Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Libraries are organising free events across the area to celebrate National Bookstart Week, June … More
Month: May 2015
Taking a store guided tour!
Open Day and Guided Tours at St John’s Local History Store as part of the Festival of Learning 2015 On … More
Improvement work to Seven Dials reaches final stages?
Work to improve the Seven Dials area of Bath for cyclists and pedestrians is reaching its final stages. Though you … More
Searching for 1914-1918 films of Bath and North East Somerset
The Arts Development team at Bath & North East Somerset Council is keen to hear from anyone who holds any … More
Roman Baths Learning Centre plans for former city laundry
Bath & North East Somerset Council has appointed local architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) as lead designers for the … More
Rabbit exclusion zone
Bath has to get used to seeing its once green-covered railway embankments stripped of vegetation. It’s part of the price … More
Reform, economies and putting residents first
The new Conservative leadership of Bath & North East Somerset Council has set out its priorities for the next four … More
Trustees wanted for new Roman Baths Foundation
Big changes are afoot at the city’s Roman Baths in an effort to attract more funding for conservation and education … More
Meeting Mr Bennet.
For three years now l have been a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Honorary Corps of Guides – an … More
Getting the balance right at Smallcombe
As part of Smallcombe Garden Cemetery Conservation and Heritage Project, tree maintenance works will take place from May 26th for around … More
Larkhall Carnival memories
The recent annual Larkhall Festival has brought back memories for one former resident.. The Virtual Museum was contacted by Mr … More
More than 6,000 visit Forest of Imagination
Looks like the week-end’s contemporary arts event in Queen Square has been a great success. Bath’s historic Queen Square became … More
Work on rail crossing to Hampton Row.
Preliminary work on Network Rail’s multi-billion pound electrification of the London to Bristol line is starting to be noticed in … More
Wonderland winner?
To celebrate 150 years since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, members of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s … More
Bath heritage goes Google!
It was nice to see that a huge international corporation like Google still felt the need to call on a bit … More
Keynsham mosaics display leave ‘something to be desired’.
A review now of the display of mosaics that have been incorporated into Keynsham’s new Civic Centre from Bristol-based Anthony Beeson … More
Summer show in the frame.
The 110th annual exhibition of work by the Bath Society of Artists got underway at Bath’s Victoria Gallery last night. … More
Bath history sing song
A children’s choir of 350 primary school pupils from all across the city will be coming together for a one-off … More
Renewing efforts to complete Widecombe Parade.
Bath & North East Somerset Council has had a meeting with its contractor to discuss progress at Widcombe Parade and … More
Paving the way for Bath’s visitors.
Nice to welcome a new contributor to the Virtual Museum of Bath. Ken Tatem is a local historian who retired … More
First ‘green’ Western
‘We’re about to put Brunel back into his railway’ said the man from First Great Western when we started chatting … More
Degree show for Bath Spa students
The annual Bath School of Art and Design Undergraduate Degree Show – next month – will once again be transforming … More
Fund raising dip into bathing history.
Bath Spa University students and other ‘brave’ supporters of the Cleveland Pools Project took part in a fashion show with a difference … More
Victory bells at Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey’s ten bells rang out recently to mark the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in … More
Seeing red.
I love the Royal Mail. I recently pointed out the difference in appearance of a Victoria Regina pillar mail box … More
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