Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.

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  1. Hi Richard…a couple of random memories generated from your recent posts: The Grand Pump Room Hotel: The first assignment i was given in July 1957 as a young photographer with the Bath Chronicle was to climb a rickety scaffolding on Bath Abbey and get some shots of the City. Of course, the hotel featured in one of them…it was before demolition started. I recall the scaffolding would not pass muster by today’s HSE standards…ladders lashed togetehr, no hard hats or harnesses! On a similar note, i also photographed the interior of the Palace before work started on transforming it into the Regency Ballroom…Arthur Mortimer and Dunstan Harrison standing in a darkened interior with the old safety curtain as a backdrop.

    The mention of Lady Noble also rang a bell- she lived a couple of doors away from my family in Royal Crescent- I photographed her – I think for her 90th Birthday…she had a beautiful classic sitting room with lots of photographs around- I was overawed buy the Brunel link! She was a classic “Grande Dame”
    Best
    Geoff

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