many people able to say that these days
My place… Bridport — Chloe Evans-Lippett
I always describe myself as a mother to Amelia Rose, who is six, and wife to Tony: those are my first two jobs