Lost post.

Richard Wyatt

I wasn’t looking forward to going down into the basement of Bath’s former Central Post Office this morning.

For years it’s been the home of the city’s Postal Museum which has now closed following the death of its founder Audrey Swindells MBE.

Packing boxes everywhere where once there were displays.

In the floors above its hoped the city’s fantastic collection of heritage clothing through the ages will find a permanent home as a new Fashion Museum but – below – a smaller, but important collection, will have to be dispersed.

Trustee John Roe with a set of weighing scales that were held on loan.

I went down to meet up with two of the museum’s trustees – John Rose and Nicholas Lennard – who l spoke to.

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.