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Dorset

Dorset
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About Dorset

Dorset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west. The largest settlement is Bournemouth.

On the show โ€” 26 mentions total

In 2009, there was a woman in Dorset who found a seahorse on her drive, and she lived three miles inland. It was alive. They think a seagull dropped it.

from No Such Thing As An Edible Jockey, 2017-04-07 at 00:15:10 ยท read transcript

Other times Dorset came up

  1. There is one theory I've heard and I like this so much. The people of Dorset were interviewed about it in the 18th century and this was a, I think, a local reverend who was a bit of an amateur historian taking this record from the locals. The people there at the time said that it represented a giant who had stolen sheep from the people living nearby for his own food.

    No Such Thing As A Frothy Beer, 2020-05-15 ยท listen

  2. You would, you would. There is one theory I've heard, and I like this so much. The people of Dorset were interviewed about it in the 18th century. This was, I think, a local reverend who was a bit of an amateur historian taking this record from the locals. The people there at the time said that it represented a giant who had stolen sheep from the people living nearby for his own food.

    321: No Such Thing As A Frothy Beer, 2020-05-15 ยท listen

  3. Oh my god awesome kitchen towel and you just sniff on it and let it absorb. Wow good. It's also happening to a museum in Dorset they're very worried about it. It's the Bridgeport Museum and it it has a really extensive archive of the town's 800 year old rope and netting industry and this museum is now being eroded by dog urin and they've had to release statements saying the museum the foot the entire museum.

    77: No Such Thing As Pee-Bay, 2015-09-04 ยท listen

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