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Month: May 2015

Celebrating National Bookstart Week

Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Libraries are organising free events across the area to celebrate National Bookstart Week, June … More

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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

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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

Bath, Bath In Time, First World War

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

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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

Bath, Great Western Railway, Network Rail

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

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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

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Meeting Mr Bennet.

For three years now l have been a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Honorary Corps of Guides – an … More

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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

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Larkhall Carnival memories

The recent annual Larkhall Festival has brought back memories for one former resident.. The Virtual Museum was contacted by Mr … More

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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

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset Council, forest of imagination, Queen Square

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

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Wonderland winner?

To celebrate 150 years since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, members of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s … More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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