Month: September 2013

Mr Peto’s garden of delights

Just half a mile south of Bradford on Avon – on one side of a beautifully green and lush-leafed valley … More

A feather-ruffling day to talk seagulls.

  Local residents, business owners and visitors are being invited by Bath & North East Somerset Council come together to … More

Last chance for top spot over Keynsham

The last chance in 2013 for people to view the construction site for 100 feet up of the £34 million … More

Cellar secrets

A trip into a Bath chemist to buy a bar of coal-tar soap also – quite unexpectedly – plunged me … More

The Bernina remembered

I have been talking about an official handbook published in 1923 which features up to date information on all the … More

Praise for the man who helped restore Bath’s Spa.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has been paying its condolences to the family of Dr. Geoffrey Kellaway – the … More

Bath uncovered

Back in 1923 Bath not only had a daily newspaper called The Bath Herald – ‘ acknowledged to be the … More

Another step closer

  Volunteers working with the Cleveland Pools Trust have just exposed a good part of an original path leading from … More

No-mooring zone on way for section of River Avon

An investigation into unauthorised moorings on the stretch of the River Avon below Pulteney Weir and  Widcombe Basin has resulted … More

Somerdale scheme gets go-ahead!

Looks like the green light has been given for the biggest residential and commercial development in Keynsham for a long … More

Nearly there!

Good to see work proceeding a pace on the north side of the nave of Bath Abbey where the trial … More

Keynsham three-wheeler

Well l knew Keynsham had an illustrious Roman and Mediaeval past but had no idea it was a centre for … More

Mystery marker

Can anyone help members of the Mayor of Bath’s Honorary Corps of Guides. The local people with a love of … More

A real rags to riches tale!

Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery is currently staging a stunning loan exhibition of more than 50 paintings and drawings to mark … More

Decision day for Keynsham?

Bath and North East Somerset councillors meet this Wednesday – September 25th – to consider a planning application from Taylor … More

Bumper Baths time

Seems visitor numbers to the City’s Roman Baths have reached their highest level for a generation with foot-fall up seven … More

‘First Fleet’ Commander to have Bath memorial

  A new sculpture which will commemorate the links between Bath and the British sailor who led the First Fleet … More

Keynsham residents to hear river regeneration plans

The people of Keynsham are being offered a chance to hear and comment upon plans for the regeneration of the … More