An experimental bus lane running eastbound will be introduced from 20 January 2014 in Dorchester Street, Bath by Bath & North East Somerset Council with the aim of creating a safer, more welcoming environment for […]
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Month: December 2013
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 31,000 times in […]
Get smart with free library borrowing.
Get a tablet or smart phone for Christmas? Did you know you can use it to borrow eBooks and eAudioBooks for FREE with your library membership? Choose from around 4000 eBooks and 1100 eAudioBooks and […]
January sale at Recycling Centre.
Another second-hand furniture sale is being held by Bath & North East Somerset Council on Saturday 18 January 2014 from 10am to 12 noon at the old MOD building (next to the Recycling Centre) at […]
Derelict fountain takes a further knock
Sad to see the fountain in Laura Place has been damaged with stonework on the basin broken away. Was it the weather or a vehicle passing too close? I know talks are continuing between B&NES […]
A slice of Bath’s new Museum!
The Virtual Museum of Bath gets to celebrate a year of growing success with a Christmas Cake of its own. My thanks to Lisa Bowman at Batheaston for this amazing creation featuring the cyber logo […]
Weir! Where?
Christmas Eve brought blue skies and calmer and colder weather after the deluge of the previous storm-filled day. It also brought a whole new look to heritage with one of the Victorian mail boxes in […]
Hot date at Roman Baths
On New Year’s Day visitors to the Bath & North East Somerset Council-run Roman Baths will receive complimentary hot dates as they step out beside the Great Bath. Hot, stuffed and peppered dates were a […]
Bath’s first ‘lollipop’ lady
Back in August the Virtual Museum of Bath carried a story regarding the setting up of the School Crossing Patrol Service for Bath & North East Somerset Council which was celebrating 60 years of existence. […]
Perils of being a postie
A passerby comes to the aid of a postie stepping into the rainwater ‘lake’ surrounding the Victorian letter-box in historic Laura Place. She’s hanging onto the sack while he reaches for the letters he has […]
