Once they were many a parking motorist’s nightmare but these days parking attendants – also formerly known as traffic wardens – have a new name to go with their broadened responsibilities and – now we […]
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What happened to the e-bike’s?
A short while ago Bath Newseum follower John Batty asked: ‘It’s been a couple of months now since the Council advised you that they would be trialling electric bikes for a hire scheme around the […]
Bath ‘cultural hub’ seeks to widen its appeal.
The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) has been awarded a grant to help it research ways to widen its appeal. It’s been given £36,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund which will enable […]
The air that WE breathe.
B&NES may have declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ but the Bath branch of Extinction Rebellion are out to remind them it’s all about action rather than words. They are planning an anti-pollution procession this Saturday – […]
No more neglect says ‘Mr Clean’.
It pays to complain it seems as B&NES announces it’s to spend an extra £40,000 in Bath city centre ‘for a major clean up of our streets.’ For the next six weeks, the Council’s cleansing […]
House record for Aldridge’s
Local auctioneer Ivan Street’s routine visit to a property just outside the city came up with an object which has just broken house records for Aldridge’s of Bath. A Yongzheng celadon ‘flowers and fruit’ bowl […]
History costs!
Bath’s former Mayor and Council ‘Heritage Champion’ Bryan Chalker is on the commemoration war path once again. He’s speaking up for Stothert and Pitt – once the city’s biggest industrial employer. Not content with persuading […]
Reward scheme launched
Residents across Bath and North East Somerset can pick up reward vouchers to spend in high street stores as part of a new scheme to encourage recycling of small electrical items. Bath & North East […]
Star line up for Children’s Festival
Some of the biggest names in children’s books, along with a host of well-known faces from TV, are coming to Bath Children’s Literature Festival this autumn. The 13th annual celebration of the written word – […]
One of our roundels is missing.
I am currently relying on my partner – or a taxi – to get around on four wheels. I have a brand new electric bike ( from Take Charge) that l haven’t been able to […]
