A unique retirement community for the over 65s is being proposed with the redevelopment of the Homebase site on Pines Way in Bath. Members of the local community are being invited to a first […]
Month: April 2019
Not good enough Bath.
This is a picture – l am afraid – that says it all about Bath at the moment. It cannot go on trading on its Roman remains and Georgian architecture – and social history – […]
Martin gets a lift!
Now this was not a pretty sight. One of the most famous faces of Bath reduced to thumbing a lift outside the Bath tourist attraction where he has spent the past 12 years – on […]
Walking into history.
Found myself at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution yesterday to talk to the first group of people who had signed on for a Nelson Walk around the city – organised by The Nelson […]
Circus coach ban at last!
After years and years of campaigning the residents of Bath’s iconic Circus have finally got their coach ban – albeit an experimental one. From next Thursday, May 2nd, B&NES will introduce an order prohibiting buses […]
A park full of pleasures.
Tai Chi and play sessions for children are just two of a host of free activities are on offer in Bath’s Sydney Gardens starting in May and running through the summer. The events – in what […]
Bath, April 26th.
Bath doesn’t rate very well in the litter stakes with our streets way down the list for cleanliness – often covered in cigarette stubs, urban gull droppings – and whatever the birds have managed to […]
Keeping an eye on Nature
The City Nature Challenge is about to invite residents to take part in a special event this weekend to discover nature on their doorstep and record wildlife sightings. The event takes place over four days […]
What an image.
This is the entrance to one of Bath’s finest Georgian buildings – built by Thomas Baldwin between 1775-8. The Guildhall doesn’t only house the council chamber for B&NES – it’s effectively the city’s Town Hall. […]
Get the facts right.
Seems one of the things being discussed at some local election public meetings has not gone down well with the city’s heritage ‘watchdogs’ – Bath Preservation Trust. In a statement released today – the Trust’s […]
