One of Bath’s busiest streets is getting an upgrade in road safety. It’s been announced that countdown signals are to be installed on pedestrian crossings in Dorchester Street – which has the railway and bus […]
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Author: Richard Wyatt
Freelance Journalist, broadcaster and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum - formally known as The Virtual Museum of Bath. Married and lives in Bath.
Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.
Lost for words
It’s not often you will find me lost for words but this morning l was speechless with fury. Despite Somerset Live (aka Bath Live/ Bath Chronicle – it’s all very confusing l know) and Bath […]
Roman through Sydney Gardens
I wonder if you knew that Sydney Gardens – created as a Georgian pleasure park – also has an earlier history as a Roman burial ground. A free event called The Deathly Secrets of […]
Bath’s past helping its future.
Bath’s past has helped reduce the financial pressures on its future. Income generated by the city’s heritage attractions – alongside a recruitment freeze – has helped Bath & North East Somerset reduce a predicted £3.21 […]
Sensual delights!
It’s that faithful old fountain in Laura Place grabbing my attention again today but – while l still live in hope of its full restoration or replacement with something more spectacular – it is another […]
Honouring Winnie.
Putting the soul into Southgate. That’s how the manager of Southgate Shopping Centre, Guy Henderson, described today’s official unveiling of an historical plaque – alongside the Urban Outfitter’s store near the middle of his retail […]
Behind the scenes tours – Phase 2
As Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project moves into Phase 2, so does the ‘behind the scenes’ tours which enable people to see how this multi-million pound project – to stabilise the floor and improve church facilities […]
Bath Festivals asks for council help.
Give us a one-off financial life-line to enable us to keep going and we’ll widen our appeal. That seems to be the deal Bath Festivals wants Bath & North East Somerset Council to agree to […]
Last post.
On May 16th, 1927, the Mayor of Bath, Cedric Chivers opened the newly-built Head Post Office. Standing proudly on the north corner of New Bond Street it replaced the Castle Hotel. It was a distinguished […]
Anniversary Fete.
News now from one of Bath’s park success stories. Created on the site of a number of landslips, Hedgemead Park was opened by the then City Council in 1889 as one of Bath’s first Victorian […]
