John Wood the Elder ensured that those who moved into his rather exclusive grand enclosure at Queen Square did not have far to go when it came to giving thanks for their own good fortunes! […]
Month: March 2013
Bath’s Industrial Heritage Day
A date for your post-Easter diary and that’s Bath’s Industrial Heritage Day on Saturday, April 6th between 10 am and 4pm at Bath City Football Club at Twerton. Admission is free. The event will feature […]
Turning ideas into actions!
An invitation for you to come and let the people who run Bath know what you think about how business, community groups and council are doing and share some ideas of your own on how […]
The museum in a Bath furniture shop!
It has to be the most unusual place to look back into Bath’s past but the city’s largest furniture shop in Walcot Street has found room amongst its beds, wardrobes and three-piece suites for a […]
The man who put Orpheus together again!
The Virtual Museum is carrying several stores about Roman mosaics discovered around Bath.This is the second account of the fabulous Orpheus Pavement found at Newton St Loe in 1837 by Brunel’s railway navvies. Elsewhere the […]
Pulteney Weir to power Christmas lights?
Well it’s a novel way of making a point – about how we’ve ignored the River Avon’s potential – but sustainable energy experts on the newly-formed River Regeneration Trust reckon the waters flowing over […]
Mr Bowler’s lost eggs!
The Museum of Bath at Work is organising an Easter Fair of its own next Saturday – March 30th – from 10.30 am through to 4pm. There will be craft and vintage stalls, cakes […]
Orpheus – the full story!
Elsewhere within the Virtual Museum is a lengthy piece about Keynsham and its Roman past. I mentioned a wonderful mosaic ‘pavement’ discovered at Newton St Loe during the construction of Brunel’s Great Western Railway. After […]
Puzzle in Parsonage Lane
There’s a real feeling today of Spring being held back by this cold and literally blasted weather. A real seasonal tension being played out here on the lawns of the Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel. In […]
Abbey Green-er!
Out in a rather wet and cold Bath today but cheered by the new turf that has been laid underneath the still leafless tree in the middle of the little square that is Abbey Green. […]
