Something for your autumn diary. It’s been announced that the third annual Bath Dragon Boat Race will take place on Sunday 8th September on the River Avon at Bath Riverside. Since its inception in 2016 […]
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Month: May 2019
Go easy on the bees.
The cynic in me says the following story has something to do with cost saving as well, but l am delighted to hear that signs are being put up at 30 different locations across Bath […]
Bath’s new Mayor elected.
Bathonians got a chance to experience an annual display of civic pride today – Saturday, June 1st, – with the election of the new Mayor in Bath Abbey where Councillor Gerry Curran took office as […]
Let’s tidy up our park-side railway.
A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great Western Railway cut through Sydney Gardens. This was constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his […]
Moorland Road library open day
Bath’s Moorland Road Community Library is a great example of what people can do if they come together. In saving the library for local residents, the facility’s trustees are inviting all members of the local […]
Climate Change briefing for Bath
Want to know more about climate change and its impact? Bath’s MP, Wera Hobhouse is arranging a ‘briefing’ for residents on the topic – given by Dr Jo House from the Uni varsity of Bristol. She […]
They’re special AND free!
Want to know more about Thomas Gainsborough’s time in Bath? The Beadeker wartime raids or how the city helped shape the postal service? These are just some of the subjects covered in a special series […]
Sunday in the park
I had a brief moment of being proud to be born in this country last night. I wasn’t dancing to the jingoistic tunes of the likes of Nigel Farage but foot tapping to home-grown folk […]
Summer in the city
A quick look around Bath. Well done to the Genesis Trust and their volunteers for the makeover of the artist-designed metal troughs on the London Road. Sensible planting and you can now read the messages […]
A glimmer of hope for Children’s Centre.
There’s hope on the horizon for the previously doomed Parkside Children’s Centre – a building – now surrounded by the Charlotte Street car park – and originally constructed as a British Restaurant during World War […]
